वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

470 GENERAL INDEX. view, 408; Indo-Iranian settle- ments in, not primitive, 390, 420. Astral, theory, to explain Vedic myths, 245. Astronomers, Hindu, locate Meru at the North Pole, 67; chronology of, 422. Atharvan, an ancient sacrificer, 160- 161. Ati-agniṣhṭoma, a Soma-sacrifice, 206, Ati-râtra, a Soma-sacrifice, 206; in- troduces and concludes a sattra, 208, 228; one of the night-sacri- fices, 213, 215; extraction and purification of Soma juice therein at night, 213, 214; an Avestic pa- rallel, 214; meaning of ati in, 227; production of a cycle of day and night therefrom, 227; position of, in the annual round of sacrifices in ancient times, 229, 230. Atri, an ancient sacrificer, 160, 161. Atri Saptavadhri, See Ashvins, and Saptavadhri. Aufrecht, Prof., 87, 88, 462. Aurora Borealis, 47, 70. Aupamanyava, a Nairukta, correct- ness of his interpretation of shipi- vishṭa, 330, 331. Aurṇavâbha, 326. Autumnal, hundred forts of Vṛi- tra, meaning of, 221, 248, 252, 287. Autumns, a hundred, 389. Avesta, passages in, See Index of Avestic passages. Traditions about the Polar home in, 19, 354-390; method of counting by seasons in, 285; See Airyāna Vaêjo. Âyus, a Soma-sacrifice, 207. Azi-Dahâk, 267, 308, 309. BÂDARÂYANA, on the inauspicious- ness of dying in the Dakshiṇâyana, 76; on the eternity of the Vedas, 450. Balder, or Baldur, the Norse summer- god, his dwelling place in the heavens, 403; killed by Hodur, the winter-god, 405. Bali, the rescuer of Dîrghatamas, 170; Purâṇic enemy of Vâmana, 327. Ball, Sir Robert, supports Croll's theory, 27; but refrains from adopting Croll's calculations, 33. Beech age, 12; See Ages. Bhâṇḍârkar, Dr., on the date of Mâḍhariputta and Puḷumâvi, 285, Bhartṛihari, 340. Bhâskara, Bhaṭṭa, 191, 220. Bhâskarâchârya, on perpetual day and night, 56; his erroneous view about Uttarâyaṇa, 67. Bhîshma, a Mahâbhârata warrior. waiting to die in the Uttarâyaṇa, 75. Bhrigu, an ancient sacrificer, 160, 161. Bhujyu, a protege of the Ashvins, who rescued him from bottomless darkness, 302, 303, 305, 306-9. Bloomfield, Prof., 115, 287. Bodas, Râjârâma Shâstri, and M. R. 446. Brahma-chârin, the sun in the Atharva-Veda, 315. Brahma-jâyâ, the Brâhmin's lost wife, restoration of, 347. Brâhmaṇas, the Vedic works, the Vedas partially unintelligible at the time of their composition, 5; classification of the contents of, 129; their probable aim and nat- ure, 230; on the eternity of the Vedas, 448. Bṛihaspati, the son of Aṅgiras, said to be seven-mouthed, 169; his cou- quest of cows, 201; helps Indra in the rescue of cows, from Vala,