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

GENERAL INDEX. 483. QUARTERNARY, era, existence of man in, 4, 24; sudden changes of cli- mate in, 22; comprises at least two, if not more, glacial periods, 23. RAJAS (singular), meaning of, 261; (dual), the two Rajas, meaning the two hemispheres, 263. Râma, the hero of the Râmâyaṇa, 347, 348; and incarnation of Vi- shṇu, 350; traceable to the Ṛig- Veda, id. Râmâyaṇa, on the three steps of Viṣhṇu, 327; mythical element in, probably derived from Vedic mythology, 349; the Râmâyaṇa and the' Iliad had probably a com- mon source, 349. Rangâchârya, Prof., on the meaning of yuga, 178, 179; on the Kali- yuga, 422, 423. Rangha, a mythical river to the west of Alburz in the Avesta, 363; wrongly identified with the Cas- pian sea, 363; probably the same as the Vedic Rasâ, 363, 364. Râtri-sattras, the nightly Soma-sa- crifices, their nature and classi- fication, 210; the meaning of Râtri in the appellation, 211 f.; hundred in number, from one to hundred nights, 211; must have been originally performed during night, 215, 216; the reason of the number of, 216-226. Râtri-Sûkta, a hymn to the night, 128. Râvaṇa, the ten-mouthed enemy of Râma, 347; throwing gods into prison, 348; probably suggested by the ten non-sacrificing kings in the Vedas, 348. Rays, of the sun, seven and ten, 341, Rebha, a protege of the Ashvins, 302, 303, 305. Religion, Vedic, pre-glacial in ori- gin, 437, 438. Rhode, Dr., 356. Rhys, Prof., on the nature of the ancient Teutonic year, 200; his Hibbert lectures, referred to, 329, 393-413; on the affliction of gods or sun-heroes in the Celtic mytho- logy, 407; on the primeval Aryan home in the Arctic region, 409. Rijishvan, a friend of Indra, 140. Ṛijrâshva, a protege of the Ashvins slaughtering a hundred sheep, 205, 244, 302, 309, 310. Ṛikshas, or the seven bears, See Ursâ Major. Ṛishis, Vedic, their view about the origin of Vedic hymns, 458-463; distinguished into older and later, 459; older interglacial, later post, glacial, 461. Roth, Prof., on the nature of Sa- raṇyu, 244. Rudra-datta, on the meaning of Atirâtra, 229. SACRIFICE, or the year, its preserv- ation and revival, 190; annual; an outline of the scheme of, 208, an yearly cycle of, in ancient times, 230. Sacrificers, ancient, 160. Samarkand, the Avestic Sughdha, 359, 362. Samudrau, the two oceans, meaning the upper and lower celestial hemispheres, 263. Sandhyâ, or links between the yu- gas, duration of, 425.