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

488 GENERAL ÍNDEX. Vara, of Yima, the annual sunrise and year-long day in, 72, 376. Vartikâ, rescued by the Ashvins, Yâska's view about, 239. Varuṇa, ruler of the waters, 178, 256; his tree and region turned upside down, 307; representative of long Arctic darkness, and hence described as embracing the nights, 351. Vedas, still imperfectly understood, 542; new key to their interpre- tation supplied by the latest geo- logical researches, 7; strata of, not necessarily in chronological order, 54; how preserved, 428, 429; eternity of, discussed, 445, 463; Manu's and Vyâsa's view on the eternity of, 448; Jaimini's view, 449; grammarians', Bâda- râyaṇa's, Naiyyâyikas' view, 450; Sâṅkhyas' view, 451; Pa- tañjali's view, 452; theological and historical views compared, 457; the view of Vedic Ṛishis themselves, 458, 462; lost in the deluge and repromulgated after- wards by the Ṛishis, 448; prac- tically eternal in substance though not in form, 462. Veh, See Vanguhi. Verethraghna, the Avestic form of Vṛitrahan, 222; ten incarnations of, 350. Vernal, theory, 244; its inadequacy to explain the legends of the Ashvins, 304, 309. Vifra Navâza, compared with the Navagvas, 402. Vigfusson, Dr, on the ancient Norse year, commencing in October, 398. Vimada, a protege of the Ashvins, 301. Vipras, or sacrificers seven and ten, 42. Vîras, or warriors, seven, eight, nine and ten, 344, 345. Virûpas, an epithet of the Aṅgi- rases, 169. Virûpe, means unlike in length and not unlike in hue, 133. Viṣhṇâpû, a protege of the Ash- vins, 301. Viṣhṇu, as a Vedic deity, nature of his three strides, 326, 327; helped Indra in the Vṛitra-fight, 328; his third step identical with the nether world, 329; his sleep for four months on his serpent- bed, id; why called Shipivishta, 329, 332; meaning of Shipivishta 330, 331; indicates the long dis- appearance of the sun below the horizon in the Arctic region, 332. Viṣpalâ, Ashvins' protege, 244, 302, 307. Viṣhuvan, the central day in the Soma-sacrifice, 208. Vishvaka, relieved by the Ashvins, 302. Vivasvat, the ten of, 191; the father of Manu, 388. Vouru-Kasha, the gathering place of waters in the Avesta, 223, 265; the scene of Tishtrya's fight with Apaosha, 223. Vṛishâkapâyî, 241. Vṛishâkapi, the probable Vedic ancestor of Hanûmân, 348. Vṛitra, the traditional enemy of Indra, engulfed in long darkness, 125; Yâska's view about the nature of, 239; believed to impri- son the waters in the rain-cloud, 243; four-fold character or effect of his fight with Indra, 245, 246.