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

468 GENERAL INDEX.
the Astral theory, 63, 245; on the
nature of Kumâra, Kârttikeya,
318; on the nature of Sîtâ, 348.
Aiyer, Mr. on the yuga-system in
the Purâṇas, 422-424.
Âjânadevatâs, 237.
Alburz, a mountain, separating the
upper from the lower world in the
Avesta, 266; apertures in, for the
sun to pass through, 269, 318.
Alps, low in early geological ages 21.
Altitude, high, its effect on climate,
21.
Amma, the ascending stream of, in
the Finnish mythology, 276.
Ammarik, the gloaming, in the Fin-
nish mythology, 404.
Anaximenes, on the overhead rota-
tion of the sky, 78.
Aṅgirasâm ayanam, the yearly sa-
crificial session of Aṅgirases, 162,
193, 209.
Aṅgirases, ancient sacrificers of the
Aryan race, 160; probably Indo-
European in origin, 171; different
species of, the Navagvas and the
Dashagvas, 162; ten months' sa-
crifical session of the latter, 163;
helping Indra in the rescue of the
cows at the end of each year, 163;
found the sun dwelling in dark-
ness, 163; described as Virûpas,
that is, of various forms, 168.
Aṅgra Mainyu, the evil spirit in the
Avesta, destroys Airyana Vaêjo
by introducing severe winter
therein, 359; explained as a glacial
invasion, 368 f.
Anquetil, discovery of the Avesta
by, 356.
Âpaḥ, waters, distinguished as ter-
restrial and celestial in the Ṛig-
Veda, 256; celestial or aerial rid-
den for ten months by the sun,
177, 184; ruled over by Varuṇa,
178; coeval with the world, 257;
captivated by Vṛitra and released
to flow upwards by Indra, cannot
but be celestial, 274, 275, 294,
295; in the seven rivers must be
celestial, 288-293; cosmic circu-
lation of the aerial, in the Avesta,
270, 271; cessation of their flow
in winter, 271-274; cosmic circu-
lation of, in other mythologies,
275-278; their nature and charac-
teristics as a Vedic deity summed
up, 338, 339; the same compared
with the Purâṇic legends, 340.
Apaosha, the demon conquered by
Tishtrya, an Avestic proto-type
of Shuṣhṇa in the Ṛig-Veda, 222,
223; fight with, lasting for a
hundred nights, 224.
Apaturia, ancient Greek feast, 399.
Apollon, oxen of, stolen by Hermes,
204; derived from Sanskrit apa-
varyan, 255.
Apsu-jit, conqueror in waters, an
epithet of Indra, 245, 247.
Aptoryâma, a Soma-sacrifice, 206.
Ap-tûrya, the fight for waters by
Indra, 245.
Âptya, See Trita.
Arag, See Rangha.
Archæology, prehistoric, ages of
Iron, Bronze and stone in, 4, 8;
characterised by instruments of
metals and stone discovered in
the recent strata of the earth, 8;
ages not synchronous in different
countries, 9; transition from one
into another gradual and not
sudden, 9; distinction between
New and Old stone age, 10; ages
of Beech, Oak and Fir, 12; the
date of the commencement of
the Neolithic age in, 12, 13;