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

GENERAL INDEX. 469
latest researches in, effect of, on
primitive history, 4; on Vedic
interpretation, 7; summary of
the latest researches in, 37, 38.
Arctic regions, characterised by
mild climate suitable for hu-
man habitation in inter-glacial
times, 24, 38, 419; a wide conti-
nent before the glacial epoch, 41;
appearance of the heavens in, 51,
52; duration of day and night in,
55, 56; dawn in, 56, 57; distin-
guishing characteristics of, sum-
med up, 59.
Ardhau, the two celestial hemis-
pheres in the Ṛig-Veda, 262.
Ardvi Sûra Anâhita, Avestic celes-
tial river, like the Vedic Sarasvatî,
265, 363; grants a boon to Thraê-
taona, 266, 402.
Aristotle, mentions an aerial river,
276; his belief in the reality of
the deluge, 388.
Ârya, Indra, dealing measure for
measure to Dâsa or Vṛitra, 140,
143.
Âryabhaṭṭa, 422.
Aryan, race and people, their unity
in primitive times, 2; controversy
regarding the original type of,
16; Vedic, settled in central Asia
in the Orion period, 420; primitive,
interglacial and not post-glacial
in origin, 433; European Neoli-
thic, not progressive but retro-
gressive savages, 444; origin of
and differentiation from other hu-
man races, lost in geological anti-
quity, 445.
—Home, primitive, cannot be loc-
ated in Central Asia, 18; nor in
North Germany or Scandinavia,
408; must be located in the Arctic
regions, 232, 296, 390, 409,
417-418; destroyed during the
last Glacial epoch, 381, 82; mig-
ration therefrom at the beginning
of the post-glacial period, 429.
—Culture and religion, primitive,
Schrader's view of, 3; in their Arc-
tic Home, 435-438; higher than
the Neolithic European, 439-445.
—Languages, unity of, 2; not de-
veloped from the Finnic, 18; not
of Neolithic origin, 438; origin of,
lost in geological antiquity, 444.
Âshvina-shastra, a prize in the race
of matutinal deities, 82, 83, 299.
Ashvins, a dual matutinal deity in
the Veda, their path, 74; time of
singing the hymn or prayer of, 82;
rescuers of Dîrghatamas, 169,
170; physicians of gods, explained
by Max Muller as restorers of the
winter sun, 244, 299; their double
equipment, boat and golden cha-
riot, 277; help Indra in his fight
with Vṛitra, 298, 299; their ex-
ploits and character, 301–304;
save their proteges from bottom-
less darkness, 304, 305; inex-
plainable by the vernal theory,
305-311; safely deliver Sapta-
vadhri from ten months' confine-
ment in the womb of his mother,
312-316; satisfactorily explained
by the Arctic theory, 319; their
three stations, the third hidden,
explained, 333; their achievements
said to be ancient, that is, inter-
glacial, 460.
Asia, Northern, the glaciation of, and
milder climate in, 14; Central, the
theory of the original Aryan home
in, challenged by Poshe and Pen-
ka, 4; Taylor's view, 5; Rhys'