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,