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

472 GENERAL INDEX.
of the Glacial period, 27-31; his
three periods of the maximum ec-
centricity of the earth's orbit,
32; his estimate of the duration
and commencement of the Glacial
period, 33; questioned by Ball
and Newcomb, 33; by Geikie
and Hudlestone, 35.
Cuchulainn, the Celtic Sun-hero,
making love to a number of
Dawns, 393, 394; his encounters
with the Fomori or the Fir Bolg,
405; unaffected by couvade,
406; fighting without rest for
several days, 406, 407.
Culture, primitive, See Civilization.
Currents, oceanic and aerial, effects
of, on climate, 21.
DAITYA, the meaning of, in the
Vendidad 1, 3-4, 362; a river
in the Bundahish, otherwise
called Dâitik, 362, 363.
Darkness, of the Polar night, nature
of, 47; ghastly and sunless, as
Vṛitra's stronghold, in the Ṛig-
Veda, 125, 247; long, too long,
the end of, 125; Agni living long
in, 127, 317; Indra driving the
Asuras from, 213; Arctic,
synchronous with winter, 273-
279; daily and annual struggle
between it and light, 242, 296,
406; proteges of the Ashvins
condemned to, 304, 305; the
sun dwelling in 321, 322.
Dakshiṇâ, the mother of the sun, 145.
Dakshiṇâyana, or Pitṛiyâna, night
of gods, 67; death during, in-
auspicious, 75; Bâdarâyaṇa's
view of, 76; parallel tradition in
the Avesta, 77.
Darmesteter, Prof., the translator of
Vendidad and Yasht, his rendering
of the Vendidad I and II, 72; on
the nature of the legend of Tish-
trya, 223; does not explain why
the appointed time of Tishtrya
varies from one to a hundred
nights, 224; his rendering of Tîr
Yasht, para 36, 226; his view of
the same single source of waters
and light, 266; on the cessation of
the flow of waters in winter, 271;
on the transference of the name
Hapta hindu to a new settlement,
289; on the meaning of Dâitya in
Vend. I, 362; his identification of
the Airyana Vaêjo examined and
rejected, 360-365.
Dâsa, Vṛitra, 140, 143.
Dashadyu, a protege of Indra, 341,
346.
Dashagvas, a species of the Aṅgi-
rases, 342-344; See Navagvas.
Dashamâya, an enemy of Indra, 342,
346.
Dashame yage, meaning of (in Ṛig.
I, 158, 6), 177.
Dasha prapitve, meaning of (in Ṛig.
VI., 31, 3), 322-326.
Dâsharâjña, Indra's fight with ten
kings, 345 f.
Dasharatha, 347.
Dashashipra, an enemy of Indra, 342,
Dashoṇi, an enemy of Indra, 341-
346.
Dawn, two months' duration of, at
the pole, 47, 48; revolving splend-
ours of, 49, 50; why styled Dak-
shiṇâ, 145; the first, commenc-
ing the mânushâ yugâ, 176; why
addressed in the plural number in
the Vedas, 95 f; in the Lettish;
Greek and Celtic mythologies,
393; the dying torch of, in the
Finnish mythology, 404; as a
Vedic Deity, See Uṣhas.