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480 GENERAL INDEX.

Mortillet, M. De., on the type of
the primitive Aryans, 16.
Moytura, the battle of, in the Celtic
mythology, fought on the eve of
November, 398.
Much, with vi, meaning of, when
applied to horses, 141.
Muir, Dr., on the yuga system, 68;
on the nature of dawn-hymns, 81;
on Aditi's legend, 156, 173; on
the meaning of parastât, 264;
his summary of Fargard I of the
Vendidad, 357, 358; on the de-
luge, 385-387; on the northern
Aryan home, 389, 390; on the
eternity of the Vedas, 446, 448;
449, 459, 462.
Myths, Vedic, necessity of re-exa-
mining the explanations of, 42;
various theories about the ex-
planations of, 240 f.; disclose
an arctic origin, 351, 352.
Mythology, science of, effect of re-
cent geological discovery on, 3,
4; Vedic, current interpretation
of, 53; theories for the explana-
tion of, 240; comparative, supports
the theory of the Arctic home,
411, 412.
NADERSHAHA, Mr. E. J. D., on the
method of counting time by sea-
sons in the Avesta, 286.
Nâgoji Bhatta, on Patañjali's view
on the eternity of the Vedas,
452.
Nairukta, a school of Vedic inter-
preters, 238, 239.
Naiyyâyikas, their views about the
eternity of Vedas, 451.
Navagvas, a species of the Angi-
rases, generally associated with
the Dashagvas, 162; their sacri-
ficial session of ten months, 162;
commenced with the dawn, id.,
helped Indra in the rescue of the
cows from Vala, 163; the root-
meaning of, 165; Yâska's, Sayâ-
na's and Prof. Lignana's view
thereon, 166, 167; primarily de-
note sacrificers for nine or ten
months, 167; compared to Roman
Novemsides, Celtic Maid of nine
Forms, and the nine steps of
Thor in the Norse mythology,
401, 402; See Angirases, Dashag-
vas.
Nâva-prabhramshana, the gliding
of the ship on the Himalayas, 386.
Navarâtra, a nine days' sacrifice,
207.
Nau-bandhana, a peak of the Hima-
layas, 386.
Nebulous matter, in the universe des-
cribed as watery vapour in the
Vedas, 257.
Neco, Pharoah, king of Egypt, 146.
Neolithic, the new Stone age, dis-
tinguished from the Palæolithic
age, 10; its probable commence-
ment from 5000 B. C., 12.
—Aryan races in Europe, dolicho-
cephalic and brachy-cephalic,
ancestors of the present European
races, 15; their culture compared
with Indo-Germanic culture, 17;
not autochthonous in Europe, 17.
Nether, regions, or regions below
the earth, known to Vedic bards,
259, 260; conceived as dark,
bottomless, or like an inverted
tub in the Vedas, 306-308.
Newcomb, Prof. on the extravagance
of Croll's calculations, 33, 34.
Night, Polar, light and darkness in,
47; shorter than six months, but
longer than twenty-four hours, 55;
of the gods in the Vedas and the