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

482 GENERAL INDEX.
Patañjali, his view about the eter-
nity of the Vedas, 451.
Pathyâ-Svasti, the goddess of
speech in the northern region,
390.
Peat-mosses, of Denmark, beds of
beach, oak and fir therein, 12.
Perpetual, spring, 41; day and
night, 56.
Persephone, daughter of Zeus, car-
ried by Pluto for six months, 398.
Penka, 4; his view on the type of
the primitive Aryans in Europe,
16.
Philology, comparative, on the di-
vision of the year, 399; conclu-
sions regarding the primitive
Aryan culture, deduced therefrom
431, 432; necessity of modifying
the same, 433-435.
Phœnician, mariners rounding Afri-
ca, 146.
Pictet, Dr., 356.
Pim, Capt., his description of the
Polar year, 48.
Pipru, an enemy of Indra, 140.
Pischel, Dr., on the nature of Vṛi-
shâkapi, 348.
Pitṛiyâna, See Devayâna.
Pleiades, See Kṛittikâs.
Pleistocene, or the Glacial period
11; changes of climate in 22, 23.
Plutarch, on the ancient Roman year,
of ten months, 198, 395; on the
sleep of the Phrygian god 329,
407; on the imprisonment of the
Paphlagonian gods, 348, 407.
Pole, north, temperate climate at,
in interglacial times, 22, 41; exist-
ence of a continent at, in inter-
glacial times, 40; regions round,
distinguished from circumpolar or
Arctic regions, 43; star, change
in the position of, 44; special
features of the calendar at, 46;
characteristics or differentiæ of
Polar regions summed up, 58.
Polygeny, theory of, 445.
Posche, 4; his view regarding the
type of the primitive Aryans in
Egypt, 16.
Post-glacial, period, its commence-
ment about 50 or 60 thousand
years ago according to English
geologists, and 7 or 8 thousand
according to American geologists,
13; See Glacial period.
Prajâpati, the creator of the Vedas,
448.
Pralaya, the deluge, destruction of
the Vedas in, 448.
Prâleya, ice, an indication of the
glacial nature of the deluge, 387.
Pravatva, advancing time, the
meaning of, in the Veda, 323, 324.
Pravargya, a sacrificial ceremony,
represents the revival of the sun,
190.
Prehistoric times, effect of the dis-
covery of comparative philology
on the study of, 2; See Archæo-
logy, Geology.
Pre-Orion, period, its commence-
ment, 420; consistent with geo-
logical evidence, 421.
Prishṭhya, a kind of Shaḷaha, 207-
209.
Ptolemy, 390.
Pûshan, the sun, the golden boat of,
277; seven-wheeled and ten-ray-
ed, 342.
Purâ, the former or the inter-glacial
age, 111.
Puraḥ, meaning of, 221.
Purâ-kalpa, ancient rites and tradi-
tions, 130, 462.
Purûravas, 241.