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

GENERAL INDEX. 483.
QUARTERNARY, era, existence of man
in, 4, 24; sudden changes of cli-
mate in, 22; comprises at least
two, if not more, glacial periods,
23.
RAJAS (singular), meaning of, 261;
(dual), the two Rajas, meaning
the two hemispheres, 263.
Râma, the hero of the Râmâyaṇa,
347, 348; and incarnation of Vi-
shṇu, 350; traceable to the Ṛig-
Veda, id.
Râmâyaṇa, on the three steps of
Viṣhṇu, 327; mythical element
in, probably derived from Vedic
mythology, 349; the Râmâyaṇa
and the' Iliad had probably a com-
mon source, 349.
Rangâchârya, Prof., on the meaning
of yuga, 178, 179; on the Kali-
yuga, 422, 423.
Rangha, a mythical river to the
west of Alburz in the Avesta, 363;
wrongly identified with the Cas-
pian sea, 363; probably the same
as the Vedic Rasâ, 363, 364.
Râtri-sattras, the nightly Soma-sa-
crifices, their nature and classi-
fication, 210; the meaning of
Râtri in the appellation, 211 f.;
hundred in number, from one to
hundred nights, 211; must have
been originally performed during
night, 215, 216; the reason of
the number of, 216-226.
Râtri-Sûkta, a hymn to the night,
128.
Râvaṇa, the ten-mouthed enemy of
Râma, 347; throwing gods into
prison, 348; probably suggested
by the ten non-sacrificing kings
in the Vedas, 348.
Rays, of the sun, seven and ten, 341,
Rebha, a protege of the Ashvins,
302, 303, 305.
Religion, Vedic, pre-glacial in ori-
gin, 437, 438.
Rhode, Dr., 356.
Rhys, Prof., on the nature of the
ancient Teutonic year, 200; his
Hibbert lectures, referred to, 329,
393-413; on the affliction of gods
or sun-heroes in the Celtic mytho-
logy, 407; on the primeval
Aryan home in the Arctic region,
409.
Rijishvan, a friend of Indra, 140.
Ṛijrâshva, a protege of the Ashvins
slaughtering a hundred sheep,
205, 244, 302, 309, 310.
Ṛikshas, or the seven bears, See
Ursâ Major.
Ṛishis, Vedic, their view about the
origin of Vedic hymns, 458-463;
distinguished into older and later,
459; older interglacial, later post,
glacial, 461.
Roth, Prof., on the nature of Sa-
raṇyu, 244.
Rudra-datta, on the meaning of
Atirâtra, 229.
SACRIFICE, or the year, its preserv-
ation and revival, 190; annual;
an outline of the scheme of, 208,
an yearly cycle of, in ancient
times, 230.
Sacrificers, ancient, 160.
Samarkand, the Avestic Sughdha,
359, 362.
Samudrau, the two oceans, meaning
the upper and lower celestial
hemispheres, 263.
Sandhyâ, or links between the yu-
gas, duration of, 425.