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

488 GENERAL ÍNDEX.
Vara, of Yima, the annual sunrise
and year-long day in, 72, 376.
Vartikâ, rescued by the Ashvins,
Yâska's view about, 239.
Varuṇa, ruler of the waters, 178,
256; his tree and region turned
upside down, 307; representative
of long Arctic darkness, and
hence described as embracing the
nights, 351.
Vedas, still imperfectly understood,
542; new key to their interpre-
tation supplied by the latest geo-
logical researches, 7; strata of,
not necessarily in chronological
order, 54; how preserved, 428,
429; eternity of, discussed, 445,
463; Manu's and Vyâsa's view
on the eternity of, 448; Jaimini's
view, 449; grammarians', Bâda-
râyaṇa's, Naiyyâyikas' view,
450; Sâṅkhyas' view, 451; Pa-
tañjali's view, 452; theological
and historical views compared,
457; the view of Vedic Ṛishis
themselves, 458, 462; lost in the
deluge and repromulgated after-
wards by the Ṛishis, 448; prac-
tically eternal in substance
though not in form, 462.
Veh, See Vanguhi.
Verethraghna, the Avestic form of
Vṛitrahan, 222; ten incarnations
of, 350.
Vernal, theory, 244; its inadequacy
to explain the legends of the
Ashvins, 304, 309.
Vifra Navâza, compared with
the Navagvas, 402.
Vigfusson, Dr, on the ancient Norse
year, commencing in October,
398.
Vimada, a protege of the Ashvins,
301.
Vipras, or sacrificers seven and
ten, 42.
Vîras, or warriors, seven, eight,
nine and ten, 344, 345.
Virûpas, an epithet of the Aṅgi-
rases, 169.
Virûpe, means unlike in length and
not unlike in hue, 133.
Viṣhṇâpû, a protege of the Ash-
vins, 301.
Viṣhṇu, as a Vedic deity, nature of
his three strides, 326, 327;
helped Indra in the Vṛitra-fight,
328; his third step identical with
the nether world, 329; his sleep
for four months on his serpent-
bed, id; why called Shipivishta,
329, 332; meaning of Shipivishta
330, 331; indicates the long dis-
appearance of the sun below the
horizon in the Arctic region, 332.
Viṣpalâ, Ashvins' protege, 244,
302, 307.
Viṣhuvan, the central day in the
Soma-sacrifice, 208.
Vishvaka, relieved by the Ashvins,
302.
Vivasvat, the ten of, 191; the
father of Manu, 388.
Vouru-Kasha, the gathering place
of waters in the Avesta, 223,
265; the scene of Tishtrya's
fight with Apaosha, 223.
Vṛishâkapâyî, 241.
Vṛishâkapi, the probable Vedic
ancestor of Hanûmân, 348.
Vṛitra, the traditional enemy of
Indra, engulfed in long darkness,
125; Yâska's view about the
nature of, 239; believed to impri-
son the waters in the rain-cloud,
243; four-fold character or effect
of his fight with Indra, 245, 246.