A History of Sanskrit Literature c22.103

c22.103

*Ratnāvalī*, 361-362 Rātrī, 103, 104 Rāvaṇa, 312 *Rāvaṇavadha*, 331 Renaissance theory, 323 Rhazes, medical writer, 427 Rhinoplasty, 427 Rhyme, 330, 345 Ṛibhus, 106, 107 Rice, 145 Ṛich, 30 Ṛiṣyaçṛinga, legend of, 295 Riddles, 130-131 Riding, 150, 166 *Rigveda*, 5, 16, 30; age of, 12, 46, 47; arrangement of, 40, 41; character of, 65; chronological strata in, 45, 46; nucleus of, 41; origin of, 40; recension of, 53; text of, 47, 48; various readings in other Vedas, 46; verses not analysed in Pada text, 51 *n.*; family books, 41; Books I. and VIII., 42; Book IX., 42-43, 97; Book X., 43-44 *Rigveda Prātiçākhya*, 51 *Ṛigvidhāna*, 274 Ṛiksha ("star" and "bear"), 109 Ṛishis, seven, 109 Ṛita, 67, 75 Ritual, 31; deities, 65; text-books, 205 *Ṛitusaṃhāra*, 3, 337-339 Rivers deified, 92, 93 Roger, Abraham, 1 Rohita, 200, 207 *Romaka-siddhānta*, 325, 425 Romans, 11 Rosen, F., 4 Roth, Rudolf von, 5, 60, 63, 64, 102, 117, 141, 186 Rückert, 345 Rudra, 72, 74, 89, 91, 105, 164, 178, 181 Rudrabhaṭa, 434