A History of Sanskrit Literature c22.178

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Vala, 102, 114 *Vālakhilya* hymns, 52, 127 Vallabhadeva, 379 Vālmīki, 295, 305, 306, 310, 316, 317, 327 Vāmana, 432 (gram.), 434 (rhetorician) *Vaṁça Brāhmaṇa*, 211 Varadarāja, 432 Varāha Mihira, 318, 324, 425, 435 Vararuchi, 324 Vardhamāna, 431 *Varṇa*, 86 *Vārttikas*, 431 Varuṇa, 70, 75, 76, 77, 78, 102, 105, 113, 119, 125, 145, 169, 201, 207 Vasishṭha, 155, 159, 160 *Vasishṭha Dharmaçāstra*, 260-261 Vasishṭhas, 164 *Vāsavadattā*, 332 Vāshkalas, 52 Vasubandhu, 325 Vasus, 105 Vāta, 90, 91 Vatsabhaṭṭi, 320 Vāyu, 90, 91, 164 *Veda*, 29 Vedas and Brāhmaṇas, 33; character of, 29-30; study of, 4, 5; learnt by heart, 8 Vedāṅgas, 264-267 Vedānta, 34, 71, 133, 204, 221, 226, 230, 238, 240, 241, 400-402, 405, 407, 421 *Vedānta-sāra*, 241 Vedic, 29; language, 20; literature, 5, 12; period, 8, 11, 29; and Sanskrit, 20 *Veṇīsaṁhāra*, 365-366 Vernacular languages, 24; words in Vedic, 24 *Vetālapañchaviṁçati*, 375 Vibhīdaka tree, 128 Viçākhadatta, 365 Viçpalā, myth of, 84 Viçvakarman, 132, 134 Viçvāmitra, 154, 155 Viçvanātha Kavirāja, 434 *Viçvaprakāça*, 433 Viçvedevas, 106 Vidarbha style, 303, 320, 321 Videgha, 214, 215 Videha, 213, 214, 215 *Vidhāna*, 192 Vijayanagara, 59, 275-276 Vijñāna-bhikshu, 394 Vijñāneçvara, 429 *Vikram and the Vampire*, 375 Vikrama, 320 Vikramāditya, 320, 323, 324, 325, 339 *Vikramorvaçī*, 108, 353, 354, 358-359 Villages, 158 *Vīṇā*, 169 Vināyakas, 251 Vindhya range, 9, 18, 23, 141, 144, 410 Vipāç (Beäs), 93, 140, 154 Vishṇu, 8, 74, 80-81, 89, 182, 194, 411; avatārs of, 300; cult of, 299, 347; and sacrifice, 133 *Vishṇu Purāṇa*, 194 *Vishṇu Smṛiti*, 428 Vitastā (Jhelum), 140 Vivasvat, 97, 118 Vocabulary of *Atharvaveda*, 196 Voltaire, 1 Vopadeva, 432 Vrātya, 187; Stomas, 210 Vṛitra, 72, 84, 85, 86, 110, 114, 312 *Vṛitrahan*, 85 *Vṛitta* (rhythm), 56