The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.1.2

c17.1.2

Airyana Vaêjo, the original Paradise of the Iranians or the Aryan race, Yima's Vara in, 72; description of, in the Vendidad, 357-359; wrongly identified with countries to the east of Iran, 361-363; change in the climate of, caused by Angra Mainyu, 366; proves its invasion by ice during the last Glacial epoch, 368; ten winter months therein, 366-368; also seven summer months, 370 *f*; annual rise of sun, moon and stars, and a year-long day at the place, 71, 72, 376; possible only if it be located in the Arctic regions, and not to the east of Iran, 378; description of the glaciation of, 380. Aitihâsikas, their school of Vedic interpretation, 239. Aiyangâr, Mr., Nârâyaṇa, on the interpretation of Vedic myths on the Astral theory, 63, 245; on the nature of Kumâra, Kârttikeya, 318; on the nature of Sîtâ, 348. Aiyer, Mr. on the yuga-system in the Purâṇas, 422-424. Âjânadevatâs, 237. Aiburz, a mountain, separating the upper from the lower world in the Avesta, 266; apertures in, for the sun to pass through, 269, 318. Alps, low in early geological ages, 21. Altitude, high, its effect on climate, 21. Amma, the ascending stream of, in the Finnish mythology, 276. Ammarik, the gloaming, in the Finnish mythology, 404. Anaximenes, on the overhead rotation of the sky, 78. Aṅgirasâm ayanam, the yearly sacrificial session of Aṅgirases, 162, 193, 209. Aṅgirases, ancient sacrificers of the Aryan race, 160; probably Indo-European in origin, 171;