The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.1.3

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different species of, the Navagvas and the Dashagvas, 162; ten months' sacrificial session of the latter, 163; helping Indra in the rescue of the cows at the end of each year, 163; found the sun dwelling in darkness, 163; described as Virûpas, that is, of various forms, 168. Angra Mainyu, the evil spirit in the Avesta, destroys Airyana Vaêjo by introducing severe winter therein, 359; explained as a glacial invasion, 368 f. Anquetil, discovery of the Avesta by, 356. Âpaḥ, waters, distinguished as terrestrial and celestial in the Rig-Veda, 256; celestial or aerial ridden for ten months by the sun, 177, 184; ruled over by Varuṇa, 178; coeval with the world, 257; captivated by Vṛitra and released to flow upwards by Indra, cannot but be celestial, 274, 275, 294, 295; in the seven rivers must be celestial, 288-293; cosmic circulation of the aerial, in the Avesta, 270, 271; cessation of their flow in winter, 271-274; cosmic circulation of, in other mythologies, 275-278; their nature and characteristics as a Vedic deity summed up, 338, 339; the same compared with the Purâṇic legends, 340. Apaosha, the demon conquered by Tishtrya, an Avestic proto-type of Shuṣhṇa in the Ṛig-Veda, 222, 223; fight with, lasting for a hundred nights, 224. Apaturia, ancient Greek feast, 399. Apollon, oxen of, stolen by Hermes, 204; derived from Sanskrit apavaryan, 255. Apsu-jit, conqueror in waters, an epithet of Indra, 245, 247. Âptoryâma, a Soma-sacrifice, 206.