The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.115

c17.115

MACDONNELL, Prof., on the nature of the dawn-hymns, 18; extracts from his Vedic mythology quoted, 246, 248, 301; his view on the double character of Indra discussed, 251, 254; on the brothers of Thrâetaona, 335. Macrobius, on Numa's reform in the Roman calendar, 199, 395. Mâdhava, a commentator on the Sâma Veda, on the meaning of virûpe, 133, 134. Mahâvrata, a Soma-sacrifice, symbolic nature of, 208, 209. Mahâbhârata, the, 69, 75, 170, 171, 330, 385, 386, 389, 422, 425, 426, 448. Mahâvîra, a sacrificial pot, 190. Mahâyuga, a collection of Yugas, its duration discussed, 424 f. Mahîdhara, a commentator on the Vajasaneyî Samhitâ, 175, 324. Maid, the, of nine forms, 401. Mainyô-i-Khard, 377. Mallinâth, 147. Mamatâ, the mother of Dîrghatamas, 170, 171. Man, his existence in the quarternary and the tertiary eras, 4, 12, 37. Manu, a Smṛiti writer, quoted, 68, 69, 257, 448, progenitor of the human race, saved in the deluge, 385-387; an ancient Vedic sacrificer, 160, 161. Mânuṣhâ yugâ, means human ages and not always human generations, 172-176; commenced with the first dawn, 176; and kṣhapaḥ used to denote the whole year, 181. Mârtâṇḍa, the still-born Âditya, the derivation and meaning of, 158; See Aditi, Âditya. Mâtsya-Purâṇa, account of the deluge in, 386. Matutinal, deities, travelling by the Devayâna path, 74; following the dawns, 107; the story of the Ashvins leading the van in the march of, 299, 301. Max Muller, Prof. F., on the importance of the discovery of relationship between Sanskrit and Zend, 2; on the untranslateable portion of the Vedas, 6; on the meaning of samayâ, 86; his explanation of dawns in the plural number unsatisfactory, 96; on the meaning of yojana, 105; of chhandas, 116; of kṣhapaḥ, 127; on the difference between Uṣhâsâ-naktâ and Ahanî, 135; his explanation of eight Âdityas improbable, 156; on the meaning of mânuṣhâ yugâ, 174; on continuous nights, 180, 181; on the three-fold meaning of cows in the Ṛig-Veda, 201, 202; on the stealing of cows in the Greek mythology and on the ancient Greek year, 203, 205; on the Dawn theory, 240, 241; on the Vernal theory, 244; on the derivation of Apollon, 255; on seven rivers, 289; his explanation of the Ashvins' exploits, 178, 299; his derivation of Trita improbable, 336; on the resemblance of names in the Iliad with Vedic names, 349; on progressive savages, 444; on Logos, 450. May, the calends of, 398, 399. Mazda, the path of, 75; followed by waters and the sun, 266. Meru, or the North Pole, six months' day at, in the Saṃhitâs, 56; seat of the gods, and six-monthly night and day at, 67, 385, 453; in the Taittirîya Âraṇyaka, 70; permanently illumined by Kashyapa, 154. Merv, the Avestic Mouru, 359. Mesapotamia, not the same as Avestic Rangha, 361. Migrations, of the Iranian race in succession from Airyana Vaêjo, 360-384; the age of, 453, 455. Milkings, five, 119. Mîmâṃsakas, their interpretation of Râtri in Râtri-Sattras shewn to be incorrect, 211 f.; their view of the eternity of the Vedas, 449. Mitra, the representative of half-year long light, 351. Monogeny, the theory of, regarding human origin, 445. Months, of sunshine, less than twelve in the Arctic regions, 56, 151; sacrificial session of ten, 191, 198; Avestic, of winter and summer, 371-374; See Dashame yuge, Gavâm ayanam, Seasons, Year and Yuga. Moon, description of her appearance at the Pole, 47.