The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.153

c17.153

RAJAS (singular), meaning of, 261; (dual), the two Rajas, meaning the two hemispheres, 263. Râma, the hero of the Râmâyaṇa, 347, 348; and incarnation of Viṣṇu, 350; traceable to the Ṛig-Veda, id. Râmâyaṇa, on the three steps of Viṣṇu, 327; mythical element in, probably derived from Vedic mythology, 349; the Râmâyaṇa and the Iliad had probably a common source, 349. Rangâchârya, Prof., on the meaning of yuga, 178, 179; on the Kali yuga, 422, 423. Rangha, a mythical river to the west of Alburz in the Avesta, 363; wrongly identified with the Caspian sea, 363; probably the same as the Vedic Rasâ, 363, 364. Râtri-sattras, the nightly Soma-sacrifices, their nature and classification, 210; the meaning of Râtri in the appellation, 211 f.; hundred in number, from one to hundred nights, 211; must have been originally performed during night, 215, 216; the reason of the number of, 216-226. Râtri-Sûkta, a hymn to the night, 128. Râvaṇa, the ten-mouthed enemy of Râma, 347; throwing gods into prison, 348; probably suggested by the ten non-sacrificing kings in the Vedas, 348.