The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.158.2

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Shaṅkarâchârya, 76, 182; on the eternity of Vedas, 450. Sharad, autumn, the last season of sunshine in the ancient home, 279-282; explained etymologically, 283. Shatakratu, an epithet of Indra, 217; means the lord of a hundred sacrifices and not of hundred powers, 219, 220; Purâṇic tradition based on, 217. Shatapatha-Brâhmaṇa, an account of deluge in, 385. Shatarâtra, a hundred nights' sacrifice, denotes the long Arctic night, 216. Shâtyâyanins, on the legend of Trita, 335. Shayu, a protege of the Ashvins, 302, 304. Shikshâ, by Pâṇini, quoted, 102. Shipi-vishṭa, an opprobrious name of Vishṇu, explained by the Arctic theory, 330, 332. Ṣoḍashî, a Soma-sacrifice, 206. Shulka, a primitive Aryan coin, 442. Shushṇa, Indra's fight with, on the completion of ten, 322-326. Siberia, freshness of fossil deposits in, 14; primitive Aryan home to the north of, 418. Siddhânta-Shiromaṇi, perpetual day and night in, 56. Sîtâ, the wife of Râma, 348; represented as his sister and wife in Buddhistic Jâtakas, 349; probable explanation of, 350. Soma, seven-wheeled and ten-rayed, 342. Soma-sacrifices, their classification and nature, 206 f.; See Gavâm-ayanam, and Râtri-sattras. South, the sun rising in, 46. Sphota, the doctrine of, 450. Spiegel, Prof., 72, 224, 226, 356, 359, 379, 381; his identification of Airyana Vaêjo questioned, 361. Spring, perpetual, 38, 41. Spitzbergen, warm climate in, before the glacial period, 21; remnant of an old Polar continent, 40.