A History of Indian Literature v1.c11.4

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v1.c11.4

Asura, Asuras, 78, 196 f., 207, 224, 379, 450 f., 538. Aśvaghoṣa, 241 n., 464 n., 490 n., 512 ff. Aśvalāyana, 271, 284, 473. Āśvalāyana-Gṛhyasūtra, 160 n., 214 n., 279, 312 n., 314 n., 471. Āśvalāyana-Śrautasūtra, 279. Aśvamedha, s. Horse sacrifice. Āśvamedhikaparvan, 372 n., 581, 586. Aśvapati Kaikeya, 231. Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa, 330. 365, 367 ff. Aśvins, 76 f., 94, 107, 157, 173, 176, 179 f., 306 n., 330, 390 ff. Atharvan, magic formula, 54, 120, 156; fire-priest, 119 f. Atharvāṅgirasaḥ, 120. Atharvaprāyaścittāni, 281 n. Atharvaśiras-Upaniṣad, 241. Atharvaveda, A.-Saṁhitā, 42, 54, 56, 111-118, 119-158, 159, 162 n., 163, 182 f., 195 f., 198, 242 f., 245, 268, 276. 280 f., 284, 286 n., 306 n., 313 f., 318, 470, 518, 605; language and metre, 42, 122; prose in the A., 121 f.; translations, 119 n.; date, 122 ff., 195, 290; cultural conditions, 123 f.; religion and mythology, 124; sacredness 125 f.; name, 119 f.; spells for healing of diseases, 129-137; prayers for health and long life, 136; benedictions, 136 f., 159; expiatory spells for cleansing from guilt and sin, 137 f.; spells for restoration of harmony, 138; magic songs referring to marriage and love, 139-142, 159; curses and exorcisms, 142-146; magic songs for the king, 146 f.; exorcisms in the interest of the Brahmans, 147 f.; songs and charms composed for sacrificial purposes, 148 f.; theosophical and cosmogonic hymns, 149-158, 227; Brāhmaṇas of the A., 190; Upaniṣads of the A., 237-245; A. and Kauśikasūtra, 280. Atharvaveda-Pariśiṣṭas, 281. Atharvaveda-Prātiśākhya-sūtra, 284. Atharvavedīyapañcapaṭalikā, 286 n. Atharvaveda-Upaniṣads, s. Atharvaveda. Āthravans, 119 f. Ātman, 229, 231, 247 ff., 421, 536, 549, 579, 600; and Brahman, 247 ff.; etymology, 249. Atri, a ṛṣi, 57, 445. Aufrecht, Theodor, 21, 23, 119 n., 140 n., 154 n., 164, 190 n., 397 n., 517 n., 531 n., 537 n., 545 n., 555 n., 565 n., 567 n., 572 n., 575 n., 582 n., 584 n., 592 n. Avalokiteśvara 564 n. Avalon, Arthur, 592 and notes to 587, 593-596, 598-600, 602-605; s. Woodroffe. Avantivarman, 426. Avatāras, s. Viṣṇu, Śiva. Avesta, 41 n., 76, 78, 119, 308 f. Avimuktamāhātmya, 576. Ayasthūṇa, 228. Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa, 481. Āyurveda, 313 n. Āyuṣyāṇi sūktāni, 136.