The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.97

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*Vāda*, 70, 80, 81, 221n.5 *Vaiśvadeva*, 134 Vaiśvārasavya, 221n.15 Vaiśya, 2, 40, 55, 214n.89 *Vājapeya*, 120 *Vajra*, 90, 122 *Vānaprastha*, 40, 214n.89 *Varṇa*: contrast of with *jāti*, 8, 103, 145, 199; and separation, 200, 202, 214n.89, 223n.35. *See also* Caste; *Jāti* *Varṇasaṃkara*, 190, 199, 200 Varuṇa: bonds of, 134–36; and Indra, 234n.89, 237n.42; and Maruts, 137; and Mitra, 61, 65f. *Varuṇapraghāsa*, 133, 134–37, 234n.89, 236n.23 *Varuṇasava*, 123 Veda. *See* Ritual, Vedic Vedānta, 74 *Vedi* 56, 135, 226n.50 Vena, 109, 231nn.12, 22 *Vihava*, 78 *Vijigīṣu*. *See* Conqueror Village, 8, 181, 183f. Village festivals, 216n.27 *Viś*, 135. *See also* People Vision, 97 Viśvāmitra, 85 Viśvantara Sauṣadmana, 76 Viśvarūpa, 47, 49, 215nn.17, 20 *Vivaktṛ*, 76, 223n.28 *Vrata* milk, 93 *Vrātya*, 19, 52, 122, 126, 211nn.45, 50, 213n.79, 230n.37 Vṛśa Jāna, 37 Vṛtra, 49, 87