History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.3

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Abbreviations, *su di* and *va di* or *ba di* explained, 670. Abhayagaṇa, mantras so called 796n Abhaya, mantras in Atharvaveda, 769n. Abhayamudrā, defined and illustrated, 1131n. Abhaya-śānti, described, 761. Abhihitānvayavādinaḥ, followers of Kumārila were so called, 1297. Abhijit, m as 28th nakṣatra after Uttarāṣādhā and before Śravaṇa, 497-98, m in Tai. Br., Mai. S and Atharvaveda, though not m in Tai S and Kāṭhaka S 520, myth about its disappearance, 497n, said to be younger sister of Rohiṇī, 497n Abhinaya-darpaṇa, contains certain postures of hands such as Śaṅkha, Cakra, Pāśa, which are names of Tāntrik mudrās 1129n. Abhinavagupta (literary activity between 980-1020 AD) is said in Śaṅkaradigvijaya to have practised black magic against Śaṅkarācārya, 1010n; a. of Abhinavabhāratī, 1376-77. Abhiniveśa, explained (in Yoga) 1417. Ābhīras, described as dasyus, as attackers of Arjuna and as carrying away Vṛṣṇi women, 969n; inscription of Ā. king Īśvarasena in Nasik cave 968n; Matsyapurāṇa speaks of ten Ā kings, 969n Abhiṣeka, procedure of, in *tantra* cult, 1118, resembles Christian Baptism 1118; sprinkling of disciple by *guru* with water to the accompaniment of 21 mantras, is the main part, 1118; at the end *guru* gives a name to disciple ending in Ānandanātha, 1119. Abhyankar, Prof. K. V., view of, that precession of equinoxes was known in Ancient India, 520n Abhyudaya, meaning of 1037n Abhyuditeṣṭi, 66, 1340 Ācāradarśa of Śrīdatta, 640n. Achelis, Miss Elizabeth, 718n. Acta Orientalia, 490n, 1133-34 Actions, (vide acts, guṇabhūta, pradhāna, śeṣa); enjoined by the Veda are either primary or principal such as prayājas and guṇabhūta (subsidiary) such as pounding of grains of rice and etc, or as *kratvartha* and *puruṣārtha* 53, 1306, non-difference or difference among acts is ascertained by six means viz śabdāntara, abhyāsa, saṅkhyā, prakaraṇa (context), sañjñā (names as in Jyotiḥ, Viśvajyotiḥ etc. which are names of different acts), 1306-7.