The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.220

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Lakṣmī, prosperity deified, 212, 623. Lambastana, demon, 240, n. 6. Language, influence on development of religion, 45. Laṅkā, not Ceylon, 633, n. 1. Lanman, C. R., judgement on Indian philosophy, 592, n. 2. Lao Tsé, 582, n. 6. Lar familiaris, 186, n. 4. Latency of fire in wood, 155, n. 1. Latin Festival at Alban Mount, as rite of communion, 269. Latins, origin of (cf. *CAH.* ii. 36, 569 ff.), 52. Lāṭyāyana Çrauta Sūtra, 28. Laughter, 349, 381; as loss of strength, 307. Lauriyā Nandangarh, alleged Vedic burial mounds at, 32, n. 1. Laverna, Roman deity, 150, n. 1. Law, 249, 472, 479, 481, 516, n. 5, 517, 518. Lead, in ritual, 385, 397; representing in Rājasūya the head of Namuci, 341; used for cleansing purposes, 383. Leader god, *see Netṛ*. Leaves, used in lieu of ladles, 56, n. 3. Leibnitz, G. W., German philosopher (A.D. 1646–1716), 635. Lemuria, character of, in contrast with Parentalia, 51. Letting loose of bull (*vṛṣotsarga*), ceremony, 365. Levirate, in India (for Hebrew usage, *see* Scheftelowitz, *Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft*, xviii. 250 ff.), 248, n. 3, 419, 423. Leviticus, on sin offerings, 281. Liberation, *see* Salvation. Licchavis, in Buddhist texts, 36. Life of Vedic tribes, 8, 9; *see also* Long life. Light (*jyotis*), 479, 523, 524. Lightning, as divine, 157, 168, 169, 190, 225, 226, 372, 381, 517, 518. Like as known by like, Greek doctrine of (Inge, *Plotinus*, i. 137–9; Empedokles, frag. 109), 605, n. 3. Lion, 151; well known in the Rigveda, 23; hair of, 353. Lioness, 199. Lithuanian religion, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45, 57, 64, 117, 140, n. 6, 141, 360, 627. *Little Iliad*, 636.