The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.302

v2.c42.302

Possession by evil spirit, modes to remove, 385. Post, sacrificial (*yūpa*), 254, 264, 324, 325, 334. Potṛ, priest, 252, 294, 296, 297, 298, 328. Pourucistā, daughter of Zoroaster, 615. Power, holy, *see* Brahman. Pṛthi Vainya, King, 355. Pṛthivi, goddess, 86, 87, 95, 145, 197, 622, n. 4 ; *see also* Earth. Pṛçni, goddess, 151, 198. Pṛṣātaka, offering and deity, 362. Prabhus, class of Ṛbhus, 176. Prahrāda Kāyādhava, an Asura, 232. Prajāpati, god, 24, 65, 68, 84, n. 3, 86, 88, 96, n. 5, 101, 105, 111, 122, 125, 146, 192, 196, 213, 218, 233, 324, 345, 346, 347, 350, 359, 363, 376, 393, 396, 428, 437, 442–4, 449, 450, 454, 455, 456, 464, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470, 471, 473, 479, 480, n. 6, 481, 482, 486, 506, 510, 517, 524, 525, 539, 554, 560, 573, 581, 583, 610, 613, 635, n. 9. Prācritic languages, origin of, 52. Prākrits, 233, 238. Pramṛcant, demon, 240, n. 6. Praçāstṛ, priest, 252, 253, 294, 296. Praçna Upaniṣad, 500, 501, 525, 537, 545, 552, 568, 577, 578, 581. Prāsahā, wife of Indra, 125, 219. Prastotṛ, priest, 297, 298, 314. Pratardana, King, 584. Pratidarça Çvaikna, sacrificer, 320, n. 1. Pratihartṛ, priest, 297, 298, 314. Pratiprasthātṛ, priest, 294, 295, 321, 326, 330, 336, 371. Prātiçākhyas, 488. Praüga Çastra, of the Hotṛ, 255, 315, 329. Pravāhaṇa Jaivali, philosopher, 493. Prayer (for an implausible critique of RV. vii. 86, see v. Negelein, *Weltanschauung*, pp. 44–6), 65, 162–4, 310–12, 479, 480 ; *and spell*, 390. Predestination, 511 ; *see also* Determinism. Pre-Dravidians, 11, 632–4 ; *see also* Niṣādas. Pregnant woman, funeral rite of a, 424, 627. Preparation of Soma, 166–8. Pressing stones (*grāvan*), 66, 167, 254. Priest, 223–7, 289–99 ; power to injure his patron or enemy, 312; *see also* Brahmans. Priesthood, 39, 40, 55–7, 58, n. 1, 72. Primitive matter, 438, 483, 510, 532–5 ; *see also prakṛti*. Primitive savages, alleged, 42. Prince in exile, magic rite to restore, 387. Principles, Sāṅkhya system of, 532–4.