The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.459

v2.c42.459

Voluntary death by fire, as explanation of the Dīkṣā, 302. Vourukaša, ocean in Iranian view, 135, 623. Vows, 260, n. 5 ; of student, 303, 304, 371. Vṛṣākapi, obscure figure in myth, 66, 133, 192, 214. Vṛṣaṇaçva, Indra hailed as Menā of, 125. Vṛtra, demon, 62, 68, 72, 88, 91, 93, 104, 114, 124, 131, 133, 134, 136, 142, 151, 161, 163, 168, 192, 195, n. 2, 205, 210, 220, 234, 235, 266, n. 7, 464, 468, 477. Vṛtrahan, epithet of Indra (Magoun (*Studies in honor of Bloomfield*, pp. 197–210), makes it apply primarily to Agni, but unconvincingly), 33, 133. Vrātya, Vrātyas, 24, 147, 148, 209, 337, 338, 385, 402, 471. Vrātya Stomas, 209, 337, 338, 369, 496, n. 7. Vultures, as birds of omen, 193 ; demons as, 237. Vyañca, demon, 130. Vyāsa, Yogabhāṣya, 537, 548.