[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v2.c42.459 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.459 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.459 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.459](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.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. - [Previous: v2.c42.458.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c42.458.4) - [Next: v2.c42.460](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c42.460) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c42.459](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c42.459) · Pramāṇa