The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.460

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v2.c42.460

Waking reality, compared with dreams, 508, 558, 567–70. War god, Agni as, 161 ; Bṛhaspati, 163. Warriors, 228. War-spell, *see* Apvā. Washing, as prophylactic means, 383 ; taboo on, 305, 306. Water, as an element, 471, 472, 517, 525 ; as source of the universe, 603. Waters (*āpaḥ*), goddesses, 34, 38, 58, 60, 64, 82, 88, 97, 104, n. 1, 135, 136, 141, 142, 168, 175, 181, 182, 184, 213, 214, 227 ; and Agni, 155, 156 ; as barrier between dead and living, 422 ; in magic, 383, 389 ; oath by, 395. Water offerings, to the dead, 427. Water ordeal, 393. Water spirit, in Namuci legend, 131. Wax image, used in magic, 389. Way of salvation, 581–3. Way of the Fathers, *see pitṛyāṇa*. Way of the gods, *see devayāna*. Weapons, as divine (cf. Āyudhapūjā, Thurston, *Omens and Superstitions of Southern India*, p. 174 ; Rose, JRS. iii. 235), 64, 66, 188 ; of Rudra, deposited on trees, 143. Wedding hymn, 2, 170, 373–8. Wedding party, trees asked to bless, 182. Wedding ritual, 330, 373–8, 390. Weighing ordeal, for dead man, 393, n. 3, 572.