The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.54

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Aja Ekapād, deity, 62, 80, 136, 137, 166, 175, 192, 362. Ajas, tribe, 196. Ajātaçatru, King, 21, 22, 493, 517. Ajātasattu, patron of the Buddha, 22. Ajīgarta, father of Çunaḥçepa, 282, 283. Ajita Kesakambalin, teacher, 550. Ājya Çastra, 315, 329. Akhenaten (Ikhnaton), religious reformer (*CAH.* ii. 109 ff.), views on sun (for a different opinion see Sethe cited in *JRAS.* 1924, p. 325), 518. Ākhyānas, 344. Ākuli, demon, 233, 462. Akūpāra Kaçyapa, cosmic tortoise, 81, n. 3, 82, n. 9, 242. Alexander, invasion of India, 30. Alfr, Norse parallel of elf, 38. Ālikhant, demon, 240. Alkaios, prayer to Dioskouroi, 117. Alkman, alleged reference to Soma in, 171, n. 3. Allegorical myths, 60. Allegories, 499. All-gods, Viçve Devās, 2, 89, 93, 136, 213, 214, 221, 265, 270, 300, 301, 323, 327, 329, 343, 359, 427. All-soul, *see* *ātman*. Alpine brachycephalics, Indo-Europeans as, 12, 627, n. 3, 634, n. 2; opposed to Indo-Europeans, 634. Altars, as symbols of Soma guardians, 68. Amāvāsyā, new moon night, offerings to, 201. Ambāla, place of abode of Rigvedic Indians, 3. Ambikā, sister or mother of Rudra, 144, 149, 242. Ambrosia (*amṛta*), 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 623, 624. Ameša Spenta, Iranian deities, 33, 34, 217. Ammā, Dravidian goddess, 199, n. 9, 200. Ammianus Marcellinus, cited, 615. Amphidromia, 367, n. 6. Amulets, 388. Anaghā, goddess, 186. Anāhita, Iranian deity, 173, n. 4, 614. Anarçani, demon, 236. Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher (*c.* 440 B.C.), 544, 594, 604, n. 1, 611, 635. Anaximander, Greek philosopher (6th cent. B.C.), 603. Anaximenes, Greek philosopher (6th cent. B.C.), 613. Anchorite, 490, 589, *and see* Asceticism.