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The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.55

The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.55

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v2.c42.55

Andaman islanders, religion of, 46. Andhakas, Buddhist school, views of the, 562. Androgynous character of Indra, 125; of the primeval being, 462, n. 10, 620. Aṅga, tribe, 632. Aṅgāraka, planet, 200, 528, n. 9. Angelus Silesius, mystic, 600, n. 2. Anger, *see* Wrath. Aṅgiras, 83, 95, 104, 128, 158, 244, 317. Aṅgirases, priestly family, 223, 224, 228, 261, 300, 336, n. 4, 419, 431. Aṅguttara Nikāya, 484. Aniconic worship, 48, n. 3, 56. Animal fetish, 68–71, 190. Animal form of gods, 133, 151, 195, 208; *see also* Theriomorphism. Animal heat, Agni, as, 157. Animal sacrifice (for Egypt, cf. Wiedemann, *Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft*, xxii. 70), 13, 40, 47, 48, 56, 164, 270, 271, 296, 298, 324–6, 327, 333, 334, 390. Animal worship, 63, 74, n. 5, 187, 193, 194, 197, 323, 362, 364, 365. Animals, in the Upaniṣads, 506; self in, 523; transmigration of, 526. Animatism, 42, n. 3, 74, 120, 185, 204, n. 1, 213, 236, 380, 388, 626, 631. Animiṣa, demon, 240. Animism, 42, 43, 71–5, 204, n. 1, 236, 240, 380, 388, 497, 626, 631. Anna Perenna, Latin legend of, 623. Anna Petronilla, Christian legend of, 623. Annihilation, as fate of dead, 409. Anointing, in ritual, 341, 355, 377. Aṅça, an Āditya, 86, 99, 100. Antaka, deity, 213, 408. Antelope, horn and skin, use in ritual, 301, 302, 303, 386. Ant heaps, 287, 322, 384, 386, 387, 392, 397. Anthesteria, Greek festival, 412. Anthropomorphic deities, 237. Anthropomorphism, 47, 58–61, 74, 87, 95, 119, 154, 166, 621, 626. *Antigone*, alleged derivation of motif from India, 601. Ants, 194, 382, 387, 397; occasional worship of, 63; slay Viṣṇu, 112; water and, 142. Anu, Semitic deity, 222, n. 8. Anumati, goddess, 199, 201, 211, 341, 355, 360, 365, 372, 445. Anumroka, Kimīdin, 239. Anus (*pāyu*), 554. Anus, people, 9.