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Thomas, JRAS. 1924, pp. 265 ff.; on Aššur, cf. CAH. i. 231; ii. 348, 709, n. 1), 13. Asceticism, 301, 402, 480, 485, 497, 503, 514, 515, 516, 517, 576, 577, 578, 585, 618; *see also* Muni *and* Yatis. Ash, Germanic, as sacred, 172, n. 2. Asia Minor, religion in, 37. Asiknī, river, 152. Asita Dhānva, King of Asuras, 234. Āsnatare, Iranian counterpart of Potṛ, 294. Ass, in myth, 69, 114, 192; in ritual, 266, 267, 271, 279; offered to Rakṣases, 324. Assara Mazāš, 5, n. 3, 616. Assimilation of offering to the character of the deity, 279, 280. Assyria, 33, n. Astronomical data, as evidence of age of the Rigveda, 4; the Brāhmaṇas, 22. Asunīti, deity, 211. Asura, form of marriage, 373. Asura, lord, 13, 232, 233, 447; *see also* Ahura Mazdāh. Asura Maya, in epic, 96, n. 6. Asuras, demons, 24, 26, 33, 35, 36, 73, 75, 88, 95, 96, 110, 111, 131, 142, 153, n. 9, 159, 179, 207, 231–4, 244, 272, 430, 455, 456, 457, 459, 464, 470, 471, 478, n. 8, 481, 623. Ātar, Iranian, 135, 161, 225. Ātarevakhša, Iranian parallel of the Agnīdh, 294. Aten (Aton) worship, alleged Indo-Iranian influence on (Cumont, *Astronomy and Religion*, pp. 73 ff.; CAH. ii. 400; *but see* Breasted, *Development of Religion and Thought*, p. 367, n. 1), 26, 103, n. 5. Atharvan, Atharvans, priests, 34, 116, 161, 166, 223, 224, 225, 228, 261, 443. Atharvāṅgiras, 225. Atharvaveda, 1, 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 29, 52, 64, 68, 73, 76, 78, 82, 89, 91, 92, 97, 103, n. 1, 104, 109, 113, 124, 134, 137, 142, 143, 144, 147, 155, 158, 159, 161, 170, 174, 176, 180, 181, 182, 184, 188, 192, 193, 207, 208, 209, 213, 221, 223, 229, 231, 238, 245, 247, 292, 338, 375, 382, 393, 394, 399, 402, 405, 406, 414, 417, 423, 427, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 451, 454, 458, 485, 503, 510, n. 3, 531, 538, 553, 560, 575, 604, 621. Atharvaveda Pariçiṣṭa, 391, 632. Athene, Greek goddess (non Indo-European name, CAH. ii. 616), 425. Āthravan, Iranian priest, 34, 161, 225. Āthwya, Iranian sacrifice, 34, 113, 134, 171.