The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.59

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Atidhanvan, royal (?) philosopher, 493. Atithigva Divodāsa, relation to Indra, 129, 130. Atlas, in Greek mythology, 80. Atmosphere, 33, 90, 128, 134, 247, 486, 520, n. 7, 561, 593, 594, 595; offerings to, 213. Ātreya, priest as scapegoat, 263. Atri, Atris, priests, 1, 91, 92, 227, 291, 439. Atri Saptavadhri, rescued by the Açvins, 116. Attention, 535, 554. Attis, Anatolian deity, 187. Attraction by magic of beneficial substances, 386–8. Augenblicksgötter, momentary gods, Usener's theory of, 44, 45. Aupamanyava, grammarian, his views on Niṣādas, 299. Aupaniṣada, school, 512. Aupaniṣadika sections of Arthaçāstra and Kāma Sūtra, 491, n. 5. Auramazdā, Persian form of Ahura Mazdāh, 614. Aurava, Kutsa, son of Indra, 125. Aurṇavābha, demon, 193. Aurṇavābha, grammarian, derivation of Hotṛ, 254, n. 1. Aurora, Roman deity, 38, 121. Austerity, *see* Asceticism. Australian religion, 49, 52. Australian tribes, supreme deity among, 42. Australo-Veddaic, Pre-Dravidians as, 634. Austric languages, 633. Āvayās (perhaps Āvayāj, Macdonell, *Vedic Grammar*, § 302, but dubiously), priest, 252. Averting of face at sacrifice, 172, n. 11, 281. Avesta, 32, 60, 63, 110, 128, 134, 137, 139, 161, 171, 180, 193, 211, 220, 231, 232, 233, 249, 254, 286, 294, 299, 345, 353, n. 3, 406, 408, 409, 420, 448, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624; age of the, 614–19. Avoidance of use of name of Rudra, 145, 146. Axe, ordeal by, 393. Āyu, foe of Indra, 129, 228. Aži Dahāka, Iranian demon, 134.