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The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.69

The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.69

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v2.c42.69

Doubt, as to Indra, 433. Dove, offered to Nirṛti, 324. Dṛbhīka, possibly Iranian name, 7, 236. Dṛṣadvatī, river, 173 ; sacrifice on the, 372. Dragons, in German religion, 136, n. 11. Drāhyāyaṇa Çrauta Sūtra, 28. Dramatic ritual, 48, 110, 142. Draug, Norse malignant spirit, 38. Dravidians, influence on Vedic Indians, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 64, n., 149, 155, 200, 497, 629–34. Dreag, Old English malignant spirit, 38. Dreamless sleep, 517, 519, n. 8, 520, 567–70. Dream-like existence of the Fathers, 465, n. 2. Dreams, 383, 391, 392, 517, 520 ; as source of belief in spirits of the dead, 75, 414 ; bad, banished to Trita Āptya, 120 ; compared with waking reality, 508, 558, 567–70. Dried river foam, a magic ingredient, 397. Drink-of-strength, 339, 340, *and see vājapeya.* Droṇāsa, demon, 240. Dropsy, 282. Druhyus, people, 9, 226. Druids, 571, n. 4, 606, n. 6, 632. Drum, deified, 188 ; used to scare demons, 351. Drunkenness, of Indra, 132 ; of the Persians, 614. Dual deities, 220, 221. Duality, 508. Dulā, star, 468, n. 1. Durgā, goddess, 150, n. 1. Durkheim, theory of sacrifice, 276–8. Duties of man, 585, 586. Dvāpara age, 82. Dwarf animal, 111, n. 1. Dwarf incarnation, of Viṣṇu, 110, 111. Dwelling of dead in the earth, 410, 411. Dyaus, god, 34, 37, 45, 58, 80, 95, 96, 104, 115, 118, 120, 125, 140, 141, 147, n. 3, 174, 191, 208, 216, 221, 232, 448, 614. Dyaus Pitṛ, 37, 86, 96. Dyāvābhūmī, 220. Dyāvākṣamā, 220. Dyāvāpṛthivī, 220. Dying round the Brahman, 394.