The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.72

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Faith (*çraddhā*; cf. v. Negelein, *Weltanschauung*, p. 34), 249, 250, 514, n. 11, 517, 575, 576, 577; as a deity, 2, 210. False accusation, effect of, 477. Family books, of the Rigveda, 1, 2. Family worship, 328, 358. Fasting, 300, 301, 306. Fata Morgana, 179. Fate, *see* Determinism. Father-in-law, taboo to daughter-in-law, 388. Fathers (*pitṛs*), spirits of the dead, 15, 63, 73, 80, 83, 93, 120, 122, 165, 168, 170, 173, 250, 270, 272, 275, 279, n. 3, 288, 300, 320, 322, 329, 330, 353, 358, 359, 360, 361, 372, 383, 392, 405, 407, 418, 425–32, 448, 464, 465, 466, 480, 571, 572, 573, 575, 576, 598. Fauni, in Roman religion, 147. Fear in religion, 53, n. 2, 54, n. 2, 425. Feather, of eagle becomes tree or porcupine, 169. Fees (*dakṣiṇās*), 317, 323, 326, 330, 335, 336, 337, 338, 343, 345, 398, 401. Feet (*pāda*), as organs, 554, 556. Feretrius, Jupiter, 37. Fertility magic, 351, 476. Fetishism, 47, 66–75, 189, 190, 191. Fever, dismissed to Gandhāra or the Mūjavants, 385, 394. Fides, abstract deity, 65. Fig-tree dropping Soma (*plakṣa somasavana*), 172, n. 2, 407. Fire, as an Indo-European deity, 625, 626; as element, 451, 467, 478, 613; carried before host in battle, 161; domestic, 37, 38, 50, 55, 88, 367; in heaven, 621–3; sacrificial, 34, 36, 38, 48, 55, 56, 285–9; used against demons, 241, 243, 287; used for burning dead, 420, 447, 448. Fire altar, 55, 59, 67, 156; *see also* Fire piling. Fire ordeal, 393. Fire-pan, 465, 466. Fire piling, 271, 282, 352, 354–6, 364, 397, 422, n. 2, 440, n. 1, 465–7, and *see* agnicayana. Fire sticks (*araṇi*), Agni's production from, 161. Fires of hell, 410, n. 2. First fruits, 260, 266, 323, 360, 389. First of men, 228–30, 619–21. First principle, 538, 550. Fish, and Manu, 110, 123, 229; caught at marriage rite, 376; not normally offered, 279. Fish-otter, sacrificed to Apāṁ Napāt, 279. Fish symbol, in Christianity, 123, n. 3. Five Adhvaryus, 201, 416, n. 2. Five Bulls, in sky, 201, 202.