Vedic Mythology c12.3

c12.3

apsumat 92. abjā 73. abhra 60, 83. abhriya 102. amati 32. amitra 159. amṛta 105, 107, 108, 111, 113, 127, 151, 161. ambā 87. Ambikā 74. ambhṛṇa 164. araṇī 72, 91. Araṇyānī 154. Aramati 119. Arātayaḥ 164. arāti 164. ariṣṭa 45. ariṣṭanemi 149. aruṇa 82, 105. aruṣa 75. arjuna 88. Arjuna 146. arṇava 105. arṇas 59. Arbuda 61, 67, 160; his cows 160. Arbudi 164. Aryaman § 19 (43); 16, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 33, 34, 44, 45, 46, 120. aryamya 45. avi 106. avṛjina 45. Aśani 75. aśuṣa 160. aśna 93, 106. aśman 55, 94. aśva 79. aśvattha 134. aśvin 131. Aśvinī 51, 128. Aśvinau § 21 (49—54); 16, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 106, 124, 125, 132, 141, 149, 151, 162; their physical basis 53; their locality 50; are red-white 51; originally perhaps separate 49; are matutinal gods 51; perhaps morning and evening star 53; are succouring gods 51; are divine physicians 51; come to the sacrifice three times a day 50; ancient explanations of their nature 53; are sons of Dyaus 21, 51; sons of Vivasvat and Saraṇyu 51; their wife 51; their sister 51; their ships or boat 52; associated with Atri 145, with Kaṇva 146, with Savitṛ 50, with Uṣas 50; identified with Indra-Agni 128. asat 13. Asiknī 81. asu 166. asutṛp 173. asunīta 166. asunīti 166. Asunīti 120. asura 22, 24, 32, 36, 58, 75, 79, 84, 97, 98, 116, 123, 156; means both god and demon 156; identical with the Avestic ahura 7. Asura 90, 133, 161, 162. asurahan 156. Asurāḥ § 67 A; 5, 39, 41, 57, 61, 95, 96, 97, 119, 136, 160; offspring of Prajāpati 156; connected with darkness 156. Ahalyā 65. ahi 58, 64, 73, 152, 153. Ahi 158, 160, 161; identical with Vṛtra 73. Ahi budhnya 70, 72, 153. ahibhānu 78, 152. ahihan 149.