Vedic Mythology c13: II. General Index

Vedic Mythology c13

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II. General Index

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Aborigines of India 153, 157. agricultural implements deified 155. Ahura 156; — Mazda 20, 28, 32, 45, 68. alter ego 173. Ameṣa spentas 28. Amṣaspands 40. agent gods § 38 (115—118). ἄγγελος 143. ancestors 141, 142, 170. ancestor-worship 4. animal-sacrifice 154. animals, mythological § 59—64 (147—153); noxious § 64 (152—3); symbolical 148. anthropomorphism 17, 88, 91, 104, 148; degrees of — 2. ants 153, 165. Apāṁ napāt 68, 70. ape 163. archer 116, 119, 137; as a designation of Agni 89. archers 74, 79. Ardvī-śūra 113. Ārmaiti 121. armour 155. arrows deified 155. Aryan 161. Āryans 157. Āryas and Dāsas 157, 159. ascetic 134. ass 151; — of the Aśvins 50. àsu 114. asura-slaying 103. Ātar 7, 141. āthravan 141. Āthwya 8, 43, 68, 114. atmospheric gods 54—86. attributes transferred 127. AUFRECHT 173. Aurora 8, 49. avatār of Viṣṇu 41. Avesta 7, 20, 27, 28, 30, 31, 37, 40, 45, 49, 66, 68, 70, 87, 113, 114, 117, 124, 127, 136, 137, 139, 141, 152, 156, 159, 164, 169, 172, 173; its relation to Vedic mythology § 5 (7—8). axe, of Brahmaṇas pati 116; of Tvaṣṭṛ 116. Azhi 152; — dahāka 68.

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Bagha 7, 45. balance, in which the dead are weighed 169. BARTH 140, 154. bear 144, 153. beast 165. bee 50. beef 151. BENFEY 66, 81. BERGAIGNE 26, 38, 43, 53, 61, 63, 74, 100, 107, 122, 123, 140, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151, 161. Bird 139, 148, 149, 152, 163, 172; = Agni 89, 152, 165; = Soma 106, 108, 152; = sun 9, 31, 152. Birds, aquatic 134, 135; as steeds 50. BLOOMFIELD 74, 112, 173. boar 67, 75, 151; cosmogonic — 14, 41, 151; = Vṛtra 41. boars 79. body in heaven 166. bogu 45. BOLLENSEN 53. bolt, Indra's 18. bones, of Dadhyañc 142; of the dead 165, 166. bow 55; deified 155. V. BRADKE 64, 66, 149. Brāhman 13. Brāhmans, secret of 113. Brāhmaṇas 4, 5, 6, 13, 17, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 68, 69, 72, 76, 87, 92, 109, 111, 112, 117, 118, 119, 124, 125, 130, 136, 155, 156, 159, 160, 168, 169. Buddhist literature 154. buffalo 18, 129. buffaloes 40, 41, 56, 106. bull 75, 80, 83, 84, 125; = Agni 88, 90, 92, 150; = Dyaus 120, 150; = Indra 150, connected with Indra 18; = Rudra 150; = Soma 106, 108; = sun 31; — in mythology § 61 A (150). bulls 56, 129. burial 165.

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Cake, offering of 56. calf = Agni 89; = lightning 12, 150. car, of the Aśvins 50, 51, 52, of Indra 55, of Uṣas 18, 47, of the gods 18; = the sun 31; three-wheeled — 50. castes, four 13. cave 159, 160. Cinvat bridge 173. claw of the Soma eagle 112. clothing of the dead 165. cloud 88, 107, 112. clouds 10, 59, 60, 78, 134. cloud-spirit 137. COLINET 123. commentators 124. Comparative Mythology § 6 (8). cosmical functions of Vedic gods 15. cosmogonic hymns 13, 46. cosmogonic paradox 12, 46. Cosmogony § 8 (11—14). Cosmology § 7 (8—11). cow 56, 70, 78, 82, 122, 124, 125, 148; = Aditi 122; = Pṛthivī 126; = raincloud 10, 12, 150; sacrificial — 165; sanctity of — 151; — of Plenty 150; — of Ṛbhus 132; — in mythology 150; raw — 62. cows 10, 107, 116, 141, 142, 144, 147, 152, 157, 159, 161, 168; = beams of dawn 59, 61, 150; = waters 59, 61, 108; — of light 47, of Vala 102. craft 156. cremation 165. cymbals 134.

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Dahāka 69. DARMESTETER 70. Dawn 14, 15, 30, 45; associated with Aditi 122, with cows 61, with Indra 61, with night 129; her car 18. dawns 138. dead, souls of the 163, 164. death 168. deities, lower 131—138; agricultural 138; tutelary § 49 (138). deluge 139. demons 4, 18, 152, 156—164; — of the mountains 60. descent of fire 140.

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δέσις 121. devil 156, 159. dew 148. dice 135. Διὸς κοῦροι 53. dog 151; four-eyed — 173. dogs 163, 173; — of Rudra 76. donkeys 163. doors, sacrificial 154. druj 8, 164. drum, deified 155. dual divinities § 44 (126—130), 15—16.

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Eagle 71, 104, 111, 113, 137, 148; = Agni 89, 112; = Indra 112, 152; = Maruts 112; = sun 31; carries off Soma 63, 112, 152; — of Zeus 114. Earth 15, 121; is circular 9; as a mother 8, 12. east, connected with Agni 34; as region of the gods 76. Ἠέλιος 32. egg, cosmogonic 14. elbe 133. elephants 58, 79. elf 133. elves 134. Ἠώς 8, 49. epenthesis 137. Epic 39, 149, 153, 172. Epics 119, 121, 137. eschatology 165—173. eternity of reward and punishment 169. etymological equations in mythology 5. etymology, popular 157. evil dreams 47. evil spirits 47. extra-Vedic tribes 156. eye = sun 38; associated with the sun 166; — of Mitra and Varuṇa 23, 149; — of the gods (= sun) 48.

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Father Heaven 22. Fathers 11, 12, 48, 86, 136, 165, 166, 167, 170; as a distinct class 171; path of the — 171. feather of the Soma eagle 112. felly = the sun 31. fetishistic animals 148. fetishistic worship 154. fiend 158. fingers 111. fire 15; domestic — 94. fire-altar 155. fire-cult 7. fire-drill 91. fires that burn the wicked 167. fish 41, 139. flesh-eating goblins 163. flood 41; Indo-Iranian 139. flute 168, 172. forest, deified 154. forts, autumnal 158. fort-destroyer 109; 127. FOY 149. friction, fire produced by 91. frogs 83, 151. funerals 165. future life 165, 171.

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Gandarewa 8, 136, 137. Ganges 134. garland 148. GELDNER 53, 138. gem = the sun 31. Gemini 53. Germanic mythology 152. ghee 107, 168, 172; = rain 25. goat 74, 151; sacrificial — 165; skin of — 165. goats 128; — of Pūṣan 35. goblins 162. god of battle 54. gods 5; abode of the — 18; abstract — 115—123; — and Asuras 156; — and Dasyus 157; — and demons 40; equipment of the — 18; food of — 18; generations of — 17; gradation in rank of — 20; groups of — § 45 (130); number of — 19; offspring of Vivasvat 42; origin of — § 9 (14); relative importance of — 20; — come to the sacrifice 18. gold = sun 155. GOLDSTÜCKER 53. grain, offering of 56. GRASSMANN 73, 77, 87, 149. Great Bear 144. groups of gods 5.

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Hail 158. Haoma 43, 68, 113, 114, 137. Haraiti 113. Haraqaiti 87. HARDY 69, 70, 74, 88, 117, 123. heaven § 73 (167); 150; as abode of Soma 111, 114; highest — 165, 166, 167; path to — 166, 167; — of priests 168; as reward of virtue 167; third — 167, 171. Heaven and earth 116, 121, 123, 154; distance between — 9, 10; as universal parents 8, 14, 15, 126. Heavenly bliss § 74 (167—8). Helena 53. hell § 75 (169—170); 172, 173; darkness of — 169; doctrine of — 168; torments of — 169, 170. henotheism 16—17. HENRY 74. HILLEBRANDT 26, 69, 70, 88, 100, 104, 117, 118, 124, 173; his lunar theory 113. honey 102, 168; associated with the Aśvins 49, with the waters 85. HOPKINS 53, 104, 153. horns of Soma 108. horse 132; head of a — 141, 149; — in mythology § 60 (148—50); sacrificial — 165; = sun 48. horses of the Aśvins 50. √hu 114. hukhratu 114. hvare 31.

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Ice 160. identifications of different gods 16. idols 155. ignis 99. image 155. images 18. immortality, acquired by the gods 17; navel of — 110. implements, deified 154. inanimate objects, deification of 2, 4. incest 173. Indo-European period 8, 20, 45, 66, 85, 169. Indo-Iranian period 7, 20, 28, 43, 45, 66, 68, 70, 106, 113—114, 120, 127, 136, 143, 173. Indus 86. iron leg of Viśpalā 52.

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Judgment 169. Jupiter (planet) 103.

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KAEGI 104, 117. Kathenotheism 16. Κένταυρος 137. Κέρβερος 173. KUHN 39, 81, 117, 140.

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LANGLOIS 104. Lettic myth 53. life after death 4. lightning 12, 15, 16, 56, 59, 61, 67, 69, 70, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 83, 84, 88, 90, 92, 112, 128, 134, 135, 140, 142, 149, 152, 158; as a form of Agni 92, 93, 94; associated with Soma 108. lion 58, 79, 83, 90. LUDWIG 87, 117, 149. lutes 134.

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Magical effect of kindling fire 98.

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magical rites 8. man and beast 153. man-tigers 153. Manes 172, 173. Mannhardt 53. marriage processions 154. Max Müller 16, 70, 87, 104, 123, 151. mead, Indo-European 114. measuring the earth 11. medu 114. men and animals 148. men, origin of 14. messengers 143, 172, 173. metamorphoses 134, 151, 163. metempsychosis, germ of 166. meteor 163. method in mythology § 4 (5—7). μέθυ 114. Meyer 81, 173. milk 168; = rain 10, 80; = water 86; ripe — 62. milky way 88. mirage 136. mist 158. Mithra 30, 37, 44, 127. monkey 64, 151. monotheism, a kind of 4; polytheistic — 16, 17. moon 31, 48, 69, 70, 73, 74, 88, 104, 108, 111, 118, 136, 137, 159, 173; = Soma 112; phases of the — 112, 125, 133, 134; waning of the — 112. morning star 53. mortar and pestle 106; deified 155. mother earth 22, 88, 90. mothers, Agni's two 91; Waters as — 85. mountain = cloud 111, 159. mountains 135, 161; aerial — 10; — deified 154. Muir 123. Myriantheus 53. mythological conceptions, relative ages of 20. mythology, comparative § 6 (8); definition of — § 1; characteristics of Vedic — § 2 (2—3); post-Vedic — 86, 87. myths, primary and secondary traits in 6.

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Names, un-Aryan 162. niggard 157. night 12, 48; time of goblins 163; associated with morning 124. north, region of Rudra 76. north-east 171.

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Odhin 83, 152; as an eagle 114. ogni 39. Oldenberg 28, 34, 39, 43, 44, 53, 60, 70, 77, 92, 104, 117, 123, 149. Oldham 87. omen, birds and beasts of 152. origin of various deities identical 3, 15. ornaments of the dead 165. Οὐρανός, 28, addenda, line 10. owl 152, 163, 169, 172.

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Pantheism 4, 13, 16, 154; 'ritualistic' — 154. paradise, earthly 173; heavenly 173. paradox 12, 46, 91, 121, 122. Pārendi 124. parentage, mythological applications of 11, 12. Parsis 106. Perkúnas 84, addenda, line 31. Perry 69. phallic worship 155. φλεγύαι 140. pigeon 152, 172. Pischel 57, 58, 62, 69, 77, 123, 149. plants 84, 154; deified 154. points of the compass 9. post-Vedic literature 102, 136, 139, 142, 160, 163; — mythology 118, 155; — poetry 150; — period 155; — Sanskrit 157; — Soma 112. prehistoric notions about animals § 65 (153). pressing-stones 105, 110, 144, 154. pressings of Soma 114. priest, Atharvan 7, 141; Adhvaryu 107; Hotṛ 7, 96, 147. priests and heroes, mythical 137—147. Prometheus 72, 91. punishment, future 169. Purāṇas 39, 41, 119, 121.

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Quail 52. quiver, deified 155.

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Rain 24, 59, 83, 88; names of — 81, n. 2. rainbow 136, 137. rain-cloud 83, 85, 90; names of — 83. rain-clouds 60. rain-god 85. rain-waters 85. rays = steeds of the sun 31. rebirth 167, 168. religion, definition of § 1 (1). retribution, doctrine of 168. rivers, deified § 33 (86—88); 154. rock = cloud 111. Roth 28, 44, 53, 65, 69, 73, 87, 88, 104, 116, 123, 146, 149, 169, 173.

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Sacrifice, attacked by goblins 163; celestial — 167. sacrificial fire 99; — fires 47; — gifts 167, 168; — horse 35; — implements 154; — ladles 155; — post 154. Satires on Brāhmans 151. Sāyuzhdri 68. Schmidt, Joh., addenda, l. 10, 29. v. Schroeder 70, 77, 81. Semitic legend 139. serpent 72, 148, 152, 153, 158, 160, 165; = Agni 89. serpent-slayer 152, 153. seven, hotṛs 144; — priests 139, 144; — Ṛṣis 144, 167; — stars 144. sheep 36; wool of — 106. sin, pardoned by various gods 121. sleep 172. solar year 39. solstitial festival 155. soma-backed 110. soma-drinker (Agni) 16. soma-drinkers 127. soma-eagle 69, 107, 114, 142, 152. soma-strainer 106, 111. soma vat 106. son, figurative use of the word 12; — of strength 102; — of waters 85. song 168, 172; — of the Aṅgirases 142; — of the Maruts 80. sorcerers 95. Soul § 72 (166—167); — of the dead 48, 81. south, connected with the Fathers 170, with Soma 34. south-east 171. Spiegel 70. spirits, friendly 164; dark world of evil — 167. stallion 80. stars 10, 103, 112, 134, 136, 144, 167, 171. steed 148; = Agni 89; = lightning 150; = Soma 108; = sun 31. steeds of Indra 55; of Apām napāt 70. steps of Viṣṇu 37, 38, 39. stone, burning 156; = sun 31. storm-cloud 125. storm-gods 81. strainer, Soma 106, 111. stratagem of the gods 156.

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sun 15, 148; as a cosmogonic agent 13; as a form of Agni 93; daughter of the — 53, 105, 108, 119; eye of the — 160; as abode of the Fathers 167; coupled with the moon 129, 173; its whereabouts at night 10; restoration of the — 51, 53, 61; rising — 43, 137; steeds of the — 12; wheel of the — 56, 63.

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sun-bird 39, 136.

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sunrise, Agni produced at 91.

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sunset 155; unimportant in Vedic worship 53.

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sun-steed 136.

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supersession of Varuṇa by Indra 28.

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Sutlej 87.

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Sūtras 36, 75, 76, 119, 125, 152, 153, 155, 166, 168.

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swan, golden 168.

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symbolical steed 150.

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symbols 155.

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Temples, unknown in Ṛgveda 18.

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ten fingers 105, 116, 122.

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ten maidens = fingers 91, 106.

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terrestrial gods 86—114.

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terrestrial objects deified 154.

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third daily Soma pressing 132.

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Thraetaona 68.

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three Agnis 94; — classes of beings 164; — daily invocations 119, 120; — daily offerings 89; — daily Soma pressings 107; — earths 169; — lakes of Soma 107, 139; — sacrificial fires 94, 95; — Soma-tubs 139; — worlds 41.

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three-headed demon 61, 64, 67, 68, 160; — goblins 163.

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three-wheeled car 132.

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Thrita 8, 43, 68, 114.

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thunder 59, 84; — of the Maruts 80.

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thunder-god 54.

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thunderstorm 108.

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Thwakṣ 117.

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time of the Aśvins' appearing 50.

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tortoise 41, 151, 153.

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totemism 153.

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track of death 165.

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transmigration 166, 168, 169.

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tree, celestial 167.

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trees 134, 154.

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triad of gods 5, 19, 54, 69, 93; — of sacrificial goddesses 87; — of worlds 9.

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triple character of Agni 93.

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τρίτος 69.

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twin 172.

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twins, Aśvins 49; primaeval 173.

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two births of Agni 94; — classes of abstract gods 115; — eyes = sun and moon 130.

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Universe, mechanical production of 11; three divisions of 8, 11, 14.

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Upaniṣads 119, 167, 168.

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Vadare 114.

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Vāraghna 152.

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Vedic commentators 113.

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Vedic gods, beneficent 18; their character § 10 (15—19); classified 19—21; their common features 15; their number 17, 19; originally mortal 17; subordinate to one another 16.

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Vedic mythology, sources of § 3 (3—5).

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verethra 159.

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Verethraghna 8, 66, 150, 152.

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verethrajan 114.

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Vīvaṅhvant 43, 114, 172.

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Vourukaṣa 137.

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Vṛtra-slayer 87, 98, 109, 152; = Agni 16; = sun 31.

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Vṛtra-slayers 127, 128; = Aśvins 51.

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Vṛtra-slaying 6, 80.

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vulture 152.

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vultures 163.

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WALLIS 123.

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water-nymph 15, 134, 137, 172.

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Waters 10, 91, 116, 121, 126, 152, 154, 158, 159, 161; aerial 59; associated with Agni 92; in cosmogony 14; as mothers 12, 69, 85, 107; purifying and healing 85, son of — 12; as wives of Varuṇa 26.