viii CONTENTS

VARGA PAOE

4. Surya and Vaisvanara, a form of Agni ....... 35

5. Five names of Agni. Derivation of Agni, Dravinodas, Tanunapat . . 36

6. Narasamsa, Pavamana, Jatavedas ........ 37

7. The twenty-six names of Indra: Vayu, Varuna, Rudra, Indra (1-4) . 39

8. Parjanya, Brhaspati, Brahmanaspati, Ksetrasya pati, Rta (5-9) . . 40

9. Vastospati, Vacaspati, Aditi, Ka, Yama (10-14) .... 42

10. Mitra, Visvakarman, Sarasvat, Vena, Manyu (15-19) . . . 44

11. Asuniti, Apam napat, Dadhikra, Dhatr, Tarksya (20-24) ... 46

12. Pururavas (25), Mrtyu (26). The seven names of the Sun: Savitr (1),

Bhaga(2) 47

13. Ptisan, Visnu, Kesin, Visvanara, Vrsakapi (3-7) ..... 49

14. Derivation of Visnu. The incidental names of the deities cannot be

enumerated 50

15. Threefold V&c: her terrestrial and middle forms . . . . 51

16. Other middle forms of Vac. Her four celestial forms . . 53

17. Names of female seers: three groups 55

18. Deity in self-laudations and colloquies (87, 88) 56

Grammatical Section (89-121).

Different kinds of particles (89-93) 57

19. Particles (concluded). Prepositions. Genders ..... 58

20. Nouns. Pronouns. Importance of meaning. Pules for construing 59

21. Analysis of words. Six kinds of compounds ..... 60

22. Meaning and analysis of words . . . . . . . 61

23. Yaska's wrong explanations. Dropping of letters ..... 63

24. Word and sense. The verb expresses a form of becoming. Definition of

bhavavrttam. Six forms of becoming (bhdva) ..... 64

25. The deities of the Vyahrtis and of Om 65

The Deities of the Rg-veda.

26. The first three hymns. Authors of VaisVadeva hymns ... 67

27. Character of Vaiivadeva hymns 68

28. Passages of the Rg-veda addressed to Sarasvati. Indra hymns . . 69

29. Indra associated with the Maruts in RV. i. 6 71

30. The deities of RV. i. 12 and of the Apr! hymn i. 13 .... 73

31. The eleven AprI hymns . 74

32. Tanunapat and Narasamsa. The deities of the Apri hymns

(ii. 157iii. 80). Idhma a form of Agni 75

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