numbers, 478.

  nuns, 290, 310, 330, 557.

  nymphs, in heaven, 417.

  Nysian, 458.

  oath (see ordeals), of king, 213;
    may be broken, 255;
    water in oath, 362;
    other forms of oath, 533, 534.

  observances, 246.

  oceans, 34.

  offerings, 183.

  Om, 395, 453.

  Omens (see magic), 256, 328.

  ophir, 543.

  oracles, 533, 534.

  Or[=a]ons, 526, 531, 535.

  ordeals, 3, 270, 275, 363.

  orders, politica), priestly stadia, 264, 353, 365.

  orthodoxy, 507, 562.

  pacceka, 305.

  P[=a]h[=a]rias, 533.

  pairs of gods, 83, 102, 138, 462.

  palm, 540.

  palmistry (sce omens), 256.

  P[=a][.n]cajanya fire, 423. 
  Pa[.n]cak[=a]la, Pa[.n]cak[=a]j[.n]as, 413.

  Pa[.n]camah[=a]kalpa, 413.

  Pa[.n]catantra, 558.

  P[=a][.n]car[=a]tra, 413, 427, 442, 447, 492, 497.

  P[=a][n.][d.]avas, 466, 469.

  P[=a][n.]dur[=a][.n]ga, 500.

  pantheism (see K[r.][s.][n.]a, R[=a]ma,
    Vi[s.][n.]u), 37, 47, 57, 138, 140, 248,
    356, 407, 414, 484 ff., 498, 547.

  Paradise, see Heaven.

  Paracu R[=a]ma, 469.

  parents, 370.

  parimata, 227, 229, 232.

  Parjanya, 100 ff., 369, 378.

  Parmenides, 559.

  parrot, 445, 450.

  P[=a]rvat[=i], (goddess) ‘of mountains,’ 416.

  Pacupati, 413, 462, 463.

  P[=a]cupata, 447, 482, 509.

  P[=a]taliputta, 311.

  Pata[.n]jali, 495.

  Path, holy, 305 ff., 401,426.

  peacock, 445, 450, 528, 536.

  Persian, see Darius, Iranian.

  pessimism, 306, 314, 316 ff.

  phallus (see li[.n]ga), 150, 414, 443, 470. 471, 528, 544.

  Ph[=a]nsigars, 494.

  Philo, 555.

  philosophy (see S[=a][.n]khya, Ved[=a]nta), 141, 495.

  Phoenicia, 543.

  picture-worship, 374, 557.

  pipal-tree, see bo-tree.

  Pic[=a]cas (see devils), 415.

  planets, 367, 415, 545.

  plants, worship of (see trees), 540;
    plant-souls, see metempsychosis.

  Plato, 2, 559.

  Plotinus, 561.

  pocket-altars, 475.

  pole-rite, 378, 443, 534.

  political divisions, 26, 27.

  polyandry, 467, 535.

  polygamy, 533.

  polytheism, 11, 13, 529, 547.

  Pongol, 449, 528.

  pools, 254. 370, 372, 404, 444, 478.

  pope, 557.

  Porphyry, 561.

  Portuguese rule in India, 566.

  Prabh[=a], 452.

  Pradyumna, 441, 442.

  Prabl[=a]da, 397.

  Praj[=a]pati, 142, 182 ff., 196 ff., 404, 412,475, 492, 554.