‘Vehicles,’ 340.

  vermilion, 532.

  Vesta, 530.

  Vet[=a]la, 537.

  Vidy[=a]dharas, 367.

  Vighneca, 488.

  vih[=a]ra, 435.

  Vikram[=a]ditya, 436.

  village-tree, 540.

  Vinaya, 326.

  Virabhadra, 467.

  Vir[=a]j, 507.

  Virgin-worship, 557.

  virtue (see commandments, dharma, morals), ideals of, 555.

  vicas, 27, 194.

  Vic[=a]kha, 466.

  Vishnu (Vi[s.][n.]u), 41, 52, 56, 112, 144, 178, 251, 332, 354,
    365, 388 ff., 412 ff., 451 ff.;
    feast of, 456; 460, 487, 492, 498, 508, 534.

  Vishnuism, 143, 348, 389, 413, 446, 464, 480, 494 ff.

  Vishnu’s law-book, 441.

  Vicv[=a]mitra, 27.

  Vi[t.]h[t.]hala, 500, 508, 514, 522.

  Vivasvant, 81, 128 ff., 146, 392.

  void, see C[=u]nya.

  Volga, see Ras[=a].

  vows, 293, 317, 378.

  V[r.][s.]abha, 482.

  Vr[=a]tya-hymns, 179.

  Vritra (V[r.]tra), 20, 120, 185, 357, 369.

  Vy[=a]sa, 488, 495.

  warriors, 28, 29, 419.

  water (origin of all things), 48, 107, 141, 330, 362, 378.

  waters, 99.

  water-pot, 453.

  water-worshippers, 480.

  wealth (see Bhaga), 528.

  White Island, 413, 426 ff:, 431, 545.

  wife, see woman.

  wild-tribes, 471, 490, 493, 534 ff.,
  569.

  wind-god, 87 ff., 123, 165, 354, 460;
    worshippers, 480.

  witchcraft, see magic.

  witness (see oath), 250.

  women (authors of Rig Veda), 27;
    burned, see suttee; as nuns, 291,
    310; religion of, 370; use mantra,
    440, 450, 453; price of wife, 270,
    535.

  wood, see trees.

  wood-goddess, 138, 530.

  worlds, number of, 402.

  writing, 4, 7, 331, 544. 595.

  Yajur Veda, 24, 176 ff., 419.

  Yak[s.]as, 415.

  Yama (see Citragupta, Hell), 16, 45,
  49, 128 ff., 144, 146, 353, 365, 378ff.,
  397, 451, 480, 540.

  Yima, 11, 16,128 ff.

  Yoga, yogin or yogi, 262, 281, 304,
  351, 391 ff., 399, 402, 470, 486,
  495, 550.

  yoni, vulva, 475,490.

  yuga, see ages.

  Zarathustra, Zoroaster (see Iranian),
  10, 72, 524.

  Zeus, 9, 66.

  Ziegenbalg. 565.

  Zooelatry, 547.