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Return to Ayodhya and ascends the
throne, 123
Celebrates the Asvamedha sacrifice, 124
Sons of, capture the sacrificial horse,
126

Ideal Hindu man, 126

Ramayana, the second great epic of India,

83, 116
Value of, 116
Decline in warlike spirit in, 117
Characters of heroes of, 118
A means of moral education to the
Hindus, 126

A work of later ages, 136

Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka, 120

Steals Sita, 121

Killed by Rama, 123

Religion, Hindu, explanation of, by the

Rig- Veda, 11
Of the Rig- Veda, 62-81
Kshatriyas speculate on, 85
Vedic, decline of, 86

Later, essence of the, 86

Religious discussions in Brahmanic and

Epic times, 144

Life, initiation into, 229-241

Revealed literature, 86

Right of way, passage from Vasishtha,
on, 224-225

Rig- Veda, earliest date of, 1

Composition of, 10
Composers of, 11
Divisions of, 11
Tenth book of, 12
Wells in, 16
Commerce in, 18
Voyages in, 20
Money in, 20
Grains named in, 21
Metals in, 26
Allusions to aborigines in, 81
Weapons in, 39, 41, 42
Coronation customs in, 41-42
Religion of, 62, 81
Preservation of, by youths of priestly
houses, 78
Monotheism in, 80-81
Brahmanas of, 92-93
Aranyakas of, 94
Astronomy in, 166-167
Translations from, 13-14, 15, 17-18, 19,
20, 26, 29, 31, 32-35, 38-42, 44-46,
62-63, 56-67, 58, 59-60, 61, 63, 64,

66, 66-68, 70, 73-74, 75-76, 78-81

Rishis, Vedic bards, 76

Not a separate class, 60-51

As warriors, 77

Rivers, hymns to, in the Rig-Veda, 44-46

Robbers, allusion to aboriginal, in the
Rig-Veda, 31

Royal caste, rise of, 135
Courts, the seats of learning, 143

Rudra, father of the Maruts, one of the

Hindu Triad, 11, 72
Development of, as a deity, 169
Not yet identified with Siva in the

Brahmanas, 169

Rules, prohibitory, of Buddhism, 312-
313

S

Sacred books of the Jains, 327

Sacred fire in the household, 62, 160

Sacraments inferior to virtue, 244

Sacrifice, increasing importance of, 86

Importance of, in Brahmanic and Epic
periods, 169
Human, no reference to, in Rig-Veda,
160-161
Human, in ancillary Vedic literature,
161-162

Performed by professional priests, 6

Sacrifices, accompanied by gifts in Brah-

manic and Epic periods, 159

Seven Paka, 191

Sacrificial fire, 6

Rites regulated by the position of the
moon, 157

Fire, setting up of the, 163

Sadanira, a river, 113

Sahadeva, one of the five Pandava princes,
102

Sakai, a tribe of the fourth century B.C.,
215

Sakyaputriya Sramans, a sect founded by
Gautama, 236-279

Sakyas, a clan, 285

Sale-transaction, a verse on, 19

Salvation, doctrine of, from the Brihad-
aranyaka Upanishad, 181

Sama- Veda, compilation of, 86-86

Duplicate verses found in the Rig- Veda,
89
Selections from Rig- Veda set to music,
89

Brahmanas of, 93

Sankaracharya, a Hindu philosopher,
167, 269

Santanu, king of Hastinapura, 109
Father of Bhishma, 100

Saranyu, the dawn, 73

Sarasvati, sacred river of the Panjab, 49,

97

Goddess of speech, 75-76

Sariputra, a convert to Buddhism, 292

Satapatha Brahmana, various strata in, 93

Satrughna, son of Sumitra, 119

Satyakama, story of, 139-140

Saurashtras, Hinduized, 185