V.

VAGA, 183; as plural, 184.

VAISVADEVA, offering, 249.

VAISYA, a, 162.

VAK, wife of Vata, 165.

VALMIKI, the poet, 100.

VARAHAMIHARA, 112.

VARUNA, 156; hymns to, 204.

VASISHTHA, on righteousness, 93.

VATA, the wind, 200; and Wotan, 201.

VEDA, their antiquity, 101; silly conceptions, 118; religion of, 129; necessary to the study of man, 133; objections to, 135; native character of, 159; lessons of, 161; use of their study, 162; character of their poetry, 182; knowledge of God progressive in, 194; their hymns, a specimen, 205; their gods, number of, 219; meaning of their names, 220; three periods in their literature, 234; three religions in, 236.

VEDIC Mythology, its influence, 27; contrasts, 169.

VEDA-END, 267.

VEDANTA philosophy, 265; the present religion in India, 269; its prevalence, 270; commended to students, 271; its highest knowledge, 273.

VIDALA, cat, 42.

VIHARAS, or colleges, the ancient, 26.

VIKRAMADITYA, 110; his varied experience, 113.

VILLAGE communities in India, 64; large number of, 65; morality in, 67.

VISVAKARMAN, 157.

VYASA, the poet, 100.

W.

WARRIORS, native and foreign, 116.

WATERS, divers gods of the, 167.

WEASEL and the woman, 28.

WILSON, Prof., on the Hindus, 57.

WITNESSES, three classes of, 69.

WOLF, F. A., his questions, 221; his dictum, 223.

WORKINGMEN, 116.

WORSHIP of the dead, 240.

WOTAN and Vata, 201.

WRITING unknown in ancient India, 226.