Ananta, a name of Vishnu, <page 127>

Anasuya, wife of Atri, <page 371>

Anginas, a son of Brahma, <page 369>

Anila, a name of Vayu, <page 67>

Animals, sacred, <page 448> ff.

Annapurna, a name of Durga, <page 318>

Ansuman, a son of Sagara, <page 463>

Antaka, a name of Yama, <page 86>

Apava, a name of Brahma, <page 99>

Apsaras, the, <page 482>

Ardhanarishwara, a form of Siva and Parvati united, <page 318>

Arjuna, son of Indra, <page 414>; character of, <page 416>; fights with Siva, <page 421>

Asuras, the dispute between them and the gods, <page 158>; description of, <page 437>; word used in different senses, <page 438> ff.

Asvamedha, or horse sacrifice, <page 463>

Asvins, the, <page 35>; description of, <page 44>; marry Surya, <page 45>; physicians of the gods, <page 45>; legends of cures wrought by, <page 45>; unclean because practising as physicians, <page 47>

Atmabhu, a name of Brahma, <page 107>

Atri, a son of Brahma, <page 371>

B.

Bajri, a name of Indra, <page 62>

Balarama, incarnation of Vishnu, <page 220> ff.; also of Sesha, <page 221>

Bali, a Daitya king, slain by Vishnu, <page 156> ff.; a monkey chief, the son of Indra, <page 175>

Bali, a monkey king, the usurper of Sugriva's throne, <page 395>

Bhadrakali, a name of Durga, <page 306>

Bhagavata, a name of Siva, <page 283>

Bharata, a brother of Rama Chandra, <page 175>

Bhaskara, a name of Surya, <page 35> Bhima, a son of Vayu, <page 414>; character of, <page 415>; conflicts of, <page 426> ff.

Bhishma, a son of Ganga, <page 414>; commander-in-chief of the Kuru army, <page 413>; death of, <page 428>

Bhrigu, a son of Brahma, <page 363>; origin of, <page 364>; priest at Daksha's sacrifice, <page 364>; curses Indra, <page 364>; also Agni, <page 366>; changes a Kshattriya into a Brahman, <page 367>

Bhutanath, a name of Siva, <page 487>

Bhuteshwara, a name of Siva, <page 283>

Brahma, the supreme deity, <page 93>; derivation of the name, <page 95>; hymn to, <page 95>

Brahma, the creator, <page 99>; called Narayana, <page 99>; formation of his five heads, <page 100>; why he lost his fifth head, <page 101>; worships Siva, <page 105>; his worship now ceased, <page 106>; cursed by his son Narada, <page 384>

Brahmana, a, defined, <page 4>

Brahmanaspati, a name of Agni, <page 28>

Bridge, building of the, to Lanka, <page 398>

Brihaspati, a name of Agni, <page 28>;