Meghavahana, a name of Indra, <page 62>

Mihira, a name of Surya, <page 35>

Mitra and Varuna, <page 37>; hymns descriptive of, <page 39>

Mritunjaya, a name of Siva, <page 283>

Muktakesi, a name of Durga, <page 317>

Mukunda, a name of Vishnu, <page 127>

N.

Nakula, a son of the Asvins, <page 415>

Nala, the builder of Rama's bridge, <page 406>

Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna, <page 202>

Nandi, Siva's bull, <page 448>

Narada, a son of Brahma, <page 382>; his appearance at the court of Yudhisthira, <page 420>; his advice to Jalandhara, <page 444>

Narayana, a name of Brahma, <page 99>; also of Vishnu, <page 118>

Nila, a son of Agni, <page 175>, <page 408>

Nilmadhava, a name of Vishnu, <page 252>

Nisumbha, a giant slain by Durga, <page 305>

Nrisingha Avatara, the, <page 149> ff.

O.

Ocean, the churning of the, <page 128>

Om, explanation of the word, <page 95>

P.

Padma, a name of Lakshmi, <page 128>

Padmalaya, a name of Lakshmi, <page 128>

Panchanana, a form of Siva, <page 283>

Pandu, the father of the Pandus, <page 413>

Pandus, heroes of the Mahabharata, <page 413> ff.

Panyakirti, a name of Garuda, <page 228>

Paramesthi, a name of Brahma, <page 107>

Parasakti, a name of Durga, <page 312>

Parasurama Avatara, the, of Vishnu, <page 162> if.

Parijata tree, the, <page 60>

Parjanya, a storm deity, <page 63>

Parvati, wife of Siva, <page 289>; how she became fair, <page 290>; Puranic account of her origin, <page 291>; why she visited the earth, <page 292>

Pasi, a name of Varuna, <page 44>

Patala, the infernal regions, <page 161>

Pavan, a name of Vayu, <page 66> Penance, forms of, <page 123>, <page 339>

Pisachas, the, <page 487>

Pitamvara, a name of Vishnu, <page 127>

Pitripati, a name of Yama, <page 86>

Planets, the, <page 431>

Prachetas, a name of Varuna, <page 44>

Prachetasas, the reputed parents of Daksha, <page 374>

Pradyumna, a name of Kamadeva, <page 261>

Prahlada, a son of Hiranyakasipu, <page 150> ff.

Prajapati, the term explained, <page 96>, <page 373>

Pratyangira, a name of Durga, <page 318>

Prithi, the wife of Pulastya, <page 368>

Prithivi. See DYAUS.

Prithu, the father of Prithivi, <page 16>

Pulaha, a son of Brahma, <page 369> ff.

Pulastya, <page 368> ff.

Puranas, the, <page 89>