Puranic deities identified with Vedic, <page 97>

Purus, the, heroes of the Mahabharata, <page 411> ff.

Purusha, a name of Vishnu, <page 127>

Purusha Sukta quoted, <page 94>

Purushottama, a name of Vishnu, <page 127>

Pushan, a sun-god, <page 36>; Puranic, account of, <page 37>

R.

Rahu, the ascending node, <page 435>; an ambassador of Siva, <page 445>

Raji, an earthly king who became Indra, <page 58>

Rakshasas, the, cloud demons, <page 64>; description of, in later books, <page 171>, <page 485>

Rama Chandra Avatara, the, <page 170> ff.; worshipped Durga; superiority acknowledged by Parasurama, <page 168>; the saviour, <page 197>

Ramayana, the gods of the, <page 170> ff. Rati, wife of Kamadeva, <page 258>

Ravana, a Rakshas, <page 171>; his destruction foretold by Sita, <page 179>; slain by Rama Chandra, <page 193>

Ravi, <page 432>. See also SURYA.

Revati, wife of Balarama, <page 223>

Ribhus, the, <page 75>

Richika, grandfather of Parasurama, <page 163>

Rivers, the sacred, <page 468>

Rudra, <page 12>; his quarrel with Brahma, <page 102>; origin of, <page 266>. See also SIVA.

Rukmini, the wife of Krishna, <page 200>

S.

Sagara, asvamedha, or horse sacrifice of, <page 463>

Sahadeva, a son of the Asvins, <page 415> Sakambhari, a name of Durga, <page 306>

Sakra, a name of Indra, <page 62>

Saktis; the, <page 320>

Salya, a leader in the Pandu war, <page 413>, <page 427>

Samana, a name of Yama, <page 86> Samavurti, a name of Yama, <page 86>

Sambhu, a name of Siva, <page 272>

Sampati, <page 456>

Samvara, a demon who carried off Kamadeva, <page 259>

Sangna, wife of Surya, <page 33>

Sanhita, definition of a, <page 4>

Sani, a planet, <page 435>

Sankara, a name of Siva, <page 280>

Saptajihva, a name of Agni, <page 28>

Sarasvati, the wife of Brahma, <page 107>

Sasti, the goddess, <page 477>

Sati, a name of Uma, <page 285>

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

Satyavan, a hermit restored to life by Yama, <page 84>

Savitri, identical with Surya, <page 32>;

wife of Satyavan, <page 85>; name of

Sarasvati, <page 111>. See also SURYA.

Savitripati, a name of Brahma, <page 107>

Sesha, the serpent deity, incarnate in Balarama, <page 221>

Shalgrama, the, <page 478>

Shitala, <page 473>

Siddha-Senani, a name of Durga, <page 306>

Singhavahini, a name of Durga, <page 308>