The Vishnu Purana: Index: A | Internet Sacred Text Archive

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INDEX.

The Roman numerals refer to the Preface, the Arabic figures to the Work.

Abbreviations:--s. for son, d, for daughter, w. for wife, k. for king.

ABHAYA, s. of Dharma, p. 55, n. 13.

Abhijit, a Yádava chief, 436.

Abhimáni, an Agni, 83.

Abhimanyu, s. of Chákshusha, 98. s. of Arjuna, 459, n. 5. 460.

Abhiniveśa, 'dread of suffering,' 34, n. 2.

Ábhíras, a people, 189. 195. 481. a race of kings, 474. 475, n. 64.

Abhisáras, a people, 191.

Abhútarajasas, a class of deities, 262.

Abhyutthitáśwa, a prince, 386.

Abiria, country of the Ábhíras, 195, n. 154.

Acháras, observances of caste and order, 291. of a householder, 300.

Achyuta, 'the imperishable,' a name of Vishńu, 8, n. 5.

Adbhuta, Indra of the ninth Manwantara, 268.

Adharma, a Prajápati, 49, n. 2, son of Brahmá, 55, n. 14, married to Hinsá, 55. their children, 56. married to Mrishá: their children, 55, n. 14.

Adhipurusha, 'supreme spirit,' 93, n. 3.

Adhiratha, a prince, 446.

Adhivájya (Adhirájya), a country, 188.

Adhośiras, a hell, 207. sins punished in, 208.

Adhrishyá, a river, 183.

Adhwaryu, reader of prayers, 276.

Ádi, the Bráhma Puráńa, xvi. a minor Puráńa, lviii.

Adína, a prince, 412.

Adití, d. of Daksha, w. of Kaśyapa, 122, 348. receives the earrings produced at the churning of the ocean, 78, n. 8. receives them from Krishńa, and praises him, 534.

Áditya, 'the sun,' gives the Syamantaka gem to Satrájit, 425.

Ádityas, twelve, the sons of Adití: their names, 122. present in the sun's car in each month, 234, n. 2.

Adriśyantí, w. of Sakti, mother of Paráśara, 4, n. 12.

Ádyas, a class of deities, 263.

Affliction, three kinds of, 638. how to be overcome, 641.

Agada, a branch of medicine, 407, n. 11.

Agastya, s. of Pulastya, 83, n. 5. an asterism, 226.

Agneya, a Puráńa, 284.

Agni, deity of fire, s. of Angiras, 83. k. of the Pitris, 153, n. 1. a star, 241.

Agni Puráńa, one of the Támasa class, xii. description of, xxxvi. named, 284.

Agnibáhu, son of Priyavrata and Kámyá, 162. adopts a religious life, ibid.

Agnídhra, s. of Priyavrata and Kámyá, 162. k. of Jambu-dwípa, ibid.

Agnihotra, 'burnt offerings,' 275, n. 1.

Agnimáthara, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277.

Agnimitra, a Sunga prince, 471.

Agnisht́oma, s. of Chakshusha, 98. kind of sacrifice produced from Brahmá, 42.

Agnishwáttas, a class of Pitris, 84, n. 10. 239, n. 3. 321, n. 1.

Agnivarchas, a teacher of the Puráńas, 283.

Agnivarńa, a prince, 384, n. 15. 387.

Agraháyana, a month, 225, n. 19.

Ahalyá, d. of Bahwaśwa, w. of Gautama, 454.

Ahamyáti, s. of Samyáti, 447.