Ahankára, 'egotism,' product of Mahat, 15, meaning of the term, ibid. n. 23. threefold condition, 16, n. 24. invested by Intellect: produces Ákás or 'ether,' 16.

Ahar, 'day,' a form of Brahmá, 40.

Ahikshetra, a city, 187, n. 20, 454, n. 49.

Ahínagu, a prince, 386.

Ahínaru, a prince, 462.

Ahirvradhna, a Rudra, 121.

Áhuka, s. of Punarvasu, a Yádava chief, 436.

Ahukí, d. of Punarvasu, 436.

Air or wind, the element, 16. deity of; presides over the skin, 17, n. 28.

Airávata, elephant produced from the ocean, taken by Indra, 78, n. 8. k. of elephants, 153.

Airávata, a serpent, 149, n. 16. k. of serpents, 153.

Airávata, north portion of the planetary sphere, 226, n. 21.

Airávati, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.

Aja, a Rudra, 121, n. 17. a prince, 383.

Ajagava, the bow of Mahádeva, 101.

Ajaikapád, a Rudra, 121

Ajaka, a prince, 399.

Ajámíd́ha, s. of Hastin, 452.

Ajátasatru, s. of Vidmisára, 466.

Ajavíthi, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.

Ajina, s. of Havirdhána, 106.

Ajita, a form of Vishńu, 264.

Ajitas, a class of deities, 122, n. 20.

Ájyapás, a class of Pitris, 84, n. 10. 321, n. 1.

Ákása or 'ether;' produced from the rudiment of sound; produces that of touch, 16. and n. 25.

Ákhyánáni, the Puráńas, 159, n. 10.

Akritavrańa, a teacher of Puráńas, 283.

Akrodhana, a prince, 457.

Akrúra, s. of Śwaphalka, 435. receives the Syamantaka jewel, 429. entrusted with it by Krishńa, 434. sent by Kansa to Vrindavan, 536. praises Vishńu, 547. takes Krishńa and Ráma to Mathura, 548.

Ákútí, daughter of Swáyambhuva Manu, 53. married to Ruchi; their children, 54.

Ákútí, w. of Chakshush, 99, n. 1.

Alakanandá, a river, 170. borne by Śiva, 229.

Alambana, 'silent prayer,' 653.

Alarka, s. of Pratarddana, 408.

Alindayas, a people, 193.

Amá, a ray of the sun, 237.

Amara Sinha, his definition of a Puráńa, iv.

Amarávati, the capital of Indra, 71.

Amarsha, a prince, 387.

Amávasu, s. of Purúravas, 398. s. of Kuśa, 399.

Amavasyá, day of conjunction, 225. 237.

Ambarísha, s. of Pulaha, 83, n. 6. s. of Nábhága, 351, n. 7. 379. s. of Mándhátri, 363. s. of Prasúśruka, 384, n. 15.

Ambasht́has, a people, 177. and n. 6.

Ambhánsi, four classes of beings, 39, n. 14.

Ambiká, w. of a Rudra, 59, n. 4.

Ambuváhíni, a river, 183, n. 49.

Amitábhas, a class of deities, 262. 267.

Amitadhwaja, s. of Dharmadhwaja, 645.

Amitrajit, a prince, 463.

Ammonius, his doctrines derived front the East, viii.

Amrita, 'ambrosia,' the ocean churned for it, 75. drunk by the gods, 77. preserved in the moon, 238. drunk by the Pitris, 239.

Amúrttaraya, a prince, 399.