Acala, a man, 17

Acchoda, lake, ix, 92, 102, 103, 108, 112, 189, 191, 195, 199

Açoka, a tree (Jonesia Açoka), 40, 43, 117, 178 note, 186, 194

Açvamedha, sacrifice, 138

Açvatthāman, a warrior, 138

Abhimanyu, a warrior, 137, 138

Aditi, a goddess, 213

Agastya, a sage, xi, 18, 19, 20, 49, 210

Aghamarshaṇa, hymn, 38, 141

Agni, xvi, 4, 9, 11, 14, 35, 41, 45, 72

Āhavanīya, fire, 40

Airāvata, Indra’s elephant, 5, 46, 85, 86, 96, 109, 133, 215

Ajātaçatru, a king, 50

Akbar, xiv

Alakā, a city, 9

Alarka, a king, 88

Amṛita, nectar, 8, and passim

Anaṅga, god of love, 66

Andhaka, a demon, 47, 214

Añjali, the salutation of joined upraised hands, 38

Anubandha, 180

Anunāsika, a nasal sound, 11

Apavaktraka, metre, xii

Apsarases, the, nymphs, 64, 100, 101, 102, 112, 140, 207

Arhat, xvi, 162

Arishṭā, an Apsaras, 102

Arjuna, a hero, 18, 137, 138 (Kārtavīrya, a king, 27)

Arthapati, a Brahman, 2

Arthāpatti, xix

Arundhatī, 46

Āryā, metre, xii, 11 note

Āshāḍha, 36, 46, 105

Asura, demon, 9, 63

Aube, river, xv

Aucityavicāra-carcā, viii

Avalokiteçvara, xvi, 162

Avantī, a province, 199

Babhruvāhana, a warrior, 138

Badarikā, a hermitage, 216

Bakula, a tree, Mimusops elengi, 16, 144, 178

Bala, v. Balarāma, 22

Bāla, a king, 213 note

Balāhaka, a warrior, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 70, 171

Balarāma, brother of Kṛishṇa, 8, 33, 51, 97, 156

Bāṇa, or Bāṇabhaṭṭa, the author, vii, viii, xii, xiv, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, xxii, 3

Bāṇa, a demon, 1

Bendall, Professor, xiv

Bhagīratha, a king, 3, 25, 37, 47, 72, 88

Bharata, a king, 47, 60, 72, 88, 102, 147, 161, 196, 212

Bhatsu, a guru, 1

Bhīma, a warrior, 60, 78, 216

Bhīshma, a warrior, 30

Bhoja, xviii

Bhṛigu, a sage, 138

Bhūshaṇa, or Bhūshaṇabhaṭṭa, viii, xxiii, 183

Brahmā, 2, 3, 10, 35, 39, 41, 55, 94, 96, 101, 105, 134 note, 147

Bṛihadratha, a king, 53

Bṛihaspati, a sage, 4, 11, 46 note, 50

Bṛihatkathā, xii, 3 note, 212

Birthless, the, 1

Budha, a star, 214 note

Buddha, xvii

Buddhacarita, 94 note

Çabara, a mountaineer, 26, 27, 28, 29, 81, 82, 88

Çaça, a man, 17

Caitraratha, a wood, 102

Çaiva, follower of Çiva, xvi, xvii, 217

Cakora, a partridge, 189

Cakravāka, the ruddy goose, 20, 47, 67, 92 note, 94, 114, 127, 142, 144, 145, 160, 162, 214, 218

Çakuni, a man, 40;
a bird, 21, 40

Çākyamuni, xvi, 217

Çāl-tree, Valeria Robusta, 92

Çālmalī, the silk-cotton-tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum, 21

Campak, a tree, Michelia Champaka, 2, 117, 150, 219

Caṇḍakauçika, a sage, 53

Caṇḍāla, a low caste, viii, x, xvi, 6, 8, 9 note, 10, 13, 16, 204, 205, 206

Caṇḍikāçataka, viii

Candrāpīḍa, the hero, viii, ix, x, xi, xvi, xxi, xxii, 59, and passim

Candraprabhā, a place, 95

Çāntanu, a king, 182, 188

Çarabha, 73

Çāstras, sacred law-books, xi, 2, 3, 10, 15, 39, 40, 42, 49, 62, 76, 79, 212, 217

Çatadhanvan, a king, 64

Cātaka, a bird, 94

Çatakratu, Indra, 87

Çatrughna, a prince, 212

Çesha, king of serpents, 50, 51, 73, 85, 89, 95, 96, 123, 158, 165, 173, 213, 215

Chattaji, xiv

Çikhaṇḍī, a warrior, 30

Çirīsha, or Sirīsha, a flower, 69, 181

Citrabhānu, a Brahman, 3

Citraratha, a Gandharva, 102, 140, 143, 151, 159, 169, 207, 208

Çiva, vi, x, xi, xvii, 3, 7, 8, 14, 17, 21, 30, 36, 39, 41, 46, 47 note, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 63, 82 note, 85, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104, 108, 109, 135, 137, 141, 162, 164, 167, 182, 189, 207, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215

Çlesha, xix

Cowell, Professor, vii, xiv, xxii

Çrāddha, rites for the dead, 39

Çrī, or Lakshmī, 8, 9, 17, 105, 217;
a tree, 17

Çruti, Divine tradition, 3

Çūdraka, a king, viii, x, xiv, 3, 207

Çukanāsa, a Brahman, ix, xvi, xviii, 49, 50, 57, 58, 59, 61, 71, 72, 76, 84, 89, 161, 170, 174, 188, 189, 190, 197, 200, 201, 202, 207, 217, 218

Çukra, a sage, 50

Cūtalatikā, 145

Çvetadvīpa, the white continent, 97

Çvetaketu, a sage, 108, 109, 127, 197, 203, 207

Cyavana, a sage, 138