Ratnāvalī, 361-362
Rāvaṇa, 312
Rāvaṇavadha, 331
Renaissance theory, 323
Rhazes, medical writer, 427
Rhinoplasty, 427
Rice, 145
Ṛich, 30
Ṛiçyaçṛinga, legend of, 295
Riddles, 130-131
Rigveda, 5, 16, 30; age of, 12, 46, 47; arrangement of, 40, 41; character of, 65; chronological strata in, 45, 46; nucleus of, 41; origin of, 40; recension of, 53; text of, 47, 48; various readings in other Vedas, 46; verses not analysed in Pada text, 51 n.; family books, 41; Books I. and VIII., 42; Book IX., 42-43, 97; Book X., 43-44
Rigveda Prātiçākhya, 51
Ṛigvidhāna, 274
Ṛiksha ("star" and "bear"), 109
Ṛishis, seven, 109
Ritual, 31; deities, 65; text-books, 205
Roger, Abraham, 1
Romans, 11
Rosen, F., 4
Roth, Rudolf von, 5, 60, 63, 64, 102, 117, 141, 186
Rückert, 345
Rudra, 72, 74, 89, 91, 105, 164, 178, 181
Rudrabhaṭa, 434
Rudras, 105
Sacerdotalism, 183
Sacraments, 251
Sacred cord, 253
Sacrifice, 159, 407; power of, 73, 183; growing importance of, 182
Sacrificial fee, 159; horse, 125; implements, 112; post, 112
Sadānanda Yogīndra, 402
Sadānīra (river), 214
Sadukti-karṇāmṛita, 379
Sāketa, 308
Salt, 150
Salvas, 213
Salvation, doctrine of, 389, 406
Sāmaveda, 30, 170, 171-174; accent of, 54 n.; various readings of, 173
Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa, 211
Saṃhitā, 29; text, 47, 48, 49, 50
Saṃhitā-pāṭha, 209
Saṃhitopanishad, 211
Sānkhya system, 133, 137, 215, 230, 231, 234, 390-395, 404, 405, 407, 422, 423, 424
Sānkhya-kārikā, 393
Sanskrit, 21; classical, 4; meaning of, 22; as a spoken language, 8, 22-23; Buddhist texts, 26; in Germany, 4
Sanskrit dictionary, 5; epic, 309-310; inscriptions, 26; manuscripts, 8, 18, 19, 20; period, 9, 10, 39; studies, 2, 3, 4
Sanskrit literature, character of, 277-280; continuity of, 7, 8, 25; discovery of, 1-2; defects of, 10; extent of, 5; importance of, 6, 7, 10; originality of, 7; periods of, 8
