Vallabhadeva, 379
Vālmīki, 295, 305, 306, 310, 316, 317, 327
Vāmana, 432 (gram.), 434 (rhetorician)
Vaṃça Brāhmaṇa, 211
Varadarāja, 432
Varāha Mihira, 318, 324, 425, 435
Vararuchi, 324
Vardhamāna, 431
Varṇa, 86
Vārttikas, 431
Varuṇa, 70, 75, 76, 77, 78, 102, 105, 113, 119, 125, 145, 169, 201, 207
Vasishṭha Dharmaçāstra, 260-261
Vasishṭhas, 164
Vāsavadattā, 332
Vāshkalas, 52
Vasubandhu, 325
Vasus, 105
Vatsabhaṭṭi, 320
Veda, 29
Vedas and Brāhmaṇas, 33; character of, 29-30; study of, 4, 5; learnt by heart, 8
Vedāngas, 264-267
Vedānta, 34, 71, 133, 204, 221, 226, 230, 238, 240, 241, 400-402, 405, 407, 421
Vedānta-sāra, 241
Vedic, 29; language, 20; literature, 5, 12; period, 8, 11, 29; and Sanskrit, 20
Veṇīsaṃhāra, 365-366
Vernacular languages, 24; words in Vedic, 24
Vetālapanchaviṃçati, 375
Vibhīdaka tree, 128
Viçākhadatta, 365
Viçpalā, myth of, 84
Viçvanātha Kavirāja, 434
Viçvaprakāça, 433
Viçvedevas, 106
Vidhāna, 192
Vijnāna-bhikshu, 394
Vijnāneçvara, 429
Vikram and the Vampire, 375
Vikrama, 320
Vikramāditya, 320, 323, 324, 325, 339
Vikramorvaçī, 108, 353, 354, 358-359
Villages, 158
Vīṇā, 169
Vināyakas, 251
Vindhya range, 9, 18, 23, 141, 144, 410
Vishṇu, 8, 74, 80-1, 89, 182, 194, 411; avatārs of, 300; cult of, 299, 347; and sacrifice, 133
Vishṇu Purāṇa, 194
Vishṇu Smṛiti, 428
Vitastā (Jhelum), 140
Vocabulary of Atharvaveda, 196
Voltaire, 1
Vopadeva, 432
Vṛitra, 72, 84, 85, 86, 110, 114, 312
Vṛitrahan, 85
Vṛitta (rhythm), 56
Wackernagel, Prof. J., 430, 432
Warfare, 165-166.
Waters deified, 92
Weaving, 168