Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies - DUBOIS, Abbé Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies, Dubois | Página 779

INDEX
Tulasi plant, worship of the, 649-
51.
Tulus, the, 11.
Tungabudra, the, 522.
Tutelary
invocation
deities,
of,
164.
39
Vamana-asrama, 124.
Vamana-avatar, 616.
Vanaprasthas, or jungle-dwellers,
151, 160, 500 et seq., 523;
origin of, 503-4
penances, 517
;
et seq. ;
509 et
Twice-born, the, 98, 169.
religious observances,
seq.
sacrifices,
New
Ugadi, or
Year's day, 137,
567.
Ugrasena, King, 624, 626.
Unclean objects, 181 et seq.
Upanayana, or triple cord cere-
mony, 160
370 n.
Vpanishads,
et
seq.,
170,
369,
seq.
;
505-6
studies,
506 virtues, 508-9.
Varaha-avatar, 616.
Varuna, 168, 242, 257, 259, 266,
;
514, 547, 633, 718, 720.
Vasishta, 98, 224, 228, 344, 347 n.,
537, 622, 623.
Vasishta-asrama, 124.
or
Vedic
commen-
Vasu-Deva, 271, 496, 625.
Vasu-devatas, the nine, 695, 696.
Vasuki, the snake, 722.
Vatu, 250.
taries, 174.
U pa- Veda,
174.
Uppareru, the, 22.
Urddhwa-loka, the, 690-1.
Usha, 636.
Vayu, 242, 633, 718.
Vedangas, the
six, 124.
Vedanta philosophy, 406
Usury, 83, 85, 656-7, 665-6.
Utkala-desa, 710.
Utrassa Brahmins, 109.
et seq.,
688.
Vedanta-Sara, 123.
Vacharada, 626.
Vaikuntha, or paradise of Vishnu,
197, 257, 566, 633, 635-6, 690,
703, 704, 712, 714, 715.
Vaiseshika philosophy, 406.
Vaishnavas, sect of, 122, 129, 133,
405, 410 n., 510.
Veda-Vyasa, 140, 271.
Vedas, or Sacred Books, 124, 170,
257, 265, 384 n., 413, 510 n.,
511, 618, 628, 634, 685 n., 686,
antiquity of, 140, 173,
694, 720
425 attributed to Brahma, 103,
425-6
Brahmin pri-
172, 266,
;
;
;
of,
122.
reading,
1 72,
668
commentaries on, 109, 174;
division into
contents of, 173
four books, 108-9, 172-3; in-
fallibility of, 406
obscurity of,
109
study of, 173-4, 289, 636
teaching of, 173, 267-8, 384, 409,
vilege
Vaishnava-triamalas, sub-sect
of
;
Vaisva-Bahu, 712.
Vaisyas (landholders and mer-
chants), one of the four main
castes, 14, 22; feast of, 170;
funeral ceremony, 496
origin
of, 47, 614 ;
religious observ-
ances, 269
sectarian disputes,
687-8; subdivision of, 15; triple
cord worn by, 24, 169, 170;
wealthy classes of, 90, 91
women, their lack of beauty, 22.
Valangai-Mougattar, 25.
Valluvas,
the Brahmins of the
;
;
;
'
Pariahs,' 61-2.
Valmiki, 622 n.
Vamacharis, 286
Vamana,
rules,
;
509 et
616.
n.
;
;
;
533.
Vegetarian diet, 188-9
;
forbidden
articles, 189.
Veidikas, or learned men, 173.
Velayuda, 603.
Vemana,
194, 274.
Venkateswara, 593-4, 601-2.
Venus, the planet, 236, 257,
379.
Versifying, Hindu, 392 et seq.
Vibhishana, 271, 621.
Vice, unnatural, 312.
Vidatta, 250.
2*>6,