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Vigneshwara, 151, 155, 162, 163, Visishtadwaita, doctrine
216, 217, 221, 249, 369, 572, 580,
631-2.
menials,
Village headmen, 88-9 Visits,
;
62.
Villages, plan of, 325.
Vina, the, 65.
'
costume, 112: festivals
initiatory rites,
of, 270 n., 278
intemperance of, 114;
118;
namam,' wearers of the, 109,
objects of venera-
1 12, 119, 334
peculiar
tion to, 114, 640-1
priests, 127,
custom of, 349
re-
priestesses, 133
128, 132
ligious beggars, 113; religious
('
pa-
sacrifice
squabbles," 120
vadam') by. 114-6, 608; sec-
tarian toleration of, 119 stigma
attached to, 121, 122 sub-sects
;
;
'
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
of, 122.
'
Visvakarma, 714, 716.
Viswamitra, 98, 619.
Voderus, the, 117, 122.
Voltaire, 193 n., 597, 612, 648.
Wandering tribes, 65 et seq.
Warfare, ancient and modern, 667
et seq.
Washermen,
63.
Washing, rules for, 241 et seq.
Water, deification of, 549 et seq.
;
ordeal by, 717, 721.
Water-drinking, 187.
reckles.-
Wealth, owners of, 91
squandering of, 92.
Weaning ceremony, 156-8.
Weapons, enchanted, 386-7, 389
old-fashioned,
modern, 682-4
;
;
;
682.
Weavers, 81.
Weighing, ordeal by, 718-9.
Wellesley, Lord, 500 n.
Duke
Wellington,
of, xi.
Widowhood, condition and tokens
of,
350 et seq.
Widows, burning
seq.,
605
of,
vii,
children
;
355 et
361
of,
;
de-
contempt for, 352 et seq.
barred from domestic ceremo-
;
or incarnations
of, 74, 113, 121, 144, 145, 271,
426, 515, 616-8, 686; history
and attributes of, 615-8; 98,
103, 111-4, 116, 119-22, 127-8,
133, 147, 168, 173, 197, 207,
219, 221, 223, 232, 234 n., 236-7.
240-3, 245, 248-50, 252-3, 256-
8, 263-4, 266, 270-1, 286, 329,
387-8, 400-1, 412, 416, 478,
517, 525 n., 533-6, 539, 542-3,
545-7, 549, 551-4, 556, 564, 566,
581, 601-2, 612, 619, 624-5, 627,
629, 633, 636-7, 641, 648-53,
701-6,
710,
669,
682,
690,
Vishnu.
u.
Vossius, 589.
Vinayaka, 631.
Viraja, the, 636.
Viraktas, the, 122.
Vira-seivas, the, 117, 122.
Virgil. 430, 525 n.
Virgin, gift of the,' 223.
Virgin widows, 354, 355 n.
Virtue, goddess of, 718, 720.
Vishnavites, the, 24, 111 et seq.,
541, 553; ceremonies of, 132.
n.
402
Vyasa, 109, 174.
Vinata, 250.
650
of,
ceremonious, 331.
avatars
'
713-5.
148 ; funeral ceremonies,
their part in, 496 ; morality of.
nies,
mourning ceremonies of,
309
re-
350 et seq., 491 et seq.
marriage prohibited, 24, 40, 210.
sad fate of, 354-5
212, 359
virgin, 354, 355 n.
Wilkins, Sir Charles, v, 435 n.
Wilks, Colonel, x, xiv, xvi, 201 n.
Wilson, Professor, xix.
Wives, Hindu, 231, 338 et seq.,
of the gods, 133.
343 et seq.
Women, and children, 94, 592 et
after con-
ceremonies
seq., 699
;
;
;
;
;
;
chastity
finement, 155 et seq.
cosmetic used
of, 313-4, 354;
by, 335 ; dress and ornaments
education of,
of, 340 et seq. ;
;
111 et seq.
Vishnu-bhaktas, sect
Yishnii-purana, 537, 701, 706.
Vishnu-Sarma, 436, 449.
of,