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Purtlravas : the brightest 197, during night, 17 5; the reason
213.
of the number of, 176-184.
Pti~han : the sun, the golden Ratri-Sukta : a hymn to the
boat of, 225; seven-wheeled night, 104.
and ten rayed, 279.
Rava'!la : the ten-mouthed ene-
my of Rama, 284; throwing
Quarternary era : existence
gods into prison, 284; proba-
of man in, 3, 20; sudden
bly suggested by the ten non-
changes of climate irt, 19;
sacrificing Vedic kings, 284.
comprises at least two, if
Rays of the sun : seven and
not more, glacial periods, 20.
ten, 278.
Rebha : a protege of the Ash-
Rajas : different meanings of,
212, 213. vins, 246, 247, 248.
Rima : the hero of the Rami- Religion : Vedic, pre-glacial in
yap.a, 283, 284; incarna- origin, 359, 360.
tion, 286; traceable to the Rhode, (Dr.) : a Zend scholar,
Veda, 284, 286. 291.
Ramayap.a : reference to the Rhys ( Prof. ) : on the nature of
three steps of Vi~hp.u, 266; the ancient Teutonic year,
mythical element in, probably 163; his Hibbert lectures
derived from Vedic mytho- referred to, 268, 322; 339;
logy, 284, 285; the RamAyap.a on the affliction of gods or
and the Iliad from a common sun-heroes in the Celtic my-
source, 285. thology, 333-334; on the
Ra'!lgacharya ( Prof. ) : on the primeval Aryan home in the
meaning of yuga, 144, 145; Arctic region, 335.
on the Kali-yuga, 346, 347. ~ijishvan : a friend of Indra,
Rangha : a mythical river to the 114.
west of AI burz in the A vesta, ~ijrashva : a protege of the
297; wrongly identified with Ashvins killing a hundred
the Caspian sea, 297; sheep, 167, 199, 246, 252,
probably the same as the 253.
~ig-Vedic Rasa, 298. ~ik~has : or the seven bears,
Ratri-sattras : the nightly Soma Ursa Major, the high alt1tude
sacrifices, their nature and of, 55; above the path of the
classification, 172; the mean- sun, 119.
ing of Ratri 173; hundred in ~i~his : Vedic, their view about
number, from one to hund- the origin of Vedic hymns,
red nights, 172; must have 377-381; distinguished into
been originally performed older and later, 381; older