a new start in, 115;
its study very profitable, 275.

SATAPATHA Brahmana, 91.

SCHOPENHAUER, on the Upanishads, 273.

SEASONS, how regulated, 148.

SELF-KNOWLEDGE, the highest goal of the Veda, 125.

SINDHU, the Indus river, 183;
address to, 184;
meaning of, 189.

SLEEMAN, Colonel, his rambles and recollections, 60;
his life in village communities, 63;
his opinion of Hindus, 67.

SOLAR myths, 216.

SOLOMON'S judgment compared, 29.

SPENCER, Herbert, on ancestor worship, 239;
his misstatement corrected, 240.

SRADDHAS, or Love Feasts, 248;
to the departed, 254;
their source, 257;
their number, 258;
striking resemblance, 261.

SUDAS, 200.

SUN, the central thought in Aryan mythology, 216.

SURYA, god of the sun, 168.

T.

TAMIL, 95.

TANE-MAHUTA, forest-god, 174.

TARAS, the stars, 151.

TERRESTRIAL gods, 169.

TEUTONIC mythology, 166.

THEOGONY, 235.

THORR, 166.

THREE beyonds, 220.

THSIN dynasty, 152.

THUGS, 63.

TORTOISE, the story of the, 154.

TOWERS of Silence, 22.

TOWNS, names of, in India, 189.

TROY, siege of, 172.

TRUTH, root meaning in Sanskrit, 82.

TRUTHFULNESS, a luxury, 91.

TURANIAN invasion, 104.

TWO women and child, story of, 29.

TYR and Tin, 213.

U.

UGVIS, Lithuanian, 41.

UNIVERSITIES, the object of their teaching, 19.

UNTRUTHFULNESS of the Hindus, 53.

UPANISHADS, 267;
their beauty, 273.

URANOS and Varuna, 201.

URVASI, 110.

USHAS and Eos, 202.

UTTARAPAKSHA, 136.

V.

VAGA, 183;
as plural, 184.

VAISVADEVA, offering, 249.

VAISYA, a, 162.

VAK, wife of Vata, 165.

VALMIKI, the poet, 100.

VARAHAMIHARA, 112.

VARUNA, 156;
hymns to, 204.

VASISHTHA, on righteousness, 93.

VATA, the wind, 200;
and Wotan, 201.

VEDA, their antiquity, 101;
silly conceptions, 118;
religion of, 129;
necessary to the study of man, 133;
objections to, 135;
native character of, 159;
lessons of, 161;
use of their study, 162;
character of their poetry, 182;
knowledge of God progressive in, 194;
their hymns, a specimen, 205;
their gods, number of, 219;
meaning of their names, 220;
three periods in their literature, 234;
three religions in, 236.

VEDIC Mythology, its influence, 27;
contrasts, 169.

VEDA-END, 267.

VEDANTA philosophy, 265;
the present religion in India, 269;
its prevalence, 270;
commended to students, 271;
its highest knowl