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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1879. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX. ABIPONES, their idea of num-bers, 69. Abraham, his perception of the unity of the Godhead, 64. Abyssinian or Nubian tribes, 66.--of Semitic race, 66. Accents in the Veda, 160.--not marked in later Sanskrit, 138.--of Zeus and Dyaus alike, 138. Active, everything named as, 180.--does not mean human, 181.--natural objects as, 264. Adhyava or lecture, 154. Aditi, the infinite, 218.--not a modern deity, 220.--natural origin of, 220.--the oldest, 221.--the place of, taken by Rita, 231. Aditi and Diti, 221. Aditya, the sun, 251, 254. Adityas, sons of Aditi, 219.--seven or eight, 222. Adonai, 175. AduftspWslUa Samhita, 159, note. Africa, full of animal fables, 112. African religion, higher elements in, 103.--Waitz on, 102.--many-sidedness of, 113. African savages, Portuguese sailors on, 55. African tribes, classified by Waitz, 66. A#ara, a general predicate of deities, not decaying, 190, 262. Agni, ignis, 199.--supreme, 276.--becomes Varuwa, 280.--Mitra, 280.--Savitri, 280.--lndra, 280. Agni, same as lndra and Vishnu, 280. Agnihotris, or sacriflcers, 161. Ahu, Zend, conscience, world, San-skrit asu, breath, 185, note. Ahu in Zend, lord, 185, note. Ahura-mazda, 185, note. Aistheton, the infinite as, 45. A&arya, or spiritual guide, 332. Akesines, river, 194. Akra, people of, worship the sun, 106.--their god Jongmaa, 106. Akwapim, one word for God and weather, 108. All-Father, Charles Kingsley on the, 208, 209. All-gods, Visve Devas, 281. Amarta, not dying, 190. Amartya, an immortal, 251. American ethnologists, their excuse for slavery, 88. Amnion, 175. Anadhyaya, or non-reading days, holidays, 156. Anchorite, sannyasin, 333. Ancient and modern belief, differ-ence between, 8. Ancient and modern literature in India, Buddhism the barrier be-tween, 129. Ancient mytholo...
