General Index
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Vaiṣṇavera kriyā mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya  quoted, 144, 164 
 Vaiśvadeva, 90 
  Vaiśya(s)  in disciplic succession, 26 families of, strict in marriage customs, 73 
 Manu's son as, 48 
 Vaivasvata Manu.  See: Manu, all entries  
  Vānaprastha  (retired life) Ambarīṣa in, 172 
 Bāhuka in, 239 householder becoming, 113 as retirement from household life, 193 
 Saubhari Rṣi in, 206, 213 
 Sudyumna in, 32 wife allowed in, 193 
  Varṇāśrama  system retirement from family in, 28 
  See also: Brahmacārī; Brāhmaṇa;   Kṣatriya; Sannyāsī; Śūdra; Vaiśya;   Vānaprastha; Vedic culture  
 Varuṇa, 9 
 Hariścandra begged, for son, 223–224 
 Hariścandra "promised" sacrificial son to, 224, 227 
 Hariścandra's dropsy caused by, 229 
  Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya  verse quoted, 22 
 " Vaṣaṭ " in sacrifice for Manu, 11 
 Vasiṣṭha, 103 
 cursed Prṣadhra, 37, 38, 41 in ignorance, 37 
 Ikṣvāku instructed by, 184 
 Lord blessed, 16 as Manu's spiritual master, 11, 25 prayed to Viṣṇu, 16 
 as Prṣadhra's spiritual master, 37 sacrifice by, for Manu, 9–12, 14–16 as sacrificial priest, 232 
 Vikukṣi's polluted offering detected by, 183 
 Viśvāmitra vs., 222–223 worshiped Śiva on Sudyumna's behalf, 25 
  Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti  quoted, 169, 170 
 Vāsuki, Narmadā on mission for, 219 
 Vatsaprīti, 48 
 Vedic culture animal-hunting restricted in, 182 disciplic succession in, 26 divorce nonexistent in, 64, 73 family in, strict in marriage customs, 73 husband &amp; wife in, 72, 73 meat-eating restricted in, 182 progeny by proxy in, 178 retirement from family in, 28 
 Vedic hymns.  See: Mantras, all entries  
 Vedic injunction on drinking water, 119 
 Vedic literature scientific perfection in, 65 
  See also: names of specific Vedic literatures  
 Vedic mantras impractical nowadays, 12, 13 
  See also: Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra; Mantras  
 Vedic rituals.  See: Ritualistic ceremonies;  Sacrifices; Vedic culture 
 Vegavān, 52 
 Vijaya, 238, 239 
 Vikukṣi ate rabbit by mistake, 181 flesh offering by, polluted, 183 hunted animals for śrāddha sacrifice, 181 
 Ikṣvāku banished, 184 as Ikṣvāku's son, 179, 181 as king of earth, 185 as Śaśāda, 185 
 Vimala, 28 
  Vīrāsana  defined, 34 
 Virūpa, 177 
 Viśāla, dynasty of, 53–55 
  Viṣayī  defined, 211 
  See also: Materialists  
 Viṣṇu, Lord Kapila as incarnation of, 251, 259 
  See also: Nārāyaṇa, Lord; Supersoul;  Supreme Lord 
 Viśravā, 53