General Index 319
Vaisnavera kriyd mudra vijneha na bujhaya Vasudevah sarvam iti
quoted, 144, 164 quoted, 169, 170
Vaisvadeva, 90 Vasuki, Narmada on mission for, 219
Vaisya (s) Vatsapriti, 48
in disciplic succession, 26 Vedic culture
families of, strict in marriage customs, animal-hunting restricted in, 182
73 disciplicsuccession in, 26
Manu’s son as, 48 divorce nonexistent in, 64, 73
Vaivasvata Manu. See: Manu, all entries family in, strict in marriage customs, 73
Vanaprastha (retired life) husband & wife in, 72, 73
Ambarisa in, 172 meat-eating restricted in, 182
Bahuka in, 239 progeny by proxy in, 178
householder becoming, 113 retirement from family in, 28
as retirement from household life, 193 Vedic hymns. See: Mantras, all entries
Saubhari Rsi in, 206, 213 Vedic injunction on drinking water, 119
Sudyumna in, 32 Vedic literature
wife allowed in, 193 scientific perfection in, 65
Varndsrama system See also: names of specific Vedic literatures
retirement from family in, 28 Vedic mantras
See also: Brahmacari; Brahmana; impractical nowadays, 12, 13
Ksatriya; Sannyasi; Sidra; Vaisya; See also: Hare Krsna mantra; Mantras
Vanaprastha; Vedic culture Vedic rituals. See: Ritualistic ceremonies;
Varuna, 9 Sacrifices; Vedic culture
Hariscandra begged, for son, 223-224 Vegavan, 52
Hariscandra “‘promised”’ sacrificial son to, Vijaya, 238, 239
224, 227 Vikuksi
Hariscandra’s dropsy caused by, 229 ate rabbit by mistake, 181
Vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya flesh offering by, polluted, 183
verse quoted, 22 hunted animals for Sraddha sacrifice, 181
“Vasat”’ in sacrifice for Manu, 11 Iksvaku banished, 184
Vasistha, 103 as Iksvaku’s son, 179, 181
cursed Prsadhra, 37, 38, 41 as king of earth, 185
in ignorance, 37 as Saéada, 185
Iksvaku instructed by, 184 Vimala, 28
Lord blessed, 16 Virdsana defined, 34
as Manu’s spiritual master, 11, 25 Viripa, 177
prayed to Visnu, 16 Visala, dynasty of, 53-55
as Prsadhra’s spiritual master, 37 Visayi
sacrifice by, for Manu, 9-12, 14-16 defined, 211
as sacrificial priest, 232 See also: Materialists
Vikuksi’s polluted offering detected by, Visnu, Lord
183 Kapila as incarnation of, 251, 259
Visvamitra vs., 222-223 See also: Narayana, Lord; Supersoul;
worshiped Siva on Sudyumna’s behalf, 25 Supreme Lord
Vasu, 43, 44 Visrava, 53
