WHO WERE THE SHUDRAS? How they came to be the Fourth Varna in the Indo-Aryan Society - Page 236

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INDEX

Acharya—Exclusive right to officiate at Upanayana, 173-74; Qualifications, 173

Aitarcya Brahmana—Manu the progenitor of Indo-Aryans, 29; Disabilities of Shudras under, 42; On Vaishyas’ sacrificial disabilities,

56-57; List of coronations of Kings and officiating priests 123-24

Alpine Race—Traits of, 67-68; Prof. Ripley on, 98-99; Its languages of Aryan Stock, 99

Ambarisha—145

Anulomas—Who are, 199 (and footnote); sec Nishada

Apastamba Dharma Sutra—Support to Purusha Sukta, 23; Disabilities of Shudras under; 43, 47, 50-51; On qualifications of Acharya, 173

Arjuna—194-95

Aryan—Race, an invader of India, 65; Type and its traits, 69; Four senses of term, 69; Not a race according to Prof. Max Muller, 69-70; Original home as traceable by common vocabulary, 71-72; Caucasia, not the original home of, 71-72; Mr. Tilak’s theory of Arctic region being home of, 72-74; Evidence against theory of, invasion of India, 74-75; and subjugation of Dasas and Dasyus,

75-76, 86-87; Inseparable from Dasas and Dasyus, 77; Race theory, its failure, 78-79, its Indian votaries, 79-80, meaning of term Varna its mainstay, 80; Of Vedic times had no colour prejudice, 81; Two communities : with and without belief in Chaturvamya, 97, 100;

Permitted to make other Aryans slaves, 112-13; Vedic, social organization, 130-31; Rules of Impurity and Adoption, 160-61

Ashwalayan Grihya Sutra—Description of Upanayana ceremony, 156-58

Ashwins—Though Shudras entitled to Soma, 109

Atharva Veda—On five tribes of IndoAryan nation, 31; Its four explanations of the origin of Vamas, 39; When it came to be regarded on par with Rig Veda, 87; Statements from, demarcating Shudra from Arya, 107; Statements from, showing basis of equality between Brahmins and Shudras, 107-108, 207-208

Aupamanyava—Five tribes of IndoAryan nations according to, 30

Avarnas—De jure connotation of,

35-36, Who are, 36

Balaji Avji—His part in Shivaji’s coronation, 177-78, 181-82

Baudhayana—Prescription of Upanayana for Ashwathha tree, 169

Belavalkar, Prof.—Theory of Synchronous composition of Vedic Literature, 138.

Benfey, Dr.—Summary of his views on original home of Aryans, 71

Bhagavat Purana—On naming of India as ‘Bharata Bhumi’. 129

Bhandarkar, Dr. D. R.—His view of Rajputs as descendants of foreigners, Gurjars, 179

Bhandarkar Research Institute—collation Sheet for shloka i.e. Paijavana,

116 (footnote)