222 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Max Muller, Prof.—On disappointing nature of Brahmanas as literary productions, 41; On meaning of Arya, 69-70; His insistence on restriction of term Aryan to Philology, 195-96; His interpretation of term ‘Anasa’, 76-77; On Brahmanic etymologies, 102-03,108
Nahusha—152-54, 191, (footnote), 192
Nimi—154, 192
Nishada—An Anuloma, 198; His ineligibility to Upanayana, 198; an arbitrary exception and why, 198
Old Testament—Genesis, 22; Comparison of Genesis with Purusha Sukta, 28
Oldenberg, Prof—Absence of Gotra name in description of famous men,
202 (footnote), 206
Padma Purana—161
Pagans—Disabilities under Roman Law, 59-60
Palashes—Status challenged by Brahmins, 175, 184
Panchavimsa Brahmana—Disabilities of Shudras under, 42; On Shudra’s wealthiness, 112
Papacy—Its forgeries, 137
Patitasavitrika—167
Peshwas—Discontinued Rajya-bhisheka era, 182; Directed Upanayana of Shahu II to be performed by Pauranic rites, 182-83,
Pingle, Moropant—Opposed to Shivaji’s coronation, 176; Huge presents to, at coronation, 180
Plato—On class distinction, an ideal social structure, 26
Pratapsinha II—Challenge to his Kshatriya status by Brahmins, 183
Pratiloma—Who are, 199 (footnote); Uneven distribution of stigma on,
200; see Chandala
Premi Nathurama—161
Privy Council—Decision on existence of Kshatriyas in modern times, 162
Pururavas—152, 191 (footnote), 192
Purus—128
Purushartha—Magazine, 169 (footnote)
Purusha Sukta—Text of, 21-22; As Indo-Aryan cosmogony, as explanation of origin of, and as mandatory injunction prescribing four Varnas, 22-23; Its influence on Indo-Aryan Society, 23; Examination of its claim to uniqueness’ and ‘extraordinariness’, 25-27; Explanation of origin of classes—its difference with other cosmogonies,
28; Contradicts secular theory of Rig Veda of origin of society,
28-29; Its preference for communalism than nationalism, 31; Its political jugglery in making Chaturvarnya a sacred institution,
31-33; Its equation of classes with limbs of Purusha, deliberate and malicious, 33-35; A later interpolation, 132-37, 138-39 a forgery by Brahmins, 137
Race—Jews, an illustration of people mistaken for, 66; A body of people possessing certain typical hereditary traits, 66-67; Traits constituting a, old and modern views, 67 68; Cephalic Index and Facial Index, 67; Application of anthropometrical method to European Races, a Table, 68 and 71-72; Is there an Aryan—, 70; Mediterranean, 98; Alpine, 98
Ramayana—Ideology relating to creation, 94-95; Story of Trishanku,
149-50; See footnote 29
Ranade, Prof.—Theory of Synchronous Composition of Vedic Literature, 138
Rig Veda—Purusha Sukta, 21-22; Another cosmogony besides