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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