226 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Untouchables—Are Atishudras, Avarnas and Advijas, 36
Upanayana—Who have right to, 156 58; Purpose of : initiation to study of Vedas, 158; Articles essential for, 158; Yajnopavita essential for modern ceremony of, 158; Merger with ceremony of wearing Yajnopavita 161; Danger of, without Yajnopavita, 161; True meaning of, 161; Test of Shudradom absence of, 161, 165-66; Had Shudras a right to, 165-66, 169-70; Dead, dumb, blind, ‘Anuloma’, 166, Those crossing age-limit 167, their Sons and Vratyas 167-68, eligible to—; Universal among Indo-Iranians, 169; Closed to women owing to child marriage 169; Open to Shudras according to Samskara Ganpati, 169, 206; Absence of reasons for withholding from Shudras,
169-70; First spiritual in significance, 171; Acquisition of social significance after denial to Shudras,
171; Confers right to property and knowledge, 172; Performance of, assigned to Acharya, 173; Shivaji’s right to, 175-77
Vaidya, Mr. C. V.—His extract from Bhagavat Purana on Bharata Bhumi, 173-74; On second coronation of Shivaji, 176-77 (footnote); On money spent at Shivaji’s coronation on Dakshina to Brahmins,
180; See also, 178-79 (footnote)
Vaishampayana—Origin of classes of priests, 34-35
Vaishyas—Origin of, according to Purusha Sukta, 22; Are twice born (Dvijas) 24; Superior only to Shudras in status, 26, 32-33; As Savarnas, Dvijas, Traivarnikas, 36; Oppressed class in Indo-Aryan
Society, 56; Fury against them directed later on towards Shudras, 56; Though a Traivarnika, their rights against Shudras very negligible,
56-57
Vajasaneyi Samhita—Two theories of origin of classes (Varnas) 38-39; Statements demarcating Shudra from Arya, 107; Statement showing basis of equality between Brahmins and Shudras, 107-08; Pours scorn on Shudras, 108
Varna—In sense of colour mainstay of Aryan Race theory, 81; Occurrence of terms in Rig Veda and its connotations, 82-83; Occurrence of term, in Zend Avesta connoting ‘a class holding particular faith’, 83-85; System with three Varnas in Rig Veda, 132-33, 139 See also Purusha Sukta and Chaturvarnya
Vasishtha—His conflict with Vishwamitra, 140-55; Stories of his reconciliation with Bharatas, Kalmashapada and Saudasas, 192 93, 195-96 See also Sudas and Vishwamitra
Vasishtha Dharma Sutra—Its support to Purusha Sukta, 24; Disabilities of Shudras under, 43-45, 52
Vayu Purana—102-03
Vedic Literature—Origin of, and Brahmanic view, 33-35, Max Muller’s order to growth of 138 : Professors Ranade and Belavalkar’s theory of synchronous composition of, 138 ; See also Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Yajur Veda and Veda.
Vena—151-52
Vishnu Purana—Manu, the Progenitor of the Indo-Aryans, 29; Explanation of origin of Vedas from different mouths of Brahma, 34; Ideology relating to creation, 95-97; Genealogy of two Sudas and Table 96-97; Story of Harishchandra, 141-45; On Nimi’s conflict with Brahmins, 154