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Achára, a division of dharma, 57.

Adultery, its treatment by the author moderate, 74; ad. and varna, 147; strict rules regarding ad., 147; ad. and fornication, 152.

Adulterous acts, 150.

Adulteress, son of ad. held low status, 90,

Aguptā, discussion regarding the meaning of, 154-5.

Alberūnī, on the Indian habit of telling a tale, 86; value of his evidence, 130.

Amarakosha, a Sanskrit metrical dictionary, 51.

Ambashtha caste, confusion regarding, 93; and value of the confusion, 93; their occupation, 104.

Andhras, their history, 34; Adr. inscription, 37; rulers in the north, 38; text on their origin and status, 64; and value of that statement for the date, 64; not Kshatriyas, 65; their occupation as given by the text, 104.

Anga, mentioned as impure region by Baidhāyana, 118.

Animals, pure and impure, 119.

Antiochus, a Greek monarch, successor of Seleukos Nikator, 35.

Antyajas, outcaste tribes, 156; not Shūdra, 156; adultery with Antyaja woman by a Brāhmana, 154.

Antyavasāyī, his occupation, 103,

Anvikshiki, a faculty of learning, 128.

Apapātra, a measure of pollution. Castes to be treated as apa., 104.

Apastamba, on ceremonial of initiation, 132; on adultery, 148; on punishments to a Shūdra, 156.

Apte's, practical dictionary, at the word "agupta," 155.

Arabs, Brahmanical theory regarding the cause of the deviation of dress and manners from standard (Indian) manners, 86.

Arjuna on varna mixture, 112.

Artha, a group of sciences, 129.

Arthavada, a convention, 49, 50.

Arvachina kosha. Page 3.

Aryas, country of, 70; meaning of, 77: meanings in Rigveda and in latcr Sanskrit literature, 78-9. [See Aryans.]

Aryavarta, meaning of, 70, 77; Baudhāyana .on the extent of, 71; terminology current ini, 103.

Aryan, a consecrated word, 78: confusion regarding the meating, 78-9: pretension of the Bengalese and other races regarding pure Aryan blood. 78 9; Risley on Aryans, and dangers of using this word, 168-9. [See Aryas.] Rh