Topical Digest of the Rig-Veda. 3 



ordinated topics, and to give at the end of the whole treatise 

 an alphabetical index. This first part accordingly contains a 

 grouping of the concrete words, designating objects belong- 

 ing to the animate world and to the inanimate, these being 

 again subdivided under various heads, as pointed out below ; 

 and the second part will contain a classification of abstract 

 and qualifying words. To be sure, there is no definite line 

 to be drawn between the concrete and the abstract, many 

 words on either side of the line being used now in one way, 

 now in another. But for practical ends it is necessary to 

 draw at least an arbitrary line. Thus, for instance, ' man ' is 

 simply referred to under the heading of animate life, while 

 man in his various qualities and functions is relegated to the 

 second part. Where words have various meanings they are, 

 of course, arranged under various heads; and sometimes, 

 words of uncertain meaning are also thus arranged (then 

 usually with an interrogation mark). Words occurring only 

 in compounds or derivations have been given, but with an 

 asterisk. In rendering the form of words with modern y 

 or T', the older (or at least metrically required) i or // has 

 been retained when supported absolutely or prevailingly by 

 the text. 



It was at first my intention to add derivations and places 

 of occurrence, but, on closer consideration, this seemed su- 

 pererogative, inasmuch as no Vedic student will be without 

 the works where these things are already considered. 



The material of this paper is arranged below under the 

 following general headings : 



I. 



rain pouring); IV. ii. 2: vi sahy agne grnate manisan kham vipasa tuvi- 

 jata stavanah, ' O Agni, mighty Agni, object of my praise, stir the singer's 

 devotion, a swelling flood ' (lit. a flood by its agitation) ; IV. 28. i : avrnod 

 apihiteva khani, 'Thou (Indra) openedst the water-courses, dammed up as it 

 were ;' V. 32. i : dsrjo vi khani, 'Thou (Indra) didst free the water-courses.' 



