Artic Home of the Aryans by Lokamanya Bal ... - Mandhata Global

Pole, north, temperate climate at, in
interglacial times 21, 39; existence of a
continent at, in interglacial times, 38;
regions round, distinguished from
circumpolar or Arctic regions, 40; star,
change in the position of, 41; special
features of the calendar at, 43;
characteristics or differential of Polar
regions summed up, 54.
Polygeny, theory of, 413.
Posehe, 4; his view regarding the type
of the primitive Aryans in Egypt, 15.
Post-glacial, period, its
commencement about 50 or 60
thousand years ago according to
English geologists, and 7 or 8 thousand
according to American geologists, 12;
See Glacial period.
Prajâpati, the creator of the Vedas,
416.
Pralaya, the deluge, destruction of the
Vedas in, 416.
Prâleya, ice, an indication of the glacial
nature of the deluge, 360.
Prapitva, advancing time, the meaning
of, in the Veda, 301.
Pravargya, a sacrificial ceremony,
represents the revival of the sun, 174.
Prehistoric times, effect of the
discovery of comparative philology on
the study of, 2; See Archeology,
Geology.
Pre-Orion, period, its commencement,
390; consistent with geological
evidence, 391.
Prishthya, a kind of Shalâha, 191-193.
Ptolemy, 362.
Pûshan, the sun, the golden boat of,
257, seven-wheeled and ten-rayed,
318.
449
Purâ, the former or the interglacial age,
102.
Puraḥ, meaning of, 204.
Purâ-kalpa, ancient rites and
traditions, 119, 429.
Purûravas, 224.
QUARTERNARY, era, existence of
man in, 4, 23; sudden changes of
climate in, 21; comprises at least two, if
not more, glacial periods, 22.
Raj s (singular), meaning of, 242;
(dual), the two Rajas, meaning the two
hemispheres, 244.
Râma,, the hero of the Râmâyana,
323, 324; and incarnation of Vishnu,
32, traceable to the يig-Veda, id.
Râmâyana, on the three steps of
Vishnu, 304; mythical element in,
probably derived from Vedic
mythology, 324; the Râmâyana and the
Iliad had probably a common source,
324.
Rangâchârya, Prof., on the meaning of
yuga, 163, 164; on the Kaliyuga, 392,
393.
Rangha, a mythical river to the west of
Alburz in the Avesta, 338; wrongly
identified with the Caspian sea, 338;
probably the same as the Vedic Rasâ,
338.
Ratri-sattras, the nightly Somasacrifices,
their nature and
classification, 194; the meaning of Râtri
in the appellation, 195ƒ; hundred in
number, from one to hundred nights,
195; must have been originally
performed (luring