The Questions of King Milinda, Part I — SBE Vol. 35 (trans. Rhys Davids, 1890)

Insight, the eight causes of its ripening, 141, and see Conversion.

Intoxicating drinks, 41.

Investigation, characteristic of, 96;
why the Buddha investigates,
272,

Invisible, story of the magician, 217; root to make one, 281.

Iron, 70.

Jasmine, the chief of flowers, 252.
Javelins, 69.

Karma, 3, 12, 18, 32, 41, 71, 80, 103,
163, 191, 214, 262-4.

King of kings, the mythical, 162,177,
199.

Kings, their manner of discussing, 46; their tyranny, 50; their greed, 203; they take the best of everything, 267.

Lamps, 61, 64, 67, 73, 110.

Lancet, surgeon’s, 168-9, 211.

Law, of property, 247. See Peace, breach of, and Conveyancing, and Punishments, and Book.

Laymen, includes the gods, 32.

Learning by heart, 17, 22, 28, 34,
123, 172.

Letter-writing, 67.

Leviathan, 187.

Lexicography, 17.

Lie, a deliberate, excludes from the
Order, 268,

Lions, 135, 211.

Log, the dry, simile of, 214.

Looking-glass, 86, 189.

Lord of a village, 208.

Lotions, medicinal, 211, 215.

Lotus flower, simile of, 117.

Love to all beings, 138, 279 foll.; of teacher to pupil, 142; duty of,

254.
Lucky marks, 32, 117, 237, 247.

Magic, 6, 181, 217.

Mandolin and its parts, 84.

Market places, 2, 53.

Marks onthe body, as omens of future greatness, 17.

Marriage by purchase, 74.

Medicine, 6, 191, 197, 214. See
Physician, Surgery.

Meditation, 13, 18, 52, 196 foll.

Memory, 120-122.

Merchant, should test goods, 272.

Milk and butter, simile of, 65, 75.

Mindfulness, 52, 58.

Minds, seven classes of, 154.

Ministers of state, the six, 171.

Miracles at conception of Nagasena,

14.

Money, 17, 59, 134, 267.

Mules die in giving birth, 236.

Music, 6.

Muslin, of Benares, 3.

Mutilation, of criminals, 63, 166,
270, 276.

Name, soul not implied in, 41.

‘Name-and-form,’ 71 foll., 77.

Nirvana, a state of mind to be attained in, and which ends with,
this life, 36, 41, 78, 106, See
Arahatship.

Novice, the intractable, 4; Nagasena becomes a, 20; his duties as, 24, 302.

Ocean, taste of, 131, 1333 always
casts up a dead body, 259.
Offences, conscious and unconscious,

224.
Official gratitude, 76, 93, 197.
Ogres, 38.
Oil, for the hair, rg.
Ointment, for a wound, 168.
Omens, interpretation of, 247.
Omniscience of the Buddhas, 117,
154-162, 271, 301 foll,

Pain, origin of, 83, 191, 195.

Pakkeka-Buddhas, 158.

Peace, breach of the, in law, 239.

Perception, characteristic of, 95, 132.

Perseverance, 52.

Physician, 68, 69, 112, 165, 168,
2II, 40, 272.

Pilot, should test the shore, 272.

Pipers, 48.

Pirit, 213.

Pledge, deposit of, 123.

Poison, simile of, 94 ; antidotes to,
215; love counteracts, 279.
Pork, the Buddha’s last meal of, 244

foll.

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THE QUESTIONS OF KING MILINDA.

Posthumous honours, 144 foll.

Potter and the pots, simile of, 84.

Precepts, abolition of the minor,
202.

Present to a king, simile of, 220.

Prophecy, 6, 185.

Punishments, 63, 223, 239, 254, 269.

Punkahs, 148.

Pupil, his duty to his teacher, 144.

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THE QUESTIONS OF KING MILINDA.

Posthumous honours, 144 foll.

Potter and the pots, simile of, 84.

Precepts, abolition of the minor,
202.

Present to a king, simile of, 220.

Prophecy, 6, 185.

Punishments, 63, 223, 239, 254, 269.

Punkahs, 148.

Pupil, his duty to his teacher, 144.

Purgatory, 94, 101, 125, 163, 167,
206, 210, 283.

Purity, the power of, 173.

Purohita, family chaplain, 282.

Rain, three seasons of, 171; produced by charms, 181.

Rain water, similes of, 90, 226, 245,
274, 278.

Rams, simile of two butting, 92.

Reasoning contrasted with wisdom,
50.

Recognition, mark of perception,
132.

Reflection, characteristic of, 95.

Re-incarnation, 207, and see next.

Re-individualisation, 50, 72-75.

Relationship, scheme of, 292.

Relics, of the Buddha, 144 foll., 246.

Renunciation, 31, 49, 98, 251, 271.

Rest-houses, public, 291.

Rhinoceros, 38.

Rice, simile of cartload of, 154; simile of boiling, 176; is the chief of all grains, 252.

Robber, figuratively, of a bad monk,
256.

Sandal-wood dust, 29.

Schism, 163, 227.

Scholars, their manner of discussing, 46.

Schooling, 63, and see Education.

Season, the rainy, 7, 24.

Secret wisdom, 139.

Sects, 3, 7, 8, 144, 266,

Seed-fruit-seed, succession of, 80,

Seed, simile of, 301.

Seeds, edible, 161.

Sensation, results of a, 82, 83, 89,
92; characteristics of, 93; kinds
of, 194.

Shadow of a man, 45; abiding under another’, 137.

Shampooing the hair, 19.

Ship, simile of, 227.

Shops, 2, 3.

Shrines, god-haunted, 140.

Sins, the five, 41; will find you out,
295.

Snake-charmers, 38, 212, 215.

Snakes, 211.

Snoring, how to stop, 131.

Snow, 70.

Son in the faith, 142.

Sophists, 7.

Sorrow, 125, and see Pain.

Soul, no such thing as, 40-45, 48,
67, 86-89, IIT, 132.

Spells, 6.

Splinter of rock, incident of, 193 foll., 249 foll.

State officials, the six, 171.

Suffering, cause of, see Pain ; various kinds of, 275.

Sugar, 72; sugar mill, 235.

Suggestion, as source of memory,
121.

Suicide, 69, 273.

Surgery, 168.

Swallowed up by the earth, 152.

Syrups and sweetmeats, 3.

Tank, simile of the full, 187.

Taxation, 208.

Teacher, his fees, 17, 25; his duties to his pupil, 142.

Thought-perception, 89.

Tidal-wave, 276.

Time, definition of, 77 ; root of, 79 ; ultimate point of, 80-82.

To pay, 177. ;

Torture, 239; various kinds of death with, 276, 277.

Transmigration, 111, 118, 120.

Travellers, hospitality towards, 161.

Treasurer, the royal, 59.

Trees, disciples compared to, 151 ; simile of the barren, 162; talking trees, dilemma of, 241.

Trumpeters, 48.

Truth, is the most minute of all things, 132; its power, 182.

Turbans, 138.

Tutor’s fees, 17.

Twirling-stick, 85, 146.

Uncle, no word for in Pali, 292.
Unguents, for the hair, r9.

INDEX OF

p. 315

Vanishing root, 281.
Village organisation, 208-9.
Vow, the eightfold, of a layman, 138.

Truth, is the most minute of all things, 132; its power, 182.

Turbans, 138.

Tutor’s fees, 17.

Twirling-stick, 85, 146.

Uncle, no word for in Pali, 292.
Unguents, for the hair, r9.

INDEX OF

p. 315

Vanishing root, 281.
Village organisation, 208-9.
Vow, the eightfold, of a layman, 138.

Waggons, 3,27; parts of, 44; simile
of path of, 91; of load of rice,
154; breaking up of, 173; reckoned among valuable things,
267.

Wandering teachers, 7, 34.

Water-clearing gem, 55.

Water, earth rests on, 106, 175.

Water-pot, the regular, 106,

Weapons, 69.

Wheel of victory, 162; of the kingdom of righteousness, 31, 253.

Wife. See Marriage.

Wind, simile of, 147-8 ; as medical term, 191.

Wisdom, distinct from reasoning,
50; mark of, 51, 61 ; of Arahats,
293; seven kinds of, 128.

Women, put before men, 83; their fickleness, 141; in the Order, 187; reckoned among valuable things, 267; their wiles, 294; their management of their husbands, 302. See Marriage.

Woollen stuffs, 3, 28, 159.

Worms in the body, 151.

Wound, treatment of, 168,

Writing a letter, 67.

TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS ADOPTED FOR THE TRANSLATIONS
OF THE SACRED Books oF THE East.

CONSONANTS,

MISSIONARY ALPHABET,

T Class.

IT Class,

—

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(palatales, &c.)

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Arabic.

Hebrew.

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TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS.

p. 317

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CONSONANTS
(continued).

MISSIONARY ALPHABET. ————

I Class.

II Class.

III Class.

Sanskrit.

Zend.

Pehlevi.

Persian. | Arabic. | Hebrew. | Chinese.

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32 se mollis 2...
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TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS

Dentales modificatae
(linguales, &c.)

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39. CO,

aspirata 2...

40 Media ...........2.

41,

43 Semivocalis ...

44 ”
45 ”
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47 x» lenis..

Labiales.

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49 » Spirata
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52 Tenuissima. ..
53 Nasalis.....

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55 ”

aspirata

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57 ”

lenis. 2...

58 Anusvara. ....-

59 Visarga......--