The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary of Râmânuja, Part III — SBE Vol. 48 (trans. George Thibaut, 1904)

Animal killed at sacrifice goes to heaven, 599.

Aparantatamas, the teacher of the

a Vedas, 529,

Apastamba quoted, 187, 410.

Arawyakas and Vedas, their teaching, 530 sq.

Arhat (Gina), the teaching of the,

A 5i7, 520.

Ajmarathya, a teacher, 293, 391.

Asuras, their weapons real, 125.

Ajvapati Kaikeya, 677 sq., 688.

Atharvan, eldest son of Brahma,
284.

Atoms, theory of, refuted, 495-500.

— Bauddha theory of, 501.

— Gaina theory of, 516-520. Atreya quoted, 707.

Au^ulomi quoted, 392, 394, 708,

760 sq.
Avantaratamas, 650 sq.

Badaraya^a quoted, 326, 336, 529,
626, 686, 689, 694, 752, 761,

763.

Badari, opinion of, 293, 592, 748,
75o, 763.

Balaki and Ag-ata/atru, 378-380, 383.

Bauddhas, their views of the origination of the world refuted, 500- 516.

— take shelter under a pretended Vedic theory, 513.

Being, pure, alone is real, 32 sq.

— and Consciousness, 33, 47.

Bhagavatas, theory of the, 524-

Bharata-sa«fchita, i. e. the Mahabharata, 528.

Bhashyakara quoted, 17, 100.

Bhaskara quoted, 459.

Bhishma had knowledge of Brahman, 704.

— put off his death, 741 sq. Bodhayana, his explanation of the

Brahma-sutras abridged, 3.
Body, definitions of, 420-424,
Brahman, masc. (Nom. Brahma),

the god, 90, 236, 238, 284, 312 sq., 328, 330. Brahman, neut the highest, revealed in the Upanishads, 3.

— the abode of LakshmT, 3.

— enquiry into, 3-156.

— is that from which the origin, &c, of this world proceed, 3, 156- 161 ; creation and reabsorption of the world its sport, 405 sq. ; is the only cause of the world, 354- 407, 413-479; it creates, 471 sq., 532-540, 767; it modifies itself into the world, 402-406 ; it is the world, 88, 430-467 ; the world its body, 93-95, 419-424; B. and the world related as the snake and its coils, 6 1 8-62 1 .

— fruit of its knowledge, 5, 7, 9, 8 3.

— only is real, 20 sq., 127.

— is non-differenced intelligence, 23, 81, 84; not non-differenced intelligence, but highest Person, 207 sq.

— devoid of qualities, 26 sq. ; devoid of form, 6 10 sq.

— oneness of, 39, 73, 80.

— highest, is pure Being, 71.

— the subject of Scripture, 74 sq., 161-200.

— not taught by Scripture to be devoid of all difference, 78-86.

— free from all imperfections, &c, 88, 124, 607-618.

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vedanta-sCtras.

Brahman, release not due to knowledge of the unqualified, 129-138.

— souls and matter, 138-145.

— etymology of, 158.

— and soul, relation of, 209-237, 257-353,467-471, 558-567; the soul's aim, 748-754.

— not connected with Prakr/ti, nor with Karman, 240.

— is the True, 302-305, 616.

— the Imperishable is, 308-311.

— is the ' object of seeing/ 31 1-3 14.

— small ether in the heart is, 314- 325.

— Person of the size of a thumb, 325 sq., 347-349.

— gods capable of knowledge of, 326-335.

— used in a double sense, 533 sq.

— is of the nature of slaves, fishermen, &c, 559 sq.

— light the essential nature of, 611 sq.

— is 'not so, not so/ 611 sq., 615- 617, 618.

— Person of the size of a thumb, 325 sq., 347-349.

— gods capable of knowledge of, 326-335.

— used in a double sense, 533 sq.

— is of the nature of slaves, fishermen, &c, 559 sq.

— light the essential nature of, 611 sq.

— is 'not so, not so/ 611 sq., 615- 617, 618.

— compared to reflected image of the sun, 613 sq.

— light and bliss constitute its nature, 618.

— is absolutely supreme, 621-625.

— its omnipresence, 624 sq.

— meditations on, 637-685, 718- 720.

— the Imperishable and bliss, 653 sq.

— as the Self of the devotee, 716- 718.

Brahman-egg, 127, 334, 731.
Brahman- world, 312 sq., 317 sq.,

747, 75i sq.
Brahmasukta quoted, 191.
Brahma-sutras, their explanation by

Bodhayana, 3.
Brahma-upanishad, 336, 525.
Breath is Brahman, 246.

— created, 572 sq.

— what it is, 573~575.

— five forms of, 574 sq.

— is minute, 575.

— not an * organ/ 577 sq.

— water a dress for, 640 sq. Br/had-ara»yaka, in the Ka«va and

Madhyandina texts, 403, 422 sq.,

544, 735.
Br/haspati, Smr/ti-writer, 409, 412.
Buddha, 425 sq., 500, 515.

Castes, difference of, 564 sq.
Cause and effect, 4 15-4 19, 430-

434, 445 sq., 453~455, 459, 463-

466, 471, 482 sq., 503 sq., 541.
Chariot, simile of the, 355 sq., 370,

638 sq.
Consciousness itself is 'Being/ 33;

is not * Being/ 47.

— is eternal and incapable of change, 35 sq. ; not eternal, 50-52 ; capable of change, 54 sq.

— and conscious subject are not different, 36-38.

— its self-luminousness, 47-50.

— not without object, 52-54.

— the attribute of a permanent conscious self, 56 sqq.

Creation, 119, 206, 332-334, 374-
377, 399, 4°i, 4°5, 4*°, 460 sq.,
465 sq., 47i sq., 474 sq., 532-540,
568-570, 572, 578-583.

— a mere sport of Brahman, 405 sq., 476 sq.

— from Prakr/ti and soul, 490-492.

Death is Nescience, 23.

— of him who knows Brahman, 728-743.

— favourable times of, 740 sq.

— soul in, 765 sq.

Demons possessing men's bodies, driven out, 168.

Devas, 238. See also Gods.

Dhr/'sh/adyumna, 595.

Difference cannot be logically defined, 31-33.

— can be proved, 39-46.
Dramk/a-bhashya quoted, 99, 428.
DramWaiarya, 487.
Draupadi, 595.

Dreams, unreal, yet portending real things, 75.

— things seen in, are Maya, 86.

— the creation of the Lord, 120 sq., 601-604.

— foreshadow good and evil fortune, 604.

Dvaipayana, 406.

Earth from water, 536.
Elements, tripartition of, 119 sq.,
578-583, 586.

— breath and soul combined with the, 730 sq.

Ether is Brahman, 242-246, 349-353,

— the small, in the heart,

INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS.

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Ether not a mere non-entity, 506 sq.
— created, 532-535-
Expiatory rites, 706 sq.
Eye, Person within the, 237-242,
272-278.

Fata Morgana, 449.

Fathers, path of the, 594, 742.

Fire from air, 535 sq.

— rite of carrying it on the head, 629, 631.

Fires, knowledge of the five, 273-

277, 753-
' Five-people,' the five senses, 371-

374.
Food is earth, 536.

— unlawful, when permitted, 701 sq.

Fata Morgana, 449.

Fathers, path of the, 594, 742.

Fire from air, 535 sq.

— rite of carrying it on the head, 629, 631.

Fires, knowledge of the five, 273-

277, 753-
' Five-people,' the five senses, 371-

374.
Food is earth, 536.

— unlawful, when permitted, 701 sq.

Gabala taught by Gautama, 343.
Gaimini, 5, 292, 294, 335, 382 sq.,
626, 686 sq., 694, 705 sq., 750,

752, 759 sq., 763.

Gainas, their theory of the origination of the world, refuted, 516- 520.

Ganaka offered sacrifices, 688.

Ganajruti and Raikva, 338-342.

Gandharvas, 238.

— town of, 449.

Gautama teaches Gabala, 343.
Gayatri metre, 248 sq.
Gina, 425 sq., 531.
God (Lord of all), denoted by
'Brahman,1 4.

— is intelligence and everlastingly one, 23.

— knowledge of, 116.

— the highest Self designated as, 352.

— and Pradhana, 396 sq., 522 sq.

— not partial, nor cruel, 477 sq.

— Gainas hold that there is no, 516. Gods capable of knowledge of Brahman, 326-335.

— possess bodies and sense-organs,

328-330.

— have several bodies, 330 sq.

— create each in his own world, 472.

— path of the, 594, 651 sq., 742- 744, 747, 749, 75i, 753, 75?.

— the cause of rewards of sacrifices, 626 sq.

Grammarians quoted, 60, 79.

Hari, a form of Vishwu, the Lord and Creator, 87, 93, 527.

— all beings a play of, 406.
Heavenly world non-permanent, 177.
Hells, seven, 593.
Hirarcyagarbha, a form of Vishmi, 93.

— created and creator, 334.

— proclaims the Yoga-smriti, 413,

529.

— and Brahman, 578-583, 748-750.

— world of, 768.

1 I,' unreality of the, 36-38.

— in sleep, 53, 67-69.

— and the Self, 57 sq., 61.

— persists in the state of release, 69-72.

Immortal, the, i.e. Brahman, 18.
Immortality, Brahman the only
cause of, 296 sq., 690.

— according to Sankhya system, 386.

— means of, 387.

— of him who knows, 731 sq. Indra, a divine being, 238.

— is Pnba and Brahman, 250-254.

— a term referring to the highest Reality, 522.

— world of, 747 sq.
Intelligence only is true, 23.
Itihasa and Punba, 91, 126, 338 sq.,

75i.

Kahola and Y%«avalkya, 657.

iCaitraratha, 341 sq.

Kalamukhas, a class of adherents of

Pajupati, 520 sq.
Kawada, 425 sq., 430, 454, 500, 520,

544*
Kapalas, a class of adherents of

Pajupati, 520.
Kapeya, 342.
Kapila, 201, 354 S(l-, 357, 363, 365,

37i, 374, 385, 425, 480, 482, 500,

520, 524, 529, 544.

— Smr/ti of, 408, 410-412.

— the great lâshi, referred to in Scripture &c, 409.

Karsh«anini quoted, 591 sq.
Alrvaka view, 196.
Kajakr/tsna, a teacher, 392, 394 sq.
^aturmukha, 90.
Kaushitaki-brahmawa, 250.
Kavasha, Rishis descended from, 690.
Knowledge and works, 9-1 1, 18 sq.,

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vedanta-sCtras.

686-696, 698-700, 703, 712 sq.,
724-727.
Knowledge is meditation, 15.

— all, is of the Real, 119-124.

— defined, 699.

— auxiliaries to, 708-712.

— sins destroyed by, 722-724. Krishna, 525.

Lakshmi, the highest Brahman the

abode of, 3.
Light is Brahman, 247-249.
Lightning, on the soul's road, 747 sq.
Lord. See God.

Madhyamika doctrine of a general