A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)

See also Heaven (e\ and Sky.

Dyumna Vijva^arsha«i Atreya, author of a Vedic hymn, 46, 414.

Dyutana, the son of the Maruts, is the wind, 26, 144.

Eagle, see Birds (b),
33ar, one of the organs of the head,
41, 402; 43, 190; is the quarters.

EAR— EARTH

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43, lo, 333 ; introduced from the left side, made one only, 43, ii, 15 ; the eye created the e., the e. created work, 43, 378 sq. ; the two ears connected by a channel, 44, 36 ; the two Ajvins are the ears,

44, 263 ; what he speaks, that one hears with the e., 44, 263.

Earnestness (apramada), the virtue of, 10 (i), 9-1 1 ; frees from the arrow of pain, 10 (ii), 55.

Earth.

(a) Cosmological ideas about it.

(^) E. as an element, its sacredness, &c.

(c) E. as a deity.

(a) Cosmological ideas about it.
E. produced from water, 1, 94,

100 ; 34, lii ; 38, 23 sq. ; 48, 536 ; the seven Karjvaras or regions of the e., 4, 222, 222 n., 377 ; 5, 32 sq., 67, 69, 175, 232 ; 18, 79, 79 n.j 263 ; 23^ 86, 96, 102, 104, 123, 123 n., 135, 141 sq., 163, 171 sq., 181 n., 182, 202, 254, 292 sq. ; 24, 35 sq. n., 36, 100, 269, 269 n., 271, 301 ; 31, 58, 58 n., 303, 313, 317 ; 37, 26 sq., 189, 212, 214 sq., 220, 271 ; 47, 15, 34 sq., 41, 80, 108, III, 148; creation of the e., 5, 10; 12, 2 Son, ; the regions of the e., and their chieftains, 5, 115-20; seven heavens and seven earths, 9, 290; represented as a great cube, 16, 61 n.; divided in three parts, 23, 1 8 r , 1 8 1 n. ; one of the worlds, 25, 157; three earths, 26, 118 ; 41, 27 ; 42, 30, 68, 4C0 sq., 471 ; the womb from which everything has sprung, 26, 260; seven spaces of the e., 29, 341 ; 48, 477 ; rests on air and water, 35, 175 sq., 176 n. ; there is only one e., 36, 50 ; is dissolved into water, 38, 26; is four-cornered, 41, 155; is threefold, 41, 239 ; the truth is this e., for this e. is the most certain of these worlds, 41, 364 ; nine earths, oceans, heavens, 42, 228, 631 ; was of the size of a span in the beginning, 44, 451 ; was raised by the boar Emusha,44, 451 ; is higher than the water, 44, 502 ; a place of abode for all the gods, 44, 505. See also World (d).

(b) E. AS AN ELEMENT, ITS SACRED- NESS, ETC.

Black the colour of e., 1, 95, 96 ;

See also
World (d).

(b) E. AS AN ELEMENT, ITS SACRED- NESS, ETC.

Black the colour of e., 1, 95, 96 ;

38, 23 sq. ; e. or food, 1, 96-8, 100 ; 38, 23 sq. ; its subtilest portion becomes mind, 1, 96-8 ; sacredness of the e., how to keep it from defilement by dead matter, 4, Ixii, Ixiv, Ixxv-lxxvii, 67-70, 87 sq., 133, 142- 4, 185 sq. ; 5, 248 n. ; 18, 229; 26, 43 ; a means of purifying, 4, 79, 93, 130; 7, 96, '97, 98, 102; a Snataka must not scratch the ground, nor crush clods of e., 7, 227 ; a cow in the act of bringing forth a young one, compared to the e., 7, 264 ; one of the ten fires at the allegorical sacrifice of the sense-organs, 8, 261 ; is the source of smells, 8, 337, 340, 348 sq., 352 ; sound, touch, colour, taste, and smell are the five qualities of e., 8, 383 sq.; the disciple of Buddha vVill overcome this e., 10 (i), 16 ; sins caused by actions injuring the souls of e., 22, 3-5 ; yellow the colour of the e., which occupies the central place, 27, 436, 436 n. ; as everything depends on the e., so all good qualities depend on virtue, 35, 52 sq. ; seeds are planted without the consent of the e., 35, 150 ; called * night,' 38, 23 sq. ; is the Rikf 38, 345-9 ; is the resting-place in this world, 44, 17; is the source of prosperity, 44, 1 8 ; touching the e., in an expiatory rite, 44, 30; *from the e. I take thy body,' 44, 133 sq. ; is a womb, and milk is seed, 44, 180; is foul matter, 44, 203 ; is a good abode, 44, 457 ; white is this e., 44, 463 ; the Mahavira pot made of clay (e.) and water (sky), 44, 492; origin and feeding of the e.-bodies, 45, 397 sq., 397 n.; e.-bodies commit sins, 45, 403 sq.

(c) E. AS A DEITY.

E., the deity, invoked in a curse,
1, 251; sacrifices to E., 2, 108;

3, 302; 27, 218, 220, 222, 385 sq., 425 ; 28, 203 ; 29, 320 sq., 388 ; 30, 22 ; 44, 505 ; invoked and worshipped, prayers to E., 3, 126 sq. ;

4, 221; 23, II, 19, 229; 28, 60;
29, 207, 219, 340; 30, 96, 241 ; 31,
251, 286 sq.; 32, 423; 41, 34, 253,
346 sq. ; 42, 161 ; 46, no, 115, 127,
253 ; filial piety is the righteousness
of E., 3, 473 ; spoken of as Spewta

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EARTH— EASING NATURE

;

4, 221; 23, II, 19, 229; 28, 60;
29, 207, 219, 340; 30, 96, 241 ; 31,
251, 286 sq.; 32, 423; 41, 34, 253,
346 sq. ; 42, 161 ; 46, no, 115, 127,
253 ; filial piety is the righteousness
of E., 3, 473 ; spoken of as Spewta

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EARTH— EASING NATURE

Armaiti, 4, Ixvii ; 18, 393 n., 401 ; what comforts and discomforts most the E., 4, Ixxi, 21-31; 5, 360 sq. ; 37, 153 ; the cleanser delights E., 4, 133 ; made by Ahura, 4, 221 ; attacked by the evil spirit, 5, 29 sq., 173-5; pleased by agriculture, cattle rearing, and virtuous conduct, 5, 376 sq., 377 n. ; 37, 154 ; colloquy of Vishwu and the E., 7, 5-12, 41, 77, 291-7 ; sustained by those who follow the law, 7, 8 ; colloquy of E. and Lakshmi, 7, 297-301 ; supports all things, 8, 113; Mother E. and Father Heaven, 12, 229 ; 42, 166 ; 44, 238, 287, 325 ; is a spotted cow, 12, 242 sq., 308 ; the queen of serpents, 12, 301 n., 302 ; 26, 451 ; Sky and E. as husband and wife (* Heaven I, E. thou'), 15, 205, 220; 29, 168, 282 ; bears Agni in her womb, 15, 221 ; a manifestation of Brahman, 15, 303 ; the unlimited capacity of the E., emblematic of the course of the superior man, 16, 214 sq., 215 n. ; overthrows the full and replenishes the humble, 16, 226, 226 sq. n. ; the symbol of the E. and the sun entering into its midst, 16, 241, 242 n. ; all things receive their nourishment from the E., 16, 426, 427 n. ; Mother E., 21, 371 n. ; 41, 34, 60 ; purified by the Sun, 23, 86 ; Fravashi of the E. worshipped, 23, 200 ; Zamyad Yajt inscribed to the Genius of the E., 23, 286-309 ; the mother the image of the e., 25, 71 ; as the E. supports everything, so does a king, 25, 396 sq. ; produces the sources of wealth, 27, 378 ; the firm one, the son of the E., 29, 328 ;

* Heaven am I, and I am E.,' 29, 363 ; the initiated boy given in charge to the E., 30, 154 ; 'I know thy heart, O E., that dwells in heaven, in the moon,' 30, 212 ; staggering, yet rejoicing under the onslaught of the Maruts, 32, 337, 339, 347 ; rules the world, 35, 9 ; if there were two Buddhas, the E. would tremble, not being able to bear the goodness, 36, 49 ; Bhikkhus should be like the E., 36, 307-9 ; the

* notes ' of the E., i.e. sounds heard in nature, 39, 177 sq. and n. ; all things are produced from the E. and

return to the E., 39, 300 ; friendly relation between Brihaspati and the E., 41, 34 ; is a milch-cow, yielding all desires, 41, 60 ; prayer of the king to Mother E., 41, 103 ; Varuwa and the E., 41, 103 ; injured by digging in her, 41, 220 sq. ; mother of Agni Purishya, 41, 311 ; bears what is desirable, 41, 387 sq. ; bears healing plants, the remedy against poison, 42, 27, 31 ; hymn to Mother E., 42, 199-207, 639-44; identified with a brick of the fire-altar, 43, 9 1 ; plants the hair of its beard, Agni the man, 43, 208 ; Vaijvanara as E., 43, 394 ; no mortal must give her away, else she will sink into the midst of the water, 44, 421; invoked at the burial, 44, 433 ; the first-born of this world, 44, 450,