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

; rite in honour of the f. more important than that in honour of the gods, 25, 113; offerings to the f. accompanied by the Svadha call,

25, T17, 122 ; 42, 177; 44, 234, 423; sacrificial food pleasing to the f., 25, 124 sq. ; worshipped at the Ash^aka festivals, 25, 152 ; 29, 103 sq., 206-9, 344, 417, 420-4; 30, 97, 104-11, 232-6, 293 sq., 341, 341 n. ; do not accept the food of one who disdains a freely-offered gift, 25, 167 ; fish used for offerings to the f., 25, 172 ; the thrum of the Dikshita's cloth belongs to the f., 26, 9 ; Yama invoked with the f., 26, 1 2 2 sq. , 1 2 3 n. ; a pit that is dug is sacred to the f.,

26, 143, 168 sq. ; ceremonies for f. not to be changed by one going to a foreign country, 29, 102 ; the Nandimukha f. worshipped, 29, 1 1 1 ; monthly offerings to the f., 29, 209 ; the vow belonging to Agni together with the f., 29, 229; * sprinkled butter ' used for the f., 29, 237 ; invoked for protection, 29, 280 sq. ; invoked to give long life to the new-born child, 29, 294 ; when driving towards f. (?) he should dismount, when he has reached them, 29, 364 ; invoked for offspring, 30, no ; offering to the f. at the housebuilding ceremony, 30, 123 ; prayer to Agni at offerings to the f., 32, 35 sq. ; worship of the f., gods, and Brahmawas to be performed separately after a partition, 33, 370 sq. ; who profits by offerings to the dead? 36, 151 sq. ; the hollow in the sacrificial post sacred to the f., 41, 3 1 ; worshipped at the Sautrama«i, 41, 136; 44, 233 sq., 236-8,

272 ; strangers do harm by offering to one's f., 42, 73, 603 ; invoked to help in battle, 42, 119, 585 ; invoked for success in an assembly, 42, 138, 544 ; shares of gods, f., and men (priests), of the sacrifice, 42, 180, 612; offerings to father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, 43, 15 n.; if he does not eat (on a fast), he becomes consecrated to the f,, 44, 2 1 ; by bathing the student drives off hunger from his kinsmen and his f , 44, 50 ; the f. gratified by the sacrifice, the world of the f. gained by the sacrificer, 44, 272 ; the eaters (jmaja^) amongst the f. destroy in yonder world the good deeds of him who has no sepulchre prepared for him, 44, 422 ; what is good for the living is also good for the f., 44, 425 ; the clod deposited between the grave and the village, as a boundary between f. and the living, 44, 440 ; worshipped at the Pravargya, 44, 481 sq., 485, 487 sq., 487 n. ; seated upon the Barhis, 44, 487, 487 n. See also Ancestor worship, Ancestors, and iSraddhas.

Fear, the sage or devotee is devoid of, 8, 50, 67, 69, 86, lOT, 114, 126, 151, 246, 250, 287, 292, 344 ; death produced by delusion and f., 8, 155, 357 ; the hermit fears nobody, and nobody is afraid of him, 8, 285 ; is of the quality of darkness, 8, 320 ; absence of f. has the quality of goodness, 8, 325 ; f. and falsehood worse than death, 24, 50, 67.

Female, female ascetics, females, see
Women.

Feridun = Thraetaona, q. v.

has the quality of goodness, 8, 325 ; f. and falsehood worse than death, 24, 50, 67.

Female, female ascetics, females, see
Women.

Feridun = Thraetaona, q. v.

Festivals : Ash^aka (Anvash^aka,
Ekash^aka) f., 2, 36; 13, 130; 14,
270 ; 17, 211 ; 25, 148, 148 n., 152 ;
29, 102-5, 205-9, 223, 341-5,
414, 417-24; 30, 80, 97-113?
232-6, 293 sq., 304 sq. ; 36, 331;
during certain f recitation of the
Veda is forbidden, 2, 36, 42, 42 n.,
263 sq.; 14, 65, 65 n.; 29, 115,
142, 414; 30, 80; to be kept by
a king, 2, 236, 236 n. ; observance
of the seasons, 10 (ii), 41 sq. ; see
also Seasons ; f. of the Ganga and
the Mahi, 17, 25 ; 20, 359 ; a f.
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ornaments on, and decked with garlands, 17, 63; f. on the mountaintop at Ra^agaha, 20, 71, 168 ; white cloth spread out for ceremonial purposes, 20, 127-9; ii^ honour of gods or sacred places, 22, 92 ; Oaina monks or nuns should not accept food at f., 22, 92-7 ; duty of Brahmawas to invite neighbours to f., 25, 322; the Agrayawa, or partaking of the first-fruits, 29, 98 sq. ; a f. in the autumn month of Ajvayu^a, 29, 130, 203, 332 sq., 415 ; 30, 92 sq. ; the Z'aitl-a f., 29, 132 ; 42, 666 ; a f. on the Magha day, after the Praush^Mpada full moon, 29, 209, 331 sq. ; ceremonies at different times of the year, 30, 304 sq. ; the Indramaha-f., 42, ^353, 510; the spring-f. during the Agrahayawa full moon, 42, 365, 551; f. of Indra's banner, 49 (i), 11 n., 89; Margajirsha and ^ravawa i.,see Serpents ; monthly f., see Sacred times ; — celebration of the season f., Gahanbars, a good work, 4, 301 sq., 3i5> 3i5 "-, 327-43; 5j 91-7, 208, 351, 351 n., 363, 387-9, 388 sq. n., 391 ; 18, 157, 157 sq. n., 161, 161 n. ; 24, 27, 27 n., 100, 264; 31,367; 37,15-17, 15 n., 84, 95, 167, 173, 422, 429, 434, 440 sq., 477, 483 ; 47, 154 sq., 154 n. ; celebration of the Rapitvin, 5, 95 sq., 352 ; 37, 477 ; in honour of the Fravashis, 5, 315, 315 n. ; the Hamaspathmaedha (All Souls) f., 23, 192 sq., 192 n. ; sacred cake to be consecrated every year on the day Khurda^ of the month Fravardin, 24, 314 sq., 314 n. ; monthly (mahya) and yearly (yairya) f., 31, 198, 205, 210 sq., 216, 220, 335) 338; see also Mahya; the five Gatha-days, and the Ardibahijt, 31, 367 ; — drinking f. in the districts, 27, 56; 28, 435-46; public banquets, 27, 57 sq.; 28, 446, 454-7. Fetters, the ten, or Sanyo^anas, to be broken before entering on the Noble Path, 11, 222; removed by thorough penetration, 11, 307. Fiend, see Mara. Fiends, see Demons. Filial piety, see Family {b). Final beatitude, liberation, release. See Emancipation.

Fines, j^f Punishment.
Firdausi, see Shah Namah.
Fire.

{a) The element f.

{b) The god F.

(c) Purity, resp. defilement, of f.

{d) F. worship in India : the sacred f.

\e) F. worship in India : the three or more sacred fires. (/) F. worship in India : the Agnihotra or f.-oflferings. ig) F. worship in Iran.

{a) The element f.

Fire.

{a) The element f.

{b) The god F.

(c) Purity, resp. defilement, of f.

{d) F. worship in India : the sacred f.

\e) F. worship in India : the three or more sacred fires. (/) F. worship in India : the Agnihotra or f.-oflferings. ig) F. worship in Iran.

{a) The element f.

F. produced from the Sat, or the Brahman, 1, 93, 100 ; 38, 20-2 ; 48, 532-4; produces water, 1, 94, 100, 117 sq.; 38, 22 sq. ; red the colour of f., 1, 95, 96 ; its subtlest portion becomes speech, 1, 96-8 ; breath is merged in f., at death, 1, loi, 108 ; is merged in the Highest Being, at the death of the body, 1, loi, 108 ; united with air, warms the ether, 1, 1 17 ; meditation on f. as Brahman, 1, 118, 304 ; worldly uses of the f., 4, 1 15-19 ; first production of f., 5, 55 sq.; 42, xxvii, xxx; diffused through .the six substances, 5, 159; Aharman mixed darkness and smoke with the f., 5, 163 ; Hhe Good Diffuser' in men and animals, 5, 184 sq. ; in plants, waters, and heaven, 5, 185; 42, 54, 191 sq., 571 ; 43, 184; the nature of wisdom is just like f., 5, 394 ; ordeal by f., 7, 59; 31, 39, 51; 37, 59; the internal f. of digestion (Vaijvanara), 7, 59 ;8, 113 ; 11, 260, 260 n.; 34,89 sq., 92, 143 sq., 146 sq. ; 35, 244, 244 n. ; 36, 97 ; 48, 287, 290-4 ; the f. of knowledge, 8, 279, 279 n., 308 ; is the first of the elements, 8, 353, 353 n. ; God speaks to Moses from the f., 9, 35, 35 n., 100, III ; resides in the right ear of a goat, in the right hand of a Brahma«a, in water, and in Kuja grass, 14, 160 ; takes up water, 14, 162, 162 n. ; the seven tongues or flames of the f., 15, 31 ; 33, 14, 14 n.; 49 (i), 197; the simile of the sparks and the f. (individual souls and Brahman), 15, 34 ; B4, 277 n., 279; 38, 29, 30, 6r, 62, 139; the Self compared to the f. produced by the two arams, 15, 236 sq. ; God is like the f. that has set in the ocean, 15,. 265 ; the

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