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

116 ; His essential nature is knowledge, 48, 128; Narayawa, and other names of the one G., 48, 133, 667 ; existence of G., how to be proved apart from Scripture, 48, 162-9, 497 ; dwells in the hearts of all creatures, 48, 356 sq. ; the Ancient who is difficult to be seen, 48, 361 ; Hara, the one G., 48, 364; is the enjoyer of all sacrifices, 48, 411 sq., 627 ; good and evil works please or displease G., 48, 487 ; Gainas hold that there is no G., 48, 5 16 ; offerings and pious works, all this He bears who is the nave of the Universe, He is Agni and Vdyu, He is Sun and Moon, 48, 627; called ^That which is,' 48, 658 sq.; purity of mind and heart, due to the grace of G., leads to knowledge, 48, 710; knowledge of G. propitiates G., and thus destroys the displeasure of G. due to previous sins, 48, 723; the continuance of the body's life due to G.'s pleasure or displeasure caused by good or evil deeds, 48, 725 ; the released soul experiences difi'erent worlds created by G. engaged in playful sport, 48, 764 ; nve know from Scripture that there is a Supreme Person whose nature is absolute bliss and goodness ; who is fmidamentally antagonistic to all evil; who is the cause of the origination, sustentation, and dissolution of the world; who differs in nature from all other beings, who is all-knowing, who by His mere thought and will accomplishes all His purposes ; who is an ocean of kindness as it were for all who depend on ILim ; who is all-merciful; who is immeasurably raised above all possibility of any one being equal or superior to Him ; whose name is the highest Brahman, 48, 770. See also Brahman, Creator, Great One, L, tjvara, Ka, Kr/sh«a, Naraya«a, Person (Purusha), Pra^apati, and Self (highest).

Godana, Godanakarman, see Hair.

Godasa, founder of the G. Ga«a, 22,
288.

Goddesses : the powers of the gods represented by their wives, 1, 15 1 n. ; Hsuan iTiang appears like a goddess, ^j 4 3*^) 436n. ; fame, fortune, speech, &c., 8, 90 ; offerings to the wives of the gods, 12, 75 sq., 75 n., 256 n.,

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258; 29, 352; 44, 174 sq.; g. of learning, 14, 299 ; the pious received in paradise by nymphs, 21, 345, 436; the three g. SarasvatT, Wa, and Bharati, 26, 186 n. ; 42, 512; Tvash/r/, and the wives of the gods, 26, 320 n. ; spin the bride's and the BrahmaMrin's garment, 29, 277 sq. ; 30, 147 ; forenoon, afternoon, noon, evening, midnight and dav^n invoked as g., 29, 347; oblations to the g., 30, 143 ; 43, 263-5 ; the goldenarmed goddess, seated in the midst of the gods, 30, 179 ; divine women (wives of the gods, Dhishawas, days and nights, metres, stars), 41, 242-4; the goddess of the field, 42, 89 ; wives of the gods and other g. invoked, 42, 162 ; 46, 245 ; evil qualities as female divinities, 42, 423.

Godhavari, n. of a river, 10 (ii),.
184.

Gods.

(a) Names, classes, and numbers of Hindu g.

(d) Origin of g. (India).

(r) Characteristics, food of the g. (India).
(rt) Abodes of g. (India).

invoked, 42, 162 ; 46, 245 ; evil qualities as female divinities, 42, 423.

Godhavari, n. of a river, 10 (ii),.
184.

Gods.

(a) Names, classes, and numbers of Hindu g.

(d) Origin of g. (India).

(r) Characteristics, food of the g. (India).
(rt) Abodes of g. (India).

(e) G. and men in India.

(/) All the g. and individual g. (India). ig-) Myths and legends of Hindu g. (A) Worship of g. in India. (/) Hindu g. in philosophy. ij) G. in Buddhism. {k) G. in G^aina religion. (/) Angels and archangels in Zoroastrianism. (w) G. or sacred beings (Yazatas, Yazdan)

in Zoroastriani.sm. («) Chinese spirits or spicitual beings (Kweishan). (c) False g. in Islam.

(a) Names, classes, and numbers
OF Hindu g.

Lists of g., 1, 238-40, 245, 288- 90; 7, 212-14; 8, 219-21; 14, 252-5; 29, 120-2, 280; 30, 243 ; 41, 40 n.; 42,80; 44, 281 ; 46, 186-92; sacrifices to g., like Kumara, who formerly were men, 2, 40, 4on., 263 n. ; the eight Lokapalas or guardians of the world, Indra, &c., 7, 4, 4n. ; 25, 185 sq., 186 n., 216 sq., 256; 33, 104, 107, 109; father, mother, and teacher, compared to the three g., 7, 128 ; are threefold (of the three Gu«as), 8, 331; men are more rmmerous than g., 12, 342 ; as many g. as there were of old, so many g. there are now, 12, 351 ; the Ga«as, the lord of the g., the goddess of learning, and the lord of learning, 14, 299 ; faith, right knowledge, wisdom, and other abstract ideas deified, 14, 308; 26, 21 sq.; 29, 121 sq., 221, 321; 30, 145; 41, 250 ; number and classes of g., their spheres and abodes, 15, J39- 49 ; the 3,306 g. are only the various powers of them, 15, 140 ; the g. of the different quarters, all enter into the sun, 15, 338-40; Agnishvattas, the manes of the g., 25, 1 1 1 sq. ; Vaimanika g. produced by goodness, 25, 494, 495 n.; g. and demigods in the scale of creatures, 25, 494 sq. ; eleven g. in heaven, eleven on earth, eleven in the waters, 26, 290 ; three^ kinds of g., Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas, 26, 350; 46, 42 sq. ; thirty-three g. (8 Vasus, 1 1 Rudras, 12 Adityas, 2 Heaven and Earth), and Pra^apati, 26, 411 ; 30, 240;

41, 9, 79; 42, 187; 44, 115, 151, 206-11, 252, 257 sq. ; 46, 42, 245; list of the Nakshatras with their presiding deities, 29, 53 sq.; domestic g., 29, 319 sq. ; earth, air, heavens, quarters, waters, rays, ocean, invoked for protection, 29, 343 sq.; all kinds of g. invoked at the house-building, 29, 347 sq.; the thirty-three g., the Brahman's children, 30, 194 sq. ; their number, 34, 200 ; all g^ comprised in the Vasus, Rudras, Adityas, Vijvedevas, and Maruts, 34, 202 n.; among the pa«- ^a^ana^, 34, 262 ; the devasQ or Divine Quickeners, 41, 69-72 ; 43, 246-9, 246 n.; six deities who became the universe, 41, 187-9; ^^e threefold (of sky, air, earth), 41, 239, 239 n.; are sevenfold, 41, 241 ; all kinds of divine beings invoked in a battle-charm, 42, 119 sq.; prayer for deliverance from calamity, addressed to the entire pantheon,

42, 160-2, 628 sq.; deities of metres,

43, 53, 330 sq.; the divine host, 43, 373; 46, 42 sq. ; number of g. stationary, 43, 1 28 ; Food and Breath are the two g., 44, 117 ; the three g. are the three worlds, for therein all the g. are contained, 44, 117; are of three orders, 44, 291, 291 n. ; as many as there are g. of the Seasonal offerings, so many are all

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the g., 44, 383, 393 ; in the air, and in the heavenly light, 46, 245 ; three hundred and three thousand g. and .thirty and nine did service to Agni, 46, 257 ; the secret names of fhe g., 46, 378; Kshattras among the g., 48, 461; wives of the g., see Goddesses. See also Devas, Superhuman beings, Suras, and also belo^ ih ^). {b) Origin of g. (India).

The Devas worshipped breath as Bhuti or being, and thus became great beings, 1, 213; anywhere at the birthplace of a deity, 5raddhas should be performed, 7, 260; obtained their divinity by living as BrahmaHrins, 8, 178 ; the devotee creates for himself even the divinity of the g., 8, 250; created, 8, 387 ;

25, 12, 12 n.; 43, 289; 48, 461; the sons of Heaven and Earth, 12, 225 ; the highest creation of Brahman, when he created the g., 15, 86-90 ; sprang from the manes, 25, 112; the state of g. reached by the quality of goodness, 25, 493 ; obtained their authority by means of the sacrifice, 26, 21, 36, 39, 46, loi, 1 74, 445 ; born of the mind, 26, 42 ; a kind of theogony, 32, 246 sq. ; belief in the existence of the g., 42, 158, 622; were born of the u^- kh\s\\tdiy 42, 229 ; the birth of the g. is the year, 43, 144; the Brahman (neut.) created the g., 44, 27 ; after the procreation of the g. offspring is produced, 44, 44 ; are the offspring of Manu, 46, 42 sq. ; originated from the Self, 48, 367.

(c) Characteristics, food of the
G. (India).

Their exalted character denied, 8, 16 sq., 76, 76 n. ; worship the pure great light, 8, 186 ; become deluded, wishing for pleasure, 8, 322 ; enlightenment is the characteristic of g., 8, 348 ; the path-finding g., 12, 263 sq. ; are immortal, imperishable, 12, 290, 295, 444 ; 38, 388; 43, 148; 44, 174; how they became immortal, 12, 310 sq., 343 ;

26, 147 sq., 346; 41, 157; 43, 220, 256, 356 sq.; 44, 5, 28; are the rays of the sun, 12, 328 ; 26, 254 ; are trebly true, 14, 277, 319 ;