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

(«) Names and epithets of I. {b) Qualities, attributes, family, worlds of I. {c) Myths, deeds of I. {d) I. and Agni. {e) I. and other gods. if) I. and the Demons. (^) Worship of I. {h) I. in mysticism and philosophy, (z) I. (^akra, Sakka) in Buddhism and Gainism.

{a) Names and epithets of I. Maghavan, a name of I., 1, 137- 40, 150; 8, 219, 347 ; 10 (i), 10; 12, xi, xi n., xix ; 44, 443 ; Vaikuntba., or the person in the air, 1, 303 ; 15, 10 1 ; called Purandara, or the fortress-destroyer, 8, 219, 347 ; 45, 48, 117 ; thousand-eyed, 10 (ii), 58;42, 476;45, 48, 288; 49 (i), 5, 21 ; his mystic name is Ar^una, 12, 285; 41, 99; of a hundredfold powers, 12, 416 ; 42, 95 ; his horses, I. Harivat, lord of the bay steeds, 12, 434 ; 26, 81, 399 sq., 408 ; 32, 14, 29, 139, 143, 179, 272; 41, 20;

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46, 96 ; 49 (i), 61 ; called 5unasira,
12, 446 n. ; called vr/shan, the strong
bull, 15, 47; 32, 139, 143, /45--7,
150 sq. ; 42, 81; a Lokapala, or
guardian of the world, 25, 185,
216 sq. ; 35, 37 ; the supreme guide,
26, 57 sq. ; called Kaujika and
Gautama, 26, 82, 82 n. ; I. Vimridh
(Averter of Scorn), 26, 430 sq. ;
44, 5 sq. ; L the Brahmawa/^Mwsin,
26, 433 sq. ; * a man is I.,' 30, 54 ;
I. ^a^ipati, husband of iSa^i, 30, 206 ;
42, 95, 125 sq., 503 ; 49 (i), 21 ; the
god of the bright day, whose steed is
the sun, 32, 16 ; as a priest (purohita),

32, 42; 42, 79; the lighter up of nights, 32, 119; Narajawsa, praised by men, 32, 295, 303 ; called * the best song,' 32, 439 ; is the god of strength, 34, 99 ; 44, 63 sq. ; I. Gyeshtbsiy 41, 70-2 ; worship of I. Sutraman (the good guardian), 41, 129, 132-5, 136 n. ; 44, 213 sq. n., 224 ; the Vasava, 42, 95 ; Sakra, or I., 42, 117 sq., &c. ; as lord in the south, 42, 192; the manly Asura,

42, 380 ; the lord of the nobility,

43, 74 ; I. Pradatr/ (the Bestower),

44, 8 sq. ; I. Vr/trahan (slayer of
VWtra), 44, 11; see below (f)\ I.
Vayodhas (giver of strength or life),
44, 2i3sq. n., 273,273n.; I. denotes
a class of beings, 48, 331 sq. See
also Mahendra.

{b) Qualities, attributes,

FAMILY, WORLDS OF I.

Characteristics of I., 1, 167, 170 ;
kingdom, heaven, world, or worlds
of I., 1, 275; 7, 194; 12,451; 15,
131, 337 ; 19, 304; 25, 157; 41,
23; 48, 747 sq. ; I. in Veda, and
Iwdrain Avesta, 4, lii sq.; 5, ion.;
37, 253 n. ; world of I. attained by
a virtuous king, 7, 41 ; 25, 314, 321 ;

33, 24, 288 sq. ; 49 (i), 138; the
flag of I., 7, 124; 19, 91, 112,
112 n. ; 49 (i), 11, 11 n., 89, 207 ;
his horse U>^i^aijjravas, and elephant
Airavata, 8, 89 n. ; his thunderbolt,
10 (i), 28 ; 29, 365 ; 30, 169 sq. ; 32,
179 sq., 182 ; 33, 163 ; 34, 217 n. ;
35, 35; 41, 110 sq. ; 45, 48; 48,
328 ; Inda, the husband of Su^a,
10 (ii), 189 ; I.'s right arm, the most
powerful, 12, 53; is the recipient
of wealth, 12, 236; the Phalgunis

are his asterism, 12, 285 sq. ; the Night (Dawn, Day) wedded to I., 12, 337 ; those engaged in vows are seated on the throne of I., 14, 102 ;

; 45, 48; 48, 328 ; Inda, the husband of Su^a, 10 (ii), 189 ; I.'s right arm, the most powerful, 12, 53; is the recipient of wealth, 12, 236; the Phalgunis are his asterism, 12, 285 sq. ; the Night (Dawn, Day) wedded to I., 12, 337 ; those engaged in vows are seated on the throne of I., 14, 102 ;

25, 185; the bliss of I., 15, 60,
'61 sq.n. ; appears multiform through
the Mayas, 15, 117; 48, 435; the
child of Dyaus or Heaven, 15, 221 ;
29, 45 ; 30, 199 ; his palace, 19, 233,
233 n. ; iSakra, n. of Indra's throne,
22, 222, 229 ; the king shall emulate
I., the sender of rain, 25, 396 ; born
from Yagria. and Va^, 26, 32 sq. ; all
the universe had submitted to I.,

26, 242 sq. ; man is I.-like, 26, 407 ; in the ^atapatha-Brahmawa, 26, 463 ; knows that through which no hatred may spring up amongst us, 29, 323 ; Sita his wife, 29, 334 ; Ekash/aka, his mother, 29, 342; his chariot, 32, 14, 29; Sakka is great, and he is only one, 36, 50 ; husbandry beneficial to I. and other gods, 41, 329 ; his great mill-stone, that crushes all vermin, 42, 22, 315 ; drinks Soma, 42, 65, 3i, 89, 204, 210 ; 44, 233 ; 46, 96 ; the bull with a thousand horns, befriended of I., 42, 105 ; is always awake, 42, 106 ; the lovely goddess that bore I., 42, 116 sq.; the day of I., 42, 136, 551 ; to I. belongs the first chariot, 42, 152 ; the divine representative of the warlike kings of the Vedic age, 44, xxi-xxiii ; the sky relates to I., 44, 241, 247; with I.'s power, 44, 253 n. ; has grown in ebriety and strength, 44, 380 ; his wife Indra^-, 44, 474 ; superior power of I. and other gods due to religious merit, 48, 238; heavenly nymphs in I.'s world, 49 (i), 88 ; jewels on his head, 49 (ii), 5c, 173, 176, 182; Indra's bow, see Rainbow.

{c) Myths, deeds of I.

Legend of T. and Vijvamitra, 1, 218 sq., 220 ; grants a boon to Pratardana, 1, 293 ; 34, 97-9, loi ; fourteen Indras (chiefs of the gods), pass away in each kalpa, 7, 79 ; acquired immortality in all worlds, 8, 282; has measured out the six spaces, 12, 137 n'. ; the sacrificetortoise did not stand still for I., 12, 161 ; I. and the women, 14, 33, 61 ; forest-produce generated by I.,

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; the sacrificetortoise did not stand still for I., 12, 161 ; I. and the women, 14, 33, 61 ; forest-produce generated by I.,

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14, 292; having become a bird, handed the Parikshitas to Vayu, 15, 128; in the shape of a Brahma- ^arin interprets a dream, 19, xxi ; love affairs of I., 19, 43 ; 25, 273 n. ; 26, 81, 81 n.; 33, 99, 99 n. ; 49 (i), 44 ; Mandhatr/* and Nahusha occupied I.'s throne, 19, 118, 122; 49 (i), 113; first council held in *6'akra's cavern,' 19, 335; delivers the cows, 23, 141 n. ; has laid down in the tree the embryo of the sterile cow, 30, 200 ; created light, 32, 14 ; fights for the bright cows (days, clouds), 32, 14, 37, 44; whets his red weapon, 32, 18 ; cut off the mountain tops, 32, loi ; the treasure (rain) conquered by I. from the clouds, 32, 115; has made the waters to flow freely for man, 32, 180; found the head of the horse at 5arya«avat, 32, 398 ; a version of the Code of Manu ascribed to I., 33, xii ; offered the Va^apeya, 41, 3 ; the doer of mighty deeds, 41, 105 ; mighty through the people, 41, 109 ; excluded from Soma, 41, 130 sq. ; when the Soma was flowing through him, lion, wolf, and tiger sprang from him, 41, 132 sq. ; makes Vasish/M his Brahman priest, 42, Ix ; puts strength into the magic plant, 42, 38 sq., 71, 280; disease shut out by I.'s command, 42, 39 ; was wounded, 42, 48, 310 sq. ; frees from evil sorcery, 42, 51 ; wore a talisman, 42, 80 ; fastened the amulet on for strength and heroism, 42, 85 ; grants husbands to maidens, 42, 94, 324 ; heaps together goods with a rake, 42, 95, 503 ; chose the waters as his goddesses, 42, 146, 350 ; stored away the amr/ta in the waters, 42, 162 ; protects the Brahma»a, 42, 169 sq., 433 ; though requested by I.,Bheda did not present the sterile cow, 42, 179 ; protects the earth, 42, 200 sq. ; together with the i^/shis, 42, 231 ; the sun freed by I. and Atri, 42, 294 ; his misdeeds, 42, 522 sq. ; 43, 345 n. ; cut off the head of Makha, 44, xlviii ; from out of I. the gods formed the Vijva^it, 44, 139; Vasish/M taught I. the Vira^, and I. taught Vasish/^a the expiation for the whole sacrifice, 44, 212 ; when his vital powers left him by the magic of Tvash/r/, animals and plants and metals flowed from the limbs of his body, 44, 214-16 ; when I.'s energies departed from him, the gods restored them by means of the Sautramam, 44, 231 ; the Adara-plants are I.'s might, 44, 451 sq. ; I. and the other gods perish and are created again, 48, 331 sq. ; Dajaratha, friend of I., 49 (i), 90; I., the lord of the winds, went to heaven through sacrifices, 49 (i), 1 10 ; his arm paralysed when raising his thunderbolt, 49 (i), 142, 142 n. See also belo^ (/). (d) I. AND AGNI.