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

AGNI— AGNISH rOMA

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(fiv) A. A SUPREME God of Heaven
AND Earth.

The begetter of the two worlds, 46, 119, 244; has procreated the Sky and the Waters, 46, 119 ; has adorned the sky with stars, 46, 64 ; has caused the sky to roar, 46, 22 ; is like the heaven with the stars, 46, 343 ; the banner and head of heaven, 44, 351; 46,230; knows the Heaven, 46, 326 ; has filled with his light all the lights of Heaven, 46, 167; determines the seasons, 46, 114, 116, 281 ; reigns over heaven and earth, 46, 160 sq., 188, 193 sq., 271; has filled Heaven and Earth and the great Sun, 46, 229, 244 ; supports earth and sky by his efficacious spells, 46, 61, 241 ; puts down his feet on the surface of the wide earth, 46, 167; moves in one moment round the terrestrial space, 46, 137, 229; encompasses the earth like heaven, 46, 129; is over-lord of this earth, 41, 385 ; 43, 228; nothing greater than A. (firealtar), 43, 163 ; by his songs in the dark iris of the eye, 15, 106 ; identified with Purusha, 25, 512 ; 44, 2 59 n.;hlighestPerson,the inner ruler of A., 48, 155 ; only a manifestation of the highest Brahman, 15, 302-3 ; A. explains to Satyakama one foot of Brahman, 1, 61 sq. ; is one foot of Brahman, 1, 54 ; tAere is A. {fire), the all-seeing^ hiilden in the two firesticks, well guarded like a child {in the womb) by the mother, day after day to be adored by men when they awake and bring oblations. This is that {the Self), 15, 16; is the highest Self, 34, 150; 41, 270; 48, 292; the emancipated sage is identical with A., 8, 220, 345; is this world, 12, 259 ; A. (fire-altar) is these three worlds, 43, 169, 171 sq., 187, 235 J is sap and substance in this world, 41, 278; that (heavenly) wofld is A., 48, 289; see abo've, p. 13 sq., A. Vaijvanara. See also Fire.

AgnibhCiti, n. of a Gaina monk, 22,
286.

Agiiidatta, n.p., disciple of Bhadrabahu, 22,^289. See also Kajyapa.

fashioned the mountams, 42, 2 13 ; Agnidh, Agnldhra, ... Priests (a, b).

through A. everythmg exists 43, 4; l|nldhk(n.),fire:shed. See Fire(. .

makes the herbs on the earth ripe Agnihotra, see Fire (/).

andsweet 1,211; all food belongs Agni/^ayana, t.t, construction of to A., 43, 296; the maker who the sacred brick-altar, an important victoriously stands over all beings, preliminary to the Soma-sacrifice,

46, 273 ; the supporter of every- u,xm. 5.. Fire-altar, thing, 46 309; has revealed the Agni/^it, builder of Fire-altar. See nights and what stands and moves, Fire-altar.

46, 64

(.v) A. IN PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULA- TIONS.

A. as speech, eye, mind, ear, breath, 43, 331-3 ; identified with speech, 15, 80; 25, 512; 26, 39; 41, 154 ; 43, 208, 363 ; having become speech, entered into the mouth, 38, 91 sq. ; 48, 417 ; speech

Agniy^tya, t.t., the building of the fire-altar. See Fire-altar.

A. as speech, eye, mind, ear, breath, 43, 331-3 ; identified with speech, 15, 80; 25, 512; 26, 39; 41, 154 ; 43, 208, 363 ; having become speech, entered into the mouth, 38, 91 sq. ; 48, 417 ; speech

Agniy^tya, t.t., the building of the fire-altar. See Fire-altar.

Agnirahasya, t.t., {a) *the mystery Of the fire-altars,' a text of the Va^a- Saneyins,34,lxxiv; 38, 214,216, 260; 48, 641 ; the ^'awd'ilya-vidya part of the A., 38, 214, 216; 48, 641. {b) * 1 he mystery of the fire-altar,' in the ^atapatha, 43, 281-404 ; 44, xiv.

enters into A., at the time of Agnisava, a certain sacrifice, 43, death, 38, 105 sq. ; is the deity in 298, 298 n.

the zenith, and abides in speech, Agnlshomau, see Agni (h) A. and

15, T48 ; is Pra«a, the breath, 15, Sotna.

275 ; 43, 274, 349 ; identified with Agnlshomiya, t.t., animal sacrifices the vital airs, 43, 246; unites to Agni and Soma. See Animal breaths, 42, 51, 366; the Pra«as Sacrifices.

guided by A. and other divine Agilish/oma, t.t, Upraise of Agni,' a beings, 48, 576 ; made up by the certain Soma-sacrifice, and the i?/shis, the vital airs, 43, 122; chant connected with it. See guardian ot the eye, 12, 244, 260 ; Prayers (r), and Sacrifices (/).

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AGNISH rOMA-SAMAN— AGRICULTURE

Agnish/oma-saman, j^^Prayers (c),
Agnishvattas, t.t., the manes of the

gods, 25, 112. Agnivaijyayana, see Agnivejya-

^yana. Agnivejya, n. of a teacher, 15, ii8,

^ii8 n., i86, i86 n. Agnive^yayana, n. of a teacher, 1,

267. Agnivej-yayana (or Agnivaijyayana) ; Sudharman of the A. gotra,

22, 286 sq. ; 45, xxi ; Mahavira called an A. by Buddhists, 45, xxi. Agnividya, t.t., the same as the

Upakojala-vidya, 1, 64 n.
Agnivish/^tl. See Agni (b) A. and

Vish«u.
Agnosticism, in Buddhism, 11, 293

sq. ; 45, xxvi-xxix ; doctrine of a.

refuted, 45, 241 sq., 315 sq. ; of

ATwang-gze, 39, 129 sq., 179 n.,

194-7 ; condition of a. exemplified,

39, 176 sq. and n.
Agnyadhana, t.t., the laying of the

sacrificial fires. See Fire (^, e).
Agnyadheya = Agnyadhana, q.v.
AgrahayaM festival, see Sacrifices
J^), and Serpents.
Agraya«a, agraya«eshd, t.t., offering

of first-fruits. See Agriculture. Agriculture.

• (a) Pursuit of a. recommended or forbidden.
• (d) Laws relating to a.

(c) Religious rites relating to a.

(d) Details of agricultural work.

(a) Pursuit of a. recommended
OR Forbidden.

Agraya«a, agraya«eshd, t.t., offering

of first-fruits. See Agriculture. Agriculture.

• (a) Pursuit of a. recommended or forbidden.
• (d) Laws relating to a.

(c) Religious rites relating to a.

(d) Details of agricultural work.

(a) Pursuit of a. recommended
OR Forbidden.

The pursuit of a. as a moral duty of the Zoroastrian, 4, Ixii, Ixvii. 2i-3j 29-31 ; 24, 28, 281 sq.; 31^ 70, 74, 74 n., 342 ; 37, 103, 179, 424, 435, 443 ; /el the good deeds for the furtherance of husbandry be done here, 31, 357 ; war opposed to a., l^j 173, 173 sq. n.; the husbandman preferred to the thieving nomad, ^1) 38, 45 sq.; the earth pleased by tillage, 5, 376 sq. ; 37, 154; wisdom requisite for it, 24, 102 ; taught to the first man and woman, 47, 6 sq. ; — painful toil of sowing and reaping conducts to ease, 3, 201 ; to pay attention to a., the duty of the people, 3, 471 sq., 472 n.; husbandry dear to the Spirits, 27, 279, 279 n.; — the duty of Vaijyas, 8,

127; 25, 24, 199, 400, 419 sq. ; iSudra labourer in a., 25, 168; Brahmawas as landowners, 2, 228, 228 n. ; forbidden to Brahmawas, 25, 86, 106 sq., 420 sq., 420 n.; not compatible with Veda-study, 14, 176 ; allowed to Brahma«as, 14, 13, 176, 236 ; 25, 129, 325, 427 ; forbidden to Buddhist monks, 13, 33 ; 19, 296 ; Buddha grieved by seeing the pain caused by ploughing, 19, 48 ; 49 (i), 49 sq. {b) Laws relating to a.

Hindu law relating to a., 2, 168, 240 sq. ; 33, 159 sq., 160 n., 339 sq. ; boundary disputes, 25, 253, 279, 298-301, 394 ; damage done by cattle, 25, 296 sq. ; negligent cultivator punished for loss of crop, 25, 297 ; seed more important than soil, 25, 333-5, 418; owner of field and owner of seed share the crops, 25, 336 ; offences with respect to the seed corn, 25, 394 ; law about agricultural labourers, 33, 134, 139 sq., 345; a husbandman at the time of harvest must not be put under restraint, 33, 288 ; tithe, see Taxes; — Persian law of a., 37, 403 ; produce of land, law about confiscation, 37, 143; — Chinese regulations for husbandmen, 27, 210, 227 sq., 255, 260, 289, 292 sq., 304 sq., 308 ; private and public fields, 3, 322 n., 369 sq. n., 373, 373 n. ; regulations about measuring land, 27, 244-7; instructions given to the officers of husbandry, 3, 320-2 ; instructions to husbandmen given by government, 27, 270; husbandmen present grain to the emperor, 27, 285 ; regulations for bad years, 28, 2, 4 ; — the dues of the fruit, according to Arabian law, to be brought on the day of harvest, 6, 133. {c) Religious Rites relating

TO A.

Hindu ceremonies and sacrifices relating to a., 29, 98 sq., 126 sq. ; 30, xxviii, 113 sq., 304; 42, 486; sacrifice to Kshetrapati, the lord of the field, 30, 224, 291; ploughing ceremonies, 29, 126 sq., 215, 326 sq. ; Buddha attends a ploughing festival, 19, xx; sacrifice to Sita,

AGRICULTURE-AHARMAN

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