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

; 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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29, 333-6 ; Kariresh/i, a sacrifice
offered to bring about rain, 38, 1 1 8,
1 18 n. ; the Agrayawa (Agraya«esh/i)
or offering of first-fruits, 7, 191 sq.;
12, 369-74; 25, 132 sq., 200; 29,
203 sq., 203 n., 337 sq., 415 sq.,
430; 30, 93 sq., 124, 289; 41, 46 ;
44, 176, 176 n. ; harvest offerings,

30, 24 sq. ; ploughing, watering, and sowing the ground for the fire-altar,

41, 326-41 ; ploughing and sowing of the site of the burial ground, 44, 431-3 ; amulet prepared from a ploughshare, 42, 84 sq., 608 sq. ; charm to remove weeds from a field,

42, 465 ; prayers for success in a., 42, 141 sq., 486, 499, 541 ;—Parji prayers when sowing corn, 5, 392 ; rules about sowing, &c., on defiled ground,4, 67 sq. ;— C/?/«^j^ ceremonies relating to a., 27, 254 sq.,255 n. ; worship of Hau-^i, the Father of Husbandry, 3, 319 sq., 341 sq., 371- 3j 371 n., 398; 27, 431-4, 432 n. ; presentation of first-fruits, 27, 271, 274 ; spring festivals relating to a., 3, 302 ; thanksgiving sacrifices for a plentiful year, 3, 323, 33i-3, 37i- 3, 371 n. ; agricultural sacrifice at the end of the year, 28, 167 ; sacrifices to heaven and earth, and spirits of land and grain, 28, 265 ; ploughing of special fields by rulers, 27, 36 ; 28, 222, 231, 239 ; the emperor ploughs his field, 28, 338 ; — Arabian (heathen) customs with regard to tilth, 6, 132 sq.

{d) Details of agricultural

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People earn a living by gleaning, 17, 117; shape of rice-fields, 17, 207 sq. ; list of farming operations, 20, 225 sq. ; blight and mildew, 20, 326 ; simile of the husbandman, 36, 269 sq. ; food is threefold : ploughing, rain, seed, 43, no ; implements of husbandmen, 4, 174 ; buying and selling corn, 18, 174-6, 180-2; irrigation, 24, 338 sq. ; see also Irrigation; providing in summer for the winter, reaping, 37, 91 sq. ; Yao's care for a. by having a calendar made, 3, 32-4; Shun appoints a Minister of A., 3, 42 sq.; poetical pictures of husbandry, 3, 331-3, 369-72, 444-6; the ordinary man (who does not follow the Tao) compared to a negligent

/armer, 40, 121 sq.
A^tina, see Heaven.
Ahallika, a term of reproach

(ghost?), 15, 148.
Ahalya, Indra's love affair with,

26, 81, 81 n. ; Indra wooed A., 49

0)j 44.

Aham, Sk., * I.' The Atman or Self perceived beyond the A. or Ego, 1, XXX ; secret name of Brahman, 38, 216 sq., 246. See also I.

Ahawkara, t.t., the principle of egoity, 34, xxiii, 364 n., 376 n., 440, ^441 ; 38, 81. See Egoism, and I.

A-hang, n. of t Yin, 3, 95, 95 n.,
118, 118 n. See t Yin.

Ahank^ra, see Ahawkara.

Ahar, secret name of Brahman, 38, ^216 sq., 246.

Aharas (food?), pain arises from the A., 10 (ii), 139 sq.

See Egoism, and I.

A-hang, n. of t Yin, 3, 95, 95 n.,
118, 118 n. See t Yin.

Ahank^ra, see Ahawkara.

Ahar, secret name of Brahman, 38, ^216 sq., 246.

Aharas (food?), pain arises from the A., 10 (ii), 139 sq.

Aharlyvang, Phl. = Zd., Ashij vanguhi, * good rectitude,' the angel of perfect rectitude, 37, 227, 229, 244, 292 ; 47, 85, 85 n. See Ard, Arshijang, and Ashi Vanguhi.

Aharman, or Ahriman, the Evil
Spirit (in Parsi religion).

(a) His existence, character, and doings.

{d) His relation to Auharmazd.

{c) His antagonism against righteousness and religion, and his love of sin. ((/) How to defeat A. {e) Myths and legends of A.

(a) His existence, character,

AND DOINGS.

An older corruption of Angramainyu than Ganrak-mainok, 5, 4 n., 1 1 2 n. : his existence proved, 24, 150-68; the separate existence of an originator of evil admitted by Christians, 24, 238-42 ; his is no material existence, 18, 44, 44 n. ; different from the evil spirit, 5, 128 n.; *the co-existent one,' 18, 282; Manichaean doctrines about A. as the creator, 24, 243-51 ; and the Christian devil, 5, Ixix sq. ; the chief of hell, 18, 58, 87 ; 24, 25, 31 ; fabricated hell, 4, 376 ; in darkness, with backward understanding and desire for destruction, was in the abyss, and it is he who will not be, 5, 4 ; not omniscient, 5, 5, 7 ; has more predominance in

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the dark, 5, 342 ; called Dru^, the fiend, 5, 14; his body that of a lizard, 5, 16, 105 ; is all vileness, 5, 158 ; why he advanced towards the light, though of a different nature, 24, 123 sq. ; creatures of A., 5, 6, 17 sq. ; 37, 423; death of A.*s creatures does not defile, 4, Ixxviii, 60 ; creates 'falsehood,' 'evil thought,' 5, 9 ; created the diseases,

4, 228 n. ; three tyrants created by A., 4, xlviii ; the producer of the demon of wrath, 24, 205, 205 n. ; the evil-doing of A., 5, 105 sq.,

112 sq. ; 24, loi ; disturbance by A. and the demons, 5, 214 ; brought mortality into the world, 18, 198, 198 n.; concealed the results of good and evil, and created false religions, 24, 39 sq. ; all misery due to A., 24, 74, 94 sq. ; 47, 92 ;' deceives man, 24, 87 sq., 102 ; wishes men not to understand him, 5, 113,

113 n. ; 24, 80; tries most to injure the soul, 24, 88 ; his miscreations : fiends, idolaters, wolves, 37, 1 5 1 ; the brood of the fiend and the woundproducer of the Evil Spirit, 47, 102.

{b) His relation to Auharmazd. Relation of A. and Auharmazd,

; 24, 80; tries most to injure the soul, 24, 88 ; his miscreations : fiends, idolaters, wolves, 37, 1 5 1 ; the brood of the fiend and the woundproducer of the Evil Spirit, 47, 102.

{b) His relation to Auharmazd. Relation of A. and Auharmazd,

5, Ixix sq. ; origin of Auharmazd and A., and their difference, 37, 242 sq. ; Ormazd and A. created the world, 23, 163, 198; A. as destroyer, and Auharmazd as creator, 4, 212 n. ; 24, 14 ; Auharmazd discriminates truly, A. does not, 37, 391 sq. ; Ormazd is all perfume, A. all stench, 4, 220 n.; the Zoroastrian rejoices Ormazd and afflicts A., 4, 375 ; there cannot be any peace and affection between Auharmazd and A., 24, 36 sq. ; is a creature of Auharmazd, 37, 485 ; not smitten by Auharmazd, 24, 66 ; struggle between Auharmazd and A., their creation and counter-creation, 4, liv sq., Ixi, Ixiv ; 5, xxiii, 3-10, 14-20, 25-31, 52, 65 sq., 68 sq., 71- 4, 99, 105 sq., 113 sq., 116, 155-66, 363, 365; 18, 25 sq., 93-8, 261, 269 sq., 273-5, 282 n., 374, 376 sq., 384 sq.; 23, 22, 296 ; 24, 32-5, 38, 73 sq., 82 sq., loi, 205-8, 244 ; 31, xviii sq., 264 ; 37, 31, 230, 270, 301 sq., 307, 441 ; vanquished by Ahura

Mazda (Ormazd), 4, Ixi, Ixiv, loon., 197 n.; 23, 33, 250; the dog of A. kills creatures of Ormazd, and vice versa, 4, 155-7 ; refuses to accept the conditions of peace proffered by Auharmazd, 5, 6 sq. ; covenant between Auharmazd and A., 24, 104, 104 n. ; Auharmazd was aware of A., A. was not aware of Auharmazd, 5, 155; Auharmazd will not leave his creatures unto the Evil Spirit, 5, 308 ; good government produced by Auharmazd, bad government by A., 24, 43 ; Ormazd created healing plants, A. the diseases, 4, 228 n. ; the primaeval bull created by Ormazd and killed by A., 4, 231 n.; Ahura Mazda requests Mathra Spew/aand Airyaman to cure the diseases sent by A., 4, 236-40 ; all good owing to Auharmazd, all evil to A., 37, 62, 245 sq. ; counteracts divine providence, 24, 55. See also Dualism. {c) HiSANTAGONISMAGAINST RIGHT- EOUSNESS AND RELIGION, AND HIS LOVE OF SIN.