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

of this world like the plants that spring up and perish, 9, 19; the 1. of this world is but a sport, 9, 124, 232, 268; long is 1. to the foolish who do not know the true law, 10

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(i), 20, 20 n. ; a 1. of one day is better if a man is virtuous, than he who lives a hundred years, vicious and unrestrained, 10 (i), 33 ; that L is best which is lived with understanding, 10 (ii), 30 ; the best 1, according to Buddha, 10 (ii), 30 sq. ; the Asava of 1., one of the Asavas, 11, 297 sq., 300 sq. ; one does everything for 1., 15, 154 ; is where there is a living spirit in the soul's body, 18, 53 ; misery of worldly 1. as compared with a religious (houseless) 1., 22, 15-27 ; Manichaean doctrine of 1., 24, 245 sq. ; different length of 1. in different ages, 25, 23, 23 n. ; the differences between rich and poor, low and high, &c., caused by Karman, 35, 100 sq. ; eight conditions (gain and loss, &c.) to which men are subject, 36, 257, 257 n. ; worldly existence subordinate to spiritual 1., 37, 8 sq., 14 ; precautions in depositing or handling things injurious to 1., 37, 124 sq. ; men come forth and live ; they enter {again) and die, 39, 92 sq. ; how the Taoist sage shows his love of 1., 39, 114 sq. ; is a dream and a delusion, 39, 129 sq., 194-7, 254 sq. ; dangers to 1. from sensual desires, 39, 150 ; 40, 17 sq. ; full understanding of the 1. of the body, and the 1. of the spirit, 39, 150 sq. ; 40, 11-26; is 1. worth living ? 39, 1 80 sq. and n. ; how the Taioist looks upon 1. and death, 39, 238, 242 sq., 246-55; 40, 59 sq., 85 sq., 279, 291-3 ; is the root of death, and death is the root of 1.,

40, 262 ; the great elixir, 40, 271,
283 ; 1. of gods longer than men's,

41, 344; 1. (vital power) and vital
air, 43, 141, 143 ; man has a 1. of a
hundred years, 43, 299, 323-6 ; 44,
220, 261, 287, 298, 311, 313, 353,
357 ; 1. and immortality, 43, 327,
357 sq. ; the meritoriousness of
sacrificing one's own 1., 49 (ii), 125
sq., 129. See also Ahiwsa, Breath,
Death, Pain, Sawsara, Suicide, and
Transmigration.

Life-winds, see Prawas.

Light, which shines above heaven, is the same which is within man, 1, 47 ; on the road beginning with 1. the departed soul proceeds, 1, 68,

See also Ahiwsa, Breath,
Death, Pain, Sawsara, Suicide, and
Transmigration.

Life-winds, see Prawas.

Light, which shines above heaven, is the same which is within man, 1, 47 ; on the road beginning with 1. the departed soul proceeds, 1, 68,

80; 38, 382-4, 386-9; sun and knowledge the highest 1., 1, 141, 141 n. ; the endless and sovereign, 4, 221, 221 n. ; 23, 177 ; 1. or deity of 1. not seen but by those who attain to the Adhyatman, 8, 316; the entity, connected with the self called eye, with objects colour, its presiding deity the sun, 8, 337, 340, 348, 350, 352 ; sound, touch, and colour are the three qualities of 1., 8, 384 ; Svar, the realm of 1., the gods, 12, 270 sq. ; by the 1. of Brahman everything is lighted, 15, 20, 37 ; 34, xxxvi, 192-5 ; sun,, moon, fire, sound, and the Self, are the 1. of man, 15, 162 sq. ; Brahman is the light of lights, 15, 178; 34, 193 sq. ; between the earth and the region of infinite 1. there are the star region, the moon region, and the sun region,. 23, 73 n. ; the heavenly Is. oppressed by Daevas, and helped by Fravashis, 23, 194; endless Is., highest Paradise, 23, 317, 344; is the highest Brahman, 34, xxxiv, xxxviii, 87-97, 185, 191, 231 sq. ; 48, 247-9, 256 ; the firstborn 1. which has not yet become tripartite, 34, 88 sq.; the highest 1. identified with the gastric fire within man, 34, 89 ; I. of Brahman is the cause of the manifestation of this entire world, 34, 194; the pra^^a Self is the universal 1., 34, 195 ; the 1. into which the soul enters is the highest Self, 38, 407; is immortality, 41, 383 ; 43, 238 ; three Is., viz. Agni, Vayu, and Surya, produced, 44, 102. See also Luminaries, and Sun. Lightning, the person in the, is Brahman, 1, 66^ 151 sq., 152 n., 303 ; 15, 68, loi, 192 ; a station on the soul's road to the sun or Brahman, 1, 68, 80; 38, 386, 389; 48, 747 sq. ; its red, white, and black colours, 1, 95 ; the presiding deity of air (skin, touch), 8, 337, 340 ; no impurity for those killed by I., 25, 185; lows like a cow, 32, 81, 91 sq. ; Is. go in quest of the rain, 32, 98, 103 ; with gory teeth, 32, 209, 222 ; is the spear of the Maruts, 32, 272, 274; laughing or smiling Is., 32, 280, 284, 312, 315 ; 46, 205 ; the red apple shaken from the firma-

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ment, 32, 331 ; prayer to 1. as the cause of diseases, 42, 7, 246-52 ; is the teat whence the shower of wealth flows, 43, 221; kindled by the stars, 43, 399 ; one of the six doors to the Brahman, 44, 66 sq. ; coming upon a sacrificial fire, 1. is a sign for the sacrificer that the gods have helped him, 44, 193 ; a terrible form of rain, 44, 251 ; gold a symbol of 1., 44, 251; Agni as the fire of L, 46, 103, 105.

Li Kho, killed Hsi-/^>^i, 28, 294.

Ijiy^M,a primaeval sovereign, 39, 287.

Li Kkwem, commentator of the Yin
Fuirmg,40, 255-7.

Li Kho, killed Hsi-/^>^i, 28, 294.

Ijiy^M,a primaeval sovereign, 39, 287.

Li Kkwem, commentator of the Yin
Fuirmg,40, 255-7.

Ill Ki, or the Record of Rites, 3, xviii sq. ; translated, Vols, 27 and 28 ; translations and editions of the work, 27, xi-xiv ; how Confucius and Mencius spoke of 'the Rules of Propriety,' 27, i sq. ; three different Li King or Ritual Books acknowledged in China, 27, 1-9 ; its date, 27, 2 ; recovery of the first two, and formation of the third Ritual Book under the Han dynasty, 27, 2-9 ; one of ' The Five King,* 27, 2, 14 ; meaning of the title, 27, 1 1 sq.; value of the work, 27, 12-14; brief notices on the different books, 27, 15-60.

Li K% n. of a famous beauty, 39,
191, 191 n. ; became the wife of the
ruler of 3in, 39, 194.

liiy^^^avis, of Vesali, noble princes, wish to invite Buddha, but are outdone by the courtesan Ambapali, 11, 31-3 ; 17, 106-8 ; claim relics of Buddha, 11, 131 ; a noble family of the soldier caste, 11, 131 ; 45, 321, 321 n., 339 ; erect a dagaba at Vesali, 11, 134; some of them dark, some fair, some red, some white, 17, 106 ; preached to and converted by Buddha, 17, 108-17; 19, 244, 257-66, 257 n., 258 n.; their grief about Buddha's death, and their full conversion, 19, 274-6, 278-82 ; destroy their books of heresy, 19, 279; their government, 22, xii; the nine Mallakis and nine L. celebrate the death of Mahavira by an illumination, 22, 266; L. or Li^^^ivi, a mixed caste, 25, 406, 615.

Li/^/^^ivi, see h\kkh2i\is.

Li A'u, the man of wonderful vision,
39, 269, 274, 286 sq., 311.

Li-lu, a primaeval sovereign, 39, 287.

Iiimitation, se£ Property.

Ling, duke of Wei, 27, 323 ; 39,
132, 215 ; 40, 31 ; takes a deformed
person for his friend and adviser,
39, 233 sq. ; how he came by his
epithet Ling, 40, 124-6, 125 n.

Linga-worship, supposed to be recognized in the Pravargya, 44, xlvii.

Lin Hsi-y^ung, his analyses of
Xwang-^ze's books, 40, 273-97.

Lin Hui of iTia abandoned his jade symbol and hurried away with his infant son, 40, 34 sq., 34 n.

Lion, see Animals {a, k)^ ^«<^ Parables

(.).

Literati, see Confucianists.

Li Thiao, an officer of Duke Phing,
27^, 179 sq.

Liu-hsia Hui, brother of the robber K\h, friend of Confucius, 39, 157 sq. ; 40, 166 sq., 166 n., 175 sq.

Liu Hsiang, president of the council convoked by Hsuan, 27, 6.

Liu TTwang, grand historiographer of^ Wei, 27, 183.

Liu Mi, on the object of Taoism,
39, 23.

Liu Zo, warns 3ze-sze, 27, 151 sq.,
152 n.

Lives, see Souls.

Living beings, see Beings,

Lo, the city of, the new capital of the iTau, 3, 182-4, 196, 198-200, 218, 2 1 8 n. ; * The Announcement concerning Lo,' 3, 188-95.

Logic, non-exclusive expressions,
35, 208 sq.

Logos, Vohu-mano compared with,
4, Ivi sq.

Loharasp, or Kai-L., Av, Aurva- ^/aspa, ruler of Iran, 5, 137, i37n. ; 37, 29, 29 n.; was 120 years, 5, 150 ; his exploits, 24, 64 sq., 64 n. ; assists Nebuchadnezzar in the siege of Jerusalem, 47, xiii, 121, 121 n. ; his accession, 47, xxix.