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

will be born as one of them, 45, 292 sq. ; precautions to be taken by Gaina monks, in order to avoid killing animals, 22, 47, 47 n., 72, 75, 97, 100, 120, 126, 128, 132, 136 sq., 139, 145, 161 sq., 169 sq., 178-83, 304-8; 45, 129, 135 sq., 146 sq. ; he should not scare away (insects'), nor keep them off, nor be in the least provoked to passion by them. Tolerate living beings, do not kill them, though they eat your flesh and blood, 45, 11 ; mouth-cloth used by Oainas to prevent insects entering the mouth, 45, 145, 145 n.; a Gaina monk should not build a house, nor cook, nor light a fire, because many living beings are killed thereby, 45, 204 sq. ; a Gaina monk should only drink distilled water (without life), 45, 10, ion.; a monk must not use cold water, not to injure water-bodies, 45, 255, 255 n.; food is only pure when given with unwashed hands and dishes, on account of the lives contained in water, 22, 103 sq., 117 ; sin caused by injuring the fire-bodies or lives in fire, 22, 7 sq., 67, 67 n. ; 45, 293, 358 ; certain food forbidden to Gaina monks on account of dangers to living beings, 22, 88 sq., 104-10; Mahavira's abstinence from killing, 22, 81; Buddhist misrepresentation of the Gaina vow of desisting from doing injury, 45, xvii sq. ; living beings injured by sacrificial ceremonies, 22, 12, 18; 45, 55; a bad ^ramawa, through carelessness, hurts living beings, 45, 78 sq.; Arish/anemi, on seeing the animals to be killed for the wedding feast, renounces the world, 45, 114; the Hastitapasa kill one elephant a year, and live on it, to spare the life of other animals, 45, 418 sq. ; Gaina householders renounce slaughter of animals, as they cannot altogether abstain from injuring the six classes of beings, 45, 421-33, 421 n.; when living beings are killed for the sake of gifts and other meritorious actions, a monk should neither praise nor forbid such acts, 45, 312 sq. ; various causes why men injure living beings, 45, 357-60.

AHIJ/SA

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; various causes why men injure living beings, 45, 357-60.

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Doctrine of A. in Buddhism and Gainism, 22, xxi-xxviii ; there ivere formerly iKfee diseases : desire, hunger, and decay, but from the slaying of cattle there came ninety-eight, 10 (ii), 51 ; Ye shall slay no living things 11, 253 ; As I am so are these, as these are so am I, identifying himself zuith others, let him not kill nor cause {any one) to kill, 10 (ii), 128 ; Doing no injury to any one, dwell full of love and kindness in the world, 35, 254 sq. ; Now wherein, Vdsettha, is his conduct good? Herein, 0 Fdsettha, that putting away the murder of that which lives, he abstains from destroying life. The cudgel and the sword he lays dside ; and, full of modesty and pity, he is compassionate and kind to all creattires that have life! 11, 189; kindness to all things that live, 10 (i), 36 sq. and n.; 36, 341 sq. ; the principal sin of destroying life, 10 (i), 61 ; the true Brahma«a, the saint, the Bhikkhu, does not kill nor cause slaughter, 10 {i)> 92 ; (ii), 35 sq., 61, 88 sq., 114 ; a householder must not kill, nor cause to be killed any living being, nor approve of others killing, 10 (ii), 65 sq. ; Bhikkhus are to refrain from injuring plants or animals, 11, 190, 192 ; 13, 4, 33, 46 ; 17, 22 ; a Bhikkhu must not intentionally destroy the life of any being down to a worm or ant, 13, 235; a Bhikkhu shall not dig the ground, 13, 33 ; a Bhikkhu must not sprinkle water, with living creatures in it, on grass or on clay, 13, 35 ; a Bhikkhu must not drink water with living things in it, 13, 46 ; the dangers to vegetable and animal life to be prevented by keeping vassa, 13, 298 sq., 300 ; wooden shoes forbidden, because insects are trod upon and killed, 17, 21 ; by one case of destruction of life, a man maybe re-born in hell, 35, 124; sin of depriving a living being of life unconsciously, 35, 224 ; a wicked Bhikkhu, who caused a bull to be slain to get its skin, rebuked by Buddha, 17, 29 sq. ; already in former births Buddha refrained from hurting living beings, 36, 16; eight classes of men who kill living beings, 36, 17; the Buddhists denounced as eating meat, 45, 416; sacrifices objectionable as connected with slaughter, 10 (ii), 49 sq. ; 19, 129, 135 ; 49 (i), 121 ; king .Suddhodana only offers sacrifices involving no injury to living beings^ 49 (i), 24. See also Love. (r) In Brahmanism.

; 19, 129, 135 ; 49 (i), 121 ; king .Suddhodana only offers sacrifices involving no injury to living beings^ 49 (i), 24. See also Love. (r) In Brahmanism.

A. or harmlessness comes from Kr/sh«a, 8, 86 ; is called knowledge j 8, 103 ; is his who is born to godlike endowments, 8, 114; is called penance bodily, 8, 119; non-destruction is the highest piety, 8, 348, 378 ; is an element of the quality of goodness, 8, 325, 373; leads up to final emancipation, 8, 364 ; some people (sects) are given up to harmlessness, others to destruction, 8, 376 ; abstention from injuring living beings the duty of all castes, 14, 2 6sq. ; 25, 416; those are Brahmawas who can save from evil, who abstain from injuring hving beings, 14, 38; he who abstains from injuring living beings obtains heaven, 14, 136; 25, 166 sq. ; he is a true Brahmawa who befriends all creatures, 14, 128; 25, 46, 46 n.; the soul is purified by abstention from injuring living beings, 14, 165; who hurts living beings cannot reach the abode of the gods, 14, 176 ; abstention from injuring living beings is internal purification, 14, 287 ; abstention from injuring living beings a penance, 14, 312; 25, 476; abstention from injuring living beings the best sacrifice, 14, 139; he who delights in injuring living creatures excluded from ^raddha, 25, 106 ; remembrance of former births a reward of doing no injury to created beings, 25, 152; sacrifices and the doctrine of A., I9, 129; 38, 130 sq., 310; 48, 598 sq. ; see also Animal Sacrifices {a) ; the Ocean begs king Ar^una to give security to creatures of the sea, 8, 294 ; the Brahma^arin must not injure animate beings, 2, 188 ; 25, 62 ; a Snataka shall not hurt any living being, 2, 226 ; 25, 137; 29, 318;

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the ascetic shall avoid the destruction of seeds, and be indifferent towards all creatures, 2, 194; offering safety to all beings, duty of the Sannyasin, 8, 362 ; the ascetic promises not to injure any living being, 8, 365 ; 14, 46, 260, 277, 277 n., 279; 25, 205 sq., 208-10, 212; ascetics must always use strained water, 14, 260, 279; 25, 207, 207 n. ; an ascetic who rejects meat at sacrifices and funeral meals goes to hell, 14, 54 ; hermits should not injure even gadflies or gnats, 14, 293 ; see Compassion, and Slaughter.

Ahina sacrifices, see Sacrifices (y).

A'hmed = Mohammed, 9, 281 n.

A'y^nas ibn »S*uraiq, n.p., a worldly man of pleasant appearance, but opposed to Mohammed, 6, 29 sq., 29 n.

Ahoganga Hill, Sambhuta Sa«avasi dwelling there, 20, 394.

A-ho Kan, n.p., disciple of Lao-lung
K\, 40, 67 sq.

Ahriman, see Aharman.

Ahtlm-stu/, n.p., 23, 203.

Ahunavaiti, title of a Gatha of the
Zend-Avesta, 31, 2-92.

Ahura-Mazda (Ormazd), the supreme God of Mazdeism.

{a) The supreme God and Creator.

• (b) A. in mythology. {c) A. and Zoroaster.
• id) A. and morality. {ej Worship of A.