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

see the self in the self,by the self, 8, 105 ; leads to unity with Brahman, 8, 128 ; 11, 201 sq., 201 n. ; persons made to appear by mystic m., 8, 136, 150 ; by exclusive m., the devotee attains concentration of mind, 8, 248, 251 ; bym. he reaches greatness, 8, 3^? ;

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the Sannyasin who wishes to attain to final emancipation, should meditate on one point, 8, 368 ; some Brahma«as recommend m., others sacrifice and gifts, 8, 376 ; purifies from sin, 14, 128 ; the results of practising m. or Yoga, 15, 242 ; discussions as to whether certain m. (vidyas) have to be combined or to be kept apart, 34, Ixvii sq., Ixx, Ixxii sq.jlxxv; 38, 184-96,216-22, 240-9, 277-9, 281-4, 303-5 5 "^« 01^ constituent parts of sacrifices, are not to be considered as permanently requisite parts of the latter, but are valid for all 5akhas, 34, Ixxiv ; 38, 252-6, 272-4 ; 48, 629 sq., 675-7 ; m. on the Self must be repeated again and again, 34, Ixxvi ; 38, 33 1-7 ; is to be carried on in a sitting posture, 34, Ixxvii ; 38, 349 sq. ; 48, 720 sq. ; may be carried on at any time, and in any place, favourable to concentration of mind, 34, Ixxvii ; 38, 350 sq, ; ms. are to be continued until death, 34, Ixxvii ; 38, 351 sq. ; 48, 72 1 sq. ; is an action, knowledge is not, 34, 35 ; the threefoldness of m.,34, 102-6, 272 ; 48, 253 sq. ; m., as taught in the Vedanta-texts, is possible only if the soul is an agent, 38, 52 ; presentation before the mind of the highest Self is effected through m., 38, 171 sq. ; as a means of the knowledge of the highest person, 38, 204 sq. ; twofold m. on the oneness of the Self, 38, 244 sq. ; ms. are themselves acts, but not subordinate members of the sacrifices, 38, 256, 348 ; owing to the might of the m. on the unity of prawava and udgitha, the Hotri sets right any mistake he may commit in his work, 38, 282 ; ms. subserve the end of man, not of sacrifice, 38, 283 ; ms. of priest and sacrificer, the fruit belongs to him who carries out the m., 38, 320 sq. ; m. and knowledge identical, 38, 332 ; 48, 715 sq. ; on the udgitha viewed as the sun, 38, 333 ; by the application of m. the soul departs by the vein passing through the skull, 38, 377 sq. ; enjoined by Vedanta-texts, 48, 13 sq., 179 sq., 681 ; the term explained, 48, 14 sq. ; abstention and the other six auxiliary means of m., 48, 17, 261,284; truemodeof m., 48, 363 ; as a mental sacrifice on the altars of mind, speech, &c., 48, 668-73; at the time of m. the Self of the devotee is of the nature of the released Self, 48, 673-5 ; the Upakojala, the •Saw^ilya, the Vaijvanara m., the m. on the Self of bliss, on the Imperishable, and other ms., 48, 679 ; a purification of the sacrificer's mind, 48, 686 sq. See also Brahman (h), Cognitions, Knowledge, Worship, and Yoga. {b) M. OF Buddhist and Gaina

MONKS.

on the Self of bliss, on the Imperishable, and other ms., 48, 679 ; a purification of the sacrificer's mind, 48, 686 sq. See also Brahman (h), Cognitions, Knowledge, Worship, and Yoga. {b) M. OF Buddhist and Gaina

MONKS.

Without knowledge there is no m., without m. there is no knowledge, 10 (i), 87 ; Buddha on the relation of upright conduct, m., and intelligence, 11, i r, 11 n., 12, 15, 24, 28, 34, 65 sq., 70 ; four GMnas or stages of m., 11, 61, 62 sq. n. ; 36, 143 ; nine stages of m. preceding Buddha's Nirvawa, 11, 114 sqq., 115 n. ; 19, 307 ; m. (samadhi) in Buddhism, corresponds to Faith in Christianity, 11, 145 ; the four Appamawwas or Brahma-viharas, * infinite feelings ' of Love, Pity, Sympathy, Equanimity, 11, 201 sq., 201 n., 272 sq., 273 sq. n., 285, 285 n. ; the ecstasy of contemplation, one of the conditions by which a Bhikkhu obtains his desires, 11, 210-18; the * Great Complex' a kind of m., 11, 267 n. ; stages of mystic m. or superhuman conditions (g-^^ana, vimokkhas, samapattis), 13, 235 sq., 245 sq.; 19, 138 sq., 138 n. ; 35, 52 ; 49 (i), 128 sq. ; Bhikkhus walk up and down when meditating, 17, 6 sq., 17, 17 n. ; 36, 9; list of ms., 21, 420, 424 sq. ; its characteristic marks, 35, 60 sq. ; the advantages of m., 35, 196-8 ; compared with a state of dream, 36, 161 ; subjects for m., 36,2 1 2 sq. ; Buddha's *jewel of m.,' 36, 222 sq. ; Bhikkhus addicted to m., 36, 238 ; emancipation the flower of m., 36, 312; enjoined for the Bhikkhu, 36, 372 ; the Bhavanas (Gaina t.t.) ms. conducive to the purity of the soul, 45, 69, 69 n. ; pure m. on the law, the sixth kind of internal austerities, 45, 179 sq. ; the

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soul purified by m. on the vanity of life and the world, 45, 329 sq.,329 n.; the m. called the Arouser of all worlds, 49 (i), 173 ; m. on Sukhavati and Amitayus, 49 (ii), 169-99. ^^^ also GMna, and Samadhis. Me^ok-mah, or Me^yok-mah, n. of a Zoroastrian teacher, commentator, 5, 243, 243 n., 245, 245 n., 249 sq., 268, 292 ; 18, 299-305, 299 n., 312-

15, 332 sq., 336 n., 36^1, 449, 449 n. Me^yok-mah, Zaratfut's first disciple, 5, 141 sq., 141 n., 145, 187. See also Maidhyo-m^ungha, and Me<^6k-mah.

Medyomah, an author of the Sad
Dar, 24, xxxvii.

Me<^yomah, first cousin of Zoroaster,
who converts him, 47, xv, xxx, 155,
1 5 5 n., 1 6 3 sq. ; Aharubo-stoto, son of
M., 47, 166.

Megha, disciple of Suhastin, 22, 291.

Meghadundubhisvarara^, n. of a Tathagata, 21, 399 sq.

Meghakali, female attendant of
Mara, 19, 153 ; 49 (i), 144.

Meghasvarapradipa, n.of a Tathagata, 21, 178.

Meghasvarara^a, n. of numerous
Tathagatas, 21, 179, 358.

Mei 36l^» presented a copy of the
Shu to the emperor Yuan, 3, 9 ;
author of a commentary, 3, 10.

Mekhaliyika iSakha of theU/^uvadka
Ga;/a, 22, 291.

Memory, as Brahman, meditation
on, 1, 119 ; confusion, want of m.,
8, 51, 320 ; discussion on m., 35,
120-3.

Mena, or Menaka, Indra in love with,
26, 81 n. ; a nymph, 43, 106.

Mekhaliyika iSakha of theU/^uvadka
Ga;/a, 22, 291.

Memory, as Brahman, meditation
on, 1, 119 ; confusion, want of m.,
8, 51, 320 ; discussion on m., 35,
120-3.

Mena, or Menaka, Indra in love with,
26, 81 n. ; a nymph, 43, 106.

Menander, or Milinda, 35, xviiixxiii.

Mencius, the works of, the second
of the four Shu, 3, xx ; quotes the
Shu King, 3, 2 ; on old historical
documents, 3, 5 ; on chronology, 3,
2 1-3 ; on the records of the Shu,
3, 213 ; his acquaintance with the
Shih King, 3, 285 ; his doctrine of the
goodness of human nature, 3, 425 n. ;

16, 357 n. ; on the interpretation of old Chinese poems, 16, xv ; on husband and wife, 16, 313 n. ; how he spoke of the Li K\, 27, i sq. ; on the four constituents of human nature,

Bb

27, 10 ; parts of ^ the Royal Regulations ' taken from M., 27, 18 sq. ; on man, 27, 383 n.; on benevolence being man, 28, 269 n., 312 n. ; aeontemporary of iTwang-jze, 39, 36 ; on humannature, 39, 147; M.andHui- 3ze, 39, 172 n.; attacked Mih-3ze,

39, 182 n.; the scholar of 3^"> honourably mentioned as a teacher,

40, 216, 216 n.
Me;/^aka and his family converted

by Buddha, 17, 12 1-8.

Mendicants, religious, see Ascetics, Bhikkhus, Gaina monks, Holy persons, Parivra^akakas, and Sannyasins.

Menstruation, see Purification, and
Woman {b, e).

Mental impressions, the variety of ideas is due to, 34, 420, 420 n.; their existence is not possible on the Bauddha view, 34, 425-7 ; internal cognition cannot be their abode, 34, 426 sq.

Merchant, see Parables (/), and
Trade.

Mercy, genius of, invoked, 23, 5, 14,
36 sq.

Merezishmya, n.p., 23, 219.

Merit, see Karman.

Meru, the first-born of mountains, 8, 354 ; the gods dwell on the tops of M., 10 (ii), 125 ; 12, no n. ; description of M. or Sudarjana, the best of all mountains, 45, 288 sq. ; blazing M. at the end of an aeon, 49 (i), 143.

Merudhva^, n. of a Tathagata,
49 (ii), 99.

Merukalpa, n. of a Tathagata, 21,
178.

Meruku/a, n. of Tathagatas, 21,
178; 49 (ii), 6.

Meruprabhasa, n. of a Tathagata,
49 (ii), 99.^

Merupradipa, n. of a Tathagata,
49 (ii), 100.

Messiah, traditional Semitic belief in the coming of a, 6, xxx, 1 ; criticism of the Christian doctrine of the M., 18, 107 sq. and n. ; 24, 229-38 ; M. or Mashikh, an extender of belief, 47, 126. See also Buddha (J), and Saoshya«/(s).

Metals, under the protection of
ShatvairO, duties regarding them,

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METALS— METRES

5, 375 sq.; origin of m., 18, 199,
199 n. ; 24, 58; 25, 189, 189 n. ;

44, 2 15 ; similes of iron, 36, 198 sq. ;

45, 269; charm with lead, against demons, 42, 65 sq. ; why lead is soft and, while being like gold, not worth anything, 43, 92 ; lead is a form of both iron and gold, 44, 219 ; knives of gold, copper, iron, 44, 303 sq. ; admonitions about the use of m., 47, 161. See also Gold.

Metaphysics, see Philosophy.

Metarya, n. of a Sthavira, 22, 286.