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

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.

(^) The SUPREME God AND Creator. The belief in a supreme God, A., an old element in Zoroastrianism, 4, xiii, Ix sq. ; parallel with the Asura Varu«a, 4, xxx, lii ; an Aryan god, 4, Ixiv ; one of the purest conceptions of God, 31, xviii sq. ; Invoke, 0 Zarathustra ! my Fravashi, who am Ahura-Mazda^ the greatest, the best, the fairest of all beings, the most solid, the most intelligent, the best shapen, the highest in holiness^ and whose soul is the holy Word! 4, 213; the Creator, 4, 376 ; 23, 25, 27 ; 31, 108 sq., 113 sq. ; his creations, 4, Ixx; 31, 285 sq. ; 37, 423; the sixteen perfect lands created by A., 4, i-io ; all good things, made by A., the offspring of the holy principle, 4, 142 sq., 147 sq. ; 31, 248, 250 ; made the aerial way, the earth, and everything, 4, 232-4 ;

made the waters flow and the plants grow, 23, 198 sq. ; the maker, the most beneficent of all beings, 4, 204-6; 23, 326; is all-knowing, never asleep, never intoxicated, 4, 215 ; 23, 25, 27 ; power and benevolence of A., 31, 93, 95-7, 100-5 ; his gifts, immortality, righteous order, and kingdom of welfare, 31, 8 3 ; victorious strength given by A., 23, 128, 133; the glory made by Mazda, and the victory made by Ahura, 23, 136; a guardian and a friend, 31, 108, 112; the first father of righteous order, 31, 108, 113; bountifulness of A., 31, 145-5 1 ; the remedies of A., 31, 347. (b) A. IN Mythology.

(b) A. IN Mythology.

The sun the eye of A., 31, 199 ; the stars, his body, 31, 285 ; the star Jupiter called Ormazd, 31, 199 ; the waters his wives, 23, 353, 353 n. ; 31, 286 sq., 342, 386 ; how A. purifies the water which he sends down to the Dakhmas, 4, 49, 54 sq. ; Garo-nmanem (Garo//man), the abode of A., 4, 221 ; 23, 338 ; 31, 184 sq. and n. ; the helpers of A., 31, 81, 86; higher than all the Amesha-Spentas, 4, 283 ; father and commander of the Amesha-Spewtas, 23, 199 sq., 290 ; has six personified attributes, 31, xviii sq, ; court of Ormazd and the archangels, 37, 437 ; relation of A. (Ormazd) to AngraMainyu {Aharman^ Ahriman), see Aharman (^); brought ^r^-z;/ Sura Andhita down to earth, and sacrificed to her, 23, 55-8, 73 sq.; Ardvi Sura Anahita, the daughter of A., 31, 321 ; Ashi Vanguhi^ daughter of A., 23, 270, 274; Atar, son of A., 23, 5, see Atar ; assisted by the Fra-vashis in maintaining the world, 23, 180-5, 187, 193 sq.; made Hara Berezaiti the dwelling of Mithra, 23, 131 sq. ; established Mithra to maintain and look over all the world, 23, 145 ; brought the healing plants to T^hrita^ 4, 225 sq. ; assisted Tistrya in his struggle against Drought, 23, 95, 99-101, 103 ; established Tijtrya above all stars, 23, 105 ; offlered sacrifice to Fayu, 23, 250; Vayu works the good of A. and the Amesha-Spe«tas, 23,

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259; reigns according as Vohu Mano waxeth, 4, 276 n,, 277 ; the creator of Asha, and father of the Good Mind, 31, 37, 44 ; the father of the Good Mind and of Piety, 31, 123, 126 sq.; the kingdom gained for A, by the Good Mind, 31, 27, 33 ; the kingdom is for A., 31, 281, 283, 309, 323, 347, 372, 381; calls a meeting of the celestial Tazatas, 4, 1 5 ; Tima, advising the good, is acting in the love of A., 31, 68, 72 ; the leading sin of disobedience to A., 31, 69, 73 ; receives the righteous soul in Paradise, 4, 89 ; the souls of the righteous pass to the golden seat of A., 4, 220; created good renown and salvation of the soul, 4, 375 ; helps the soul to pass over the -^inva^ Bridge, 31, 261, the first mortal who converses with (e) Worship of A.

A., 4, II.
(c) A. AND Zoroaster.

A., 4, II.
(c) A. AND Zoroaster.

Reveals the law to Zarathujtra, 4, Ixx-lxxii, 2, II, 22, &c., 208, 212, 240 n. ; 23, 24, 24 n. ; 31, 354 ; invoked by Zarathujtra to declare his doctrine, 31, 37, 41 ; Zoroaster asks A. for his regulations and the path of the Good Mind, 31, 82, 88 sq. ; prayer to. A. for revelation, 31, 38 sq., 48-50; the twenty-one Nasks formed by A. out of the Ahuna Vairya, 4, xxxvii ; conversations between Zarathujtra and A., 31, 107-21, 249, 260 sq., 337, 341, 374 sq., 390 ; taught Zarathujtra the sacrifice, 31, 318 sq., 338 sq.; ^kese are the best words, those which A. spoke to Zarathu^rUy 31, 330 ; directed how the Avesta should be said, 31, 353 ; established Zarathujtra as the master of the material world, 23, 74, 105; colloquy between the soul of the kine, Asha, and A. who appoints Zarathujtra, 31,3-13; Zarathujtra obtains stones from A. with which he repels the fiend, 4, 210 sq., 210 n. ; confessed the religion of Zoroaster, 23, 142; Zarathujtra invokes the holy creation of A., 4, 214.

{d) A. AND MORALITY.

He who relieves the poor makes A. king, 4, loi ; how close A. is to a man's thoughts, words, and deeds, 4, 289, 288 n. ; A. and the other Amesha-Spe^tas displeased by the bad priest, 23, 156 ; chooses righteousness and the pious of all ages, 31, 26, 30 sq. ; how can the wise

A. worshipped, 23, 32, 162, 332- 4j 349-51, 353-7; 31, 195 sq., 199, &c. ; prayer to A., 4, xlvii, 100 sq.; 31, 284 sq., 288-90, 320; the fire of A., 4, 115, 281 ; 31, 284 sq. ; offerings ^d prayers to A. and the Amesha-Spewtas, 4, 215, 217, 248 ; 23, 3, 6, 9sq., 13, 15, 17 sq., 35, 37, 39j 89, 230, 274 ; 31, 172, 174 sq. ; became sovereign by the Airyama Ishyo prayer, 4, 247 ; prayer and sacrifice to A. the best of all things, 4, 283, 293 ; sacrifice to A., 4, 349 ; Ormazd Yajt : the names of A., and their efficacy, 23, 21-31 ; the memory, the understanding, and the tongue of A. worshipped, 23, 32, 321 ; who worships the sun benefits A., 23, 86 ; and the Amesha-Spewtas long for the morning service, 23, 142, 142 n. ; Mithra and A. invoked together, 23, 148 sq., 153; invoked at the ordeal, 23, 169 sq. ; the Fravashi of A. worshipped, 23, 199 ; 31, 273, 278 ; Fravashis invoked together with A., 23, 227 ; the Glory of A. praised, 23, 290 ; prayer to A. and Asha, 31, 14-24, 62 ; how is A. to be worshipped? 31, 108, iii sq.; praise of A,, 31, 123 sq., 126-30, 263 sq. ; bestows highest good on him who offers sacrifice, 31, 180 sq.; Ahura and Mithra, and all the stars worshipped, 31, 199, 199 n., 205, 210, 21 6, 220, 225; worshipped by Sraosha, 31, 298 ; all holy creatures which A. created, worshipped, 31, 328 sq. Ahurani, water of Ahura worshipped, 4, 250.

man become like A. ? 31, 39, 49 ; AhClrva^aspd, ancestor of Zoroasthe pious are servants of A., 31, 40, Jter, 47, 140.

53; the friendship of A. is before Ai, n.p.; conversation between Duke the Zarathujtrian's mind, 31, 54, Ai of Lu and Confucius, 27, 39, 51