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

Mu;/^aka-upanisliad, quoted, 8,
420; 38, 427 sq. ; 48, 777 sq.; is a
Mantra-u., 15, xxvi, xhii ; its title,
15, xxvi sq.; translated, 15, 24-42 ;
and the rite of carrying fire on the
head, 38, 186, 189 sq. ; explained,
48, 282-7.

MUA7Z>IBHA— MUSIC

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MMndibha, Audanya, discovered the

atonement for the slaying of a Brahman, 44, 341,

Mu^^a-grass, see Plants.

Muni, is not he who observes silence, but the wise man, 10 (i), 65 sq., 66 n. ; Buddha's definition of a M., 10 (ii), -33-6, 9iv 162-4, 174, 199 sq. ; the life of a M., or the state of wisdom (moneyya), 10 (ii), 128-31, 1 77-80 ; when a Brahma«a becomes a M., 15, 130; he who knows the Self, becomes a M., 15, 179. See also Ascetics, and Holy persons.

Munisutta, t.c, 10 (ii), 33-6.

Munisuvrata, n. of Tirthakara, 22,
280 ; 45, 86 n.

Mu-po, King K'mng wailing for, 27,
167, 176.

Murakas, see Demons.

Murdad, see Ameroda^^.

Murder, see Homicide,

Musailimah, Mohammed's rival, 6, xlv.

Music, power of, 3, 44 sq., 61 ; appointment of a Director of M., 3, 44 sq. ; musical instruments, 3, 45, 59, 61, 61 n.; 11, 268, 270; 27, 217-19, 219 n. ; 28, 31, 35-7 and n. ; 35, 84, 93; m. and poetry, 3, 45, 275 sq. ; used in the service of a ruler, 3, 59, 61 ; 27, 222 ; 28, 2, 4 sq., 274 sq.; reformed by Confucius, 3, 284 ; the Grand Music-Master as a collector of poems, 3, 291-3 ; 27, 2t6, 216 n. ; accompanying the rites of ancestor-worship, 3, 300 sq., 304 sq., 304 n., 319, 323 sq. and n., 328, 367 sq. and n., 374 sq., 400; employed at sacrifices, ceremonies, and religious services, 3, 371; 16, 287, 288 sq. n.; 27, 273 sq., 348, 408, 411, 413, 418-20, 442 sq. and n. ; 28, 32 sq., 210, 213 sq., 241, 253 sq., 33O) 350 ; employed to make people harmonious and benignant, 3, 474, 482 ; war m., 8, 38 sq. ;. Sama-veda full of m., 8, 88 n. ; protests against m. and dancing, 8, 208 ; devotion to m., belongs to the quality of passion, 8, 325 ; the Hindu Gamut, 8, 385 ; worship of relics of Buddha by m. and songs, 21, 51 ; heavenly m. on a Buddha's attaining highest enlightenment, 21, 156 sq., 183; homage paid to the Buddha by m., 21, 400 ;

and dancing, 8, 208 ; devotion to m., belongs to the quality of passion, 8, 325 ; the Hindu Gamut, 8, 385 ; worship of relics of Buddha by m. and songs, 21, 51 ; heavenly m. on a Buddha's attaining highest enlightenment, 21, 156 sq., 183; homage paid to the Buddha by m., 21, 400 ;

musical performances to celebrate the birth of Mahavira, 22, 253 sq. ; a recreation of kings, 25, 252 ; treatises on m., 27, 30-2, 38; 28, 92-131, 97 sq. n., 255; suspended during mourning, 27, 103, 130, 130 n., 132, 142 sq., 159 sq., 179 sq., 322 ; 28, 162, 164 ; regulations about m., 27, 106, 273, 273 n. ; instruction in m.,27, 232-4,255, 269 sq., 345 sq., 349, 389sq.,478 ; 28,74,84sq.; using licentious m. punished with death, 27, 237 ; every month has its special m., 27, 250, 250 n., 258, 262, 268, 272, 276 sq., 281, 283, 287, 291, 296,302, 306 J festival in honour of the inventor of m., 27, 261 ; concert at the end of spring, 27, 266; at court entertainments, 27, 271; concert of wind instruments at the end of winter, 27, 293, 308, 308 n. ; at the feasting of the aged, 27, 360 sq.; five notes, 27, 382; 28, in; 39, 55, 269, 269 n., 274, 279, 286, 328 ; bhnd musicians, 27, 385, 407 ; 28, 36 sq., 37 n. ; the Son of Heaven ' moves in his virtue as a chariot, with m. as a. driver, 27, 391 ; m. and archery, 27, 424; 28, 398 sq., 448 sq. ; musical girdle-pendants, 28, 18 sq., 18 n. ; use of the drum, 28, 90 ; virtue is the strong stem of mans nature^ and m. is the blossoming of virtue, 2^^^ 112; old and new m., 28, 1 1 6-2 1 ; the object of ceremonies and m., 28, 224-6 ; discarded during purification, 28, 239 sq. ; to be versed in ceremonies and not in m. —and vice versa — is one-sidedness, 28, 275 sq. ; a ruler must know the principles of ceremonies and m., 28, 278 ; ' m, that has no sound,' 28, 279 sq.; the harmony of humanity, 28, 409 ; at drinking festivals, 28, 441 ; the * notes ' of the Earth, 39, 177 sq., 177 n. ; * the Mulberry Forest,' and ' the ^ing Shau, pieces of m., 39, 199 ; grand m. not appreciated by the people, like common songs, 39, 327 ; the Perfect M. gives an idea of the Tao, 39, 348-51, 348 n.; as a result of the Tio, 39, 369; different kings had different kinds of m., 40, 8, 8 n., 26, 218; Lu ^u illustrates his philosophy by tuning two citherns and striking c c 2

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MUSIC— NAGAS

different notes, 40, 99 sq., 99 n. ; cultivated by Confucius, 40, 193 ; Mo-^ze wrote a treatise ^ Against M.' and denounced m., 40, 218 sq. ; began to be practised when the Tao was laid aside, 40, 284 sq.; m. and ceremonies in the age of perfect virtue, 40, 312; drums beaten at sacrificial rites, 41, 23 sq., 26; spell put in the drum, 42, 77 ; hymns and verses to the battle-drum, 42, 117, 130-3, 204, 436-40; luteplaying at the horse-sacrifice, 44, 285-7, 35<5sq., 359, 362-70, 372; lute-player, flute-player, and other musicians sacrificed at the Purushamedha, 44, 417.

Muslim, title adopted by Mohammed, 6, xvi ; their flight to Abyssinia, 6, XXV sq. ; God made a covenant with them, 6, 98 sq. ; believe in the faith of Abraham, 9, 65 ; quarrels between parties of the M., 9, 239 sq.

MtlJ-par, the thievish (comet?), 5, 22, 22 n. ; leader of planets, 5, 113 sq., 113 n.; comet considered as a witch, 24, 132, 132 n.

Mutanebbi, * the would-be prophet' and poet, 6, xlv sq.

Mutazalik, Mohammedan schismatics, 24, 195, 195 n.

Mii-ye, a famous sword, 40, 84, 84 n.

Myazd, Parsi t.t., sacred feast, 18, 1 55.

Myazda, the lord, worshipped, 31,
351.

Mysticism, mystic powers, mystic doctrines, mystics : Hari or Krishwa, the lord of the possessors of mystic power, 8, 93, 131 ; early Buddhist m., 11, x, 207-18 ; the answer of early Buddhism to the mystics, 11, 207 ; a mystery for the Bodhisattvas, 21, 58 ; try to understand the 7nystery of the Buddhas, the holy masters of the world, 21, 59 ; the doctrine of the one Buddha-vehicle not to be taught to everybody, 21, 91 sq., 95-7 ; the mystery expounded by the Tathagata is difficult to understand, 21, 121 sq. ; the Saddharmapuw^arika is the transcendent spiritual esoteric lore, 21, 219,221. 6'^d' tf /jo Iddhis, Secret Doctrines, and Taoism.

Myths: worship derived from mythic conceptions, 4, Ixxiii-lxxv.

N

Nabhas, n. of one of the three
Agnis, 26, 118, 118 n.

iNabhasaspati, the lord of the cloud , 42, 141, 499.

Nabhi, patriarch, father of the
Arhat /?/shabha, 22, 281 sq.

Wa^a Naishadha, carried King Yama to the south, 12, 338, 338 n.

Na^apit, 5akuntala conceived Bharata at, 44, 399.

"Nsuikr ibn al' 'Hareth, purchased Persian legends and preferred them to the Qur'an, 9, 1 3 1 sq., 1 3 1 n. ; challenges the truth of Islam, 9, 300 n.

K'adi, brother of Ka/yapa, converted by Buddha, 19, 185-7.

Wadika, n.pl, Buddha at, 11, 24-8.

Wadi-Ka^yapa, one of the five
hundred Arhats who are to be future
Buddhas, 21, 2, 198 ; 49 (ii), 2.
See also Kajyapa.

Wa^is, Sk., t.t., veins or arteries, see
Arteries.

Kaga, a n. of Buddha, 10 (i), 77 n. ;
(ii), 195 ; an eminent man, an
Arahat, 10^ (ii), x, 90, 106 ; n. of
Sthaviras, Arya N. of the Gautama
gotra, 22, 290, 294.

Nagabhibhu, n. of Tathagata, 49
(ii), 6, r6.

Wagabhuta, a Kula of the Uddeha
Ga«a, 22, 290.

IN'agaputra, disciple of Mahagiri, 22,
290.

Nagara, father and mother of, converted by Buddha, 19, 245.

Nagar^una, founder of the Mahayana school of Buddhism, 35,xxv sq. ; wrongly identified with Nagasena, 35, XXV sq., xxvi n.

Nagas (snake-gods, dragons), Ananta chief among, 8, 89 ; have relics of Buddha, 11, 135 sq. ; the N. Mu^alinda protects Buddha, 13, 80 ; 49 (i), 164 sq. ; Buddha conquers the fire of the N. in Kassapa*s room, 13, 119-22; 19, 183-5; a N. procures edible stalks of lotuses for Moggallana, 17, 76 sq.; pay homage to the new-born Buddha, 19, 4 sq., 350 ; rejoice at Buddha's escape from the palace, 19, 58; Gods and N. rejoice on Buddha's reaching Bodhi, 19, 146 sq., 163 sq. ; friends