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

Nas, see Nasu.

!N"^sadiya-sukta, quoted, 38, 85.

Namk, one of the first women, 5,
58.

Wasatya, goes round the earth, 46, 325, 328 ; the Ns. or the Ajvins, 46, 358 ; compared with Av. N/a;unghaithya, 5, ion.

ISTasi, Sk., t.t, explained, 34, 153.

Wasks of the Zend-Avesta, fragments of the, 4, 243-386 ; quoted in the Shayast la-shayast, 5, Ixiii sq. ; Damda^ N., 5, 177, 177' sq. n., 181, 181 n.,325,341,345; 37,465sq.,465 n. ; Stu^gar N., 5, 191 sq. and n., 319, 319 n., 352 ; Ha^^okht N., 5, 224, 225 sq. n., 347, 351, 356; Pazon N., 5, 311, 311 n. ; Niha^um N., 5, 315 sq. and n., 325, 345 ; Spend N., 5, 316 sq. and n., 340, 343? 345j 350; Dubasru^eJ N., 5, 320 sq. and n. ; Husparam N., 5, 323-5 and n., 339, 342, 344 sq., 360 ; 18, 194, 194 n. ; Saka^um N., 5,

326 sq. and n., 339, 343 sq., 364 ;
18, 309-12, 309 sq. n. ; Bagh N., 5,

327 sq. and n. ; iTidrajt N., 5, 329 sq., 329 n. ; Ratujtaitih N., 5, 330, 330 n. ; the N. quoted by Manujy^ihar, 18, xxiv ; legend about Keresaspa in Suikar N., 18, 370-2 ; account of the N. in the Dinkar^, 37, xxix sq., xxxviii-xlvi, 1-397 ; the twenty-one N., 37, xxix, xl ; classification, names, and divisions of the N., 37, 3-10; details of the N. from the selections of Za/^-sparam, 37, 401-5 ; details of the N. from Dmkar<^, 37, 406-18 ; details about the N. from Persian Rivayats, 37, 418-47 ; the archangels come to the reciter of the first N., 37, 428 sq., 438; N. fragments translated, 37, 451-88.

Nasr, Arabian god, worshipped
under the shape of an eagle, 6, xii ;
9, 303.

Nastikas, or infidels, 8, 378 n. See also Nihilists, and Scepticism.

I^Tasu (Nas, Nasuj, Nasrujt), the
Dru^, vanishes before Zarathujtra, 4,
225 ; demon of corruption, entering
thecorpse, 5, III, 245 sq., 245 n., 259,
259n., 32on., 33isq., 33in.; 18,39,
39 n., 42 n., 292 sq. and n., 438-42,
445? 454; 23, 49-51 ; 24, 296, 296
n., 313 ; destroyed by ablution, 5,
299, 299 n.; to keep the N. from
the body, one of the three duties of
men, 5, 394. See also Dru^.

Wataputta, see Mahavira, and Nigaw^^a N.

iVatikas, the G«atrika Kshatriyas to whose clan Mahavira belonged, 22, X sq.

454; 23, 49-51 ; 24, 296, 296 n., 313 ; destroyed by ablution, 5, 299, 299 n.; to keep the N. from the body, one of the three duties of men, 5, 394. See also Dru^.

Wataputta, see Mahavira, and Nigaw^^a N.

iVatikas, the G«atrika Kshatriyas to whose clan Mahavira belonged, 22, X sq.

Nature, phenomena of, symbolical of human qualities, 3, 147 sq. and n. ; 16, 408, 417 ; male and female parts of n., 5, 61 ; actions proceed from n., not from the soul, 8, 55, 104-6, 105 n., 106 n. ; all beings follow n., 8, 55 sq., 56 n. ; n. only works, not the Lord, 8, 65 ; Krishna brings forth the entities by the power of n., 8, 82, 82 n. ; functions of n. and spirit, 8, 104 sq. and n. ; the qualities born from n., 8, 107, 107 n. ; relations between n. and Kshetra^wa, 8, 377-9 ; considered as the cause of everything, 15, 260 ; correspondence between the phenomena of n. and the figures of the Yi King, 16, 38-40, 348 sq., 349 sq. n., 353 sq., 354 sq. n., 358-61, 359 «•> 373, 377 sq., 378 sq. n., 380 sq., 387 ; analogy of phenomena of n. to social and political changes, 16, 245, 245 n. ; constant change of rest and movement in n., 16, 355 sq-, 357 n. ; the presence and operation of God in n., 16, 425-7, 426 n. ; fire, wind, water, earth are mutual causes and effects, 18, 120; the theory of self-n. or svabhava refuted, 19, 208-11, 208 sq. n., 293 sq., 293 n. ; the Great Mother, 21, 371 n. ; extraordinary phenomena of n., 25, 15 ; sacrifices to phenomena or spirits of n., 27, 36 ; 28, 203, 209, 218, 218 n.; masculine and feminine phenomena in n., 27, 55; 28, 433 sq. ; ceremonial usages suggested by the course of n., 27, 59 ;

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28, 465 sq. ; worship of hills, forests, streams, meres, 27, 256 ; 31, 291 ; Heaven and Earth, and the processes of n., 27, 380-4, 387 sq. ; phenomena of n. represented by music, 28, 1 1 1 ; phenomena of n. symbolically represented by guest and host at the drinking festival, 28, 436-8 and n., 442-5, 444 n. ; to be imitated by man, 39, 340 ; the regularity and noiselessness of the phenomena of n., 39, 345 sq. and n. ; operation of the Tao in n., 40, 63 sq. ; n. and soul without beginning, 48, 140, 365. See aho Heaven {a), Pradhana, PrakWti, and Tao.

3?f <2ungh.aithya (Av.), Phi. Nakahe^ and Nakijwya, and the Nasatya or Ajvins, 4, liii ; spell against the demon N., 4, 139, 139 n. ; the Daeva, 4, 224; one of Aharman's archdemons, 5, 10, ion.; 18, 319, 319 n.

ISTaunghas, Taromat is, 5, 128,
128 n.

Wavasutta, t.c, 10 (ii), 52 sq.

IsTavavastva, n.p., 46, 33, 36.

iWayazem, n.p., 47, 34, 34 n.

Hebuchadnezzar, his siege of Jerusalem, 47, xiii, 120 sq.

!N"ectar (amr/ta), see Immortality, draught of.

iWe^meslia, prayer to, 29, 48, 181.

Wemi, perished through want of humility, 25, 222.

Wemovanghu, son of Vaedhayangha, 23, 210.

N'eo-Platonism, and Zoroastrianism, 4, XV, Iv-lvii.

Nera%"ara, n. of a river, 10 (ii), 69 ;
11, 52sq.

l^eremyazdana, son of Athwyoza, 23, 211.

Weriosengh, see Neryosang.

Wemi, perished through want of humility, 25, 222.

Wemovanghu, son of Vaedhayangha, 23, 210.

N'eo-Platonism, and Zoroastrianism, 4, XV, Iv-lvii.

Nera%"ara, n. of a river, 10 (ii), 69 ;
11, 52sq.

l^eremyazdana, son of Athwyoza, 23, 211.

Weriosengh, see Neryosang.

Weroksang, see Neryosang.

Weryosang (Neryosengh, Neroksang), angel, messenger of Auharvci^zd, 4, 262 sq. n.; 5, 224, 224 n., 226, 235; 47, II, II n., 23, 23n., 34, 129, 129 n., 140; kept charge of Gayomar/a^'s seed, 5, 53, 53n. ; watches the seed of Zaratujt, 5, 144; 23, 195 n. ; the promoter of the world, 37, 222 sq., 222 n. ; sent to Vijtasp, 47, 70 sq. ; Zoroaster's connexion with Auharmas;^ through Yim and N., 47, 139 sq.

Neryosang (Neriosengh), son of
Dhaval, author of Sanskrit versions
of the Yasna and of Pahlavi texts,
4, XXV ; 5, 305 n. ; 24, xx-xxii, xxiv,
xxx-xxxvi.
Heryosang, a teacher, quoted, 5,

305, 305 n. Weryosengh, see Neryosang. Wescience, or Ignorance (Sk. avidya, a^wana, Pali avi^^a), is the source of all evil and suffering, 10 (ii), 1 34 ; 13, 75-8, 75 sq. n. ; is the head, knowledge, &c., cleave it, 10 (ii), 1 89, 206 sq. ; with n. is the world shrouded, 10 (ii), 190 ; the Asavaof n.,ll,298,3oosq. ; in Brahmanic philosophy and Buddhism, 13, 76 n. ; the appearance of the world due to it, 34, XXV, 135,155; 38,294; avidya, Sk. t.t., means n. as to Brahman, 34, Ixxix, xcvii sq., cxv, 62 ; 38, 83 n. ; superimposition is n., 34, 6 ; perception, &c., have for their object that which is dependent on n., 34, 7 ; n., the seed of the Sa?72sara, destroyed by knowledge of Brahman, 34, 14, 31, 300; 38, 68 sq., 370; 48, 9, II, 23 sq., 54, 66, 681, 748, 750 ; all difference fictitiously created by n., 34, 32 ; 48, 25, 193, i95j T97; t^^ limiting adjunct, consisting of the organs of action, presented by n., 34, 134; 38, 6'j, 153, 156, 367 ; 48, 566 ; names and forms presented by n., 34, 139 sq., 282, 328 sq., 345, 357, 369 ; 38, 64, 67, 140, 163, 401 sq. ; the conception that the body and other things are our Self, constitutes n., 34, 157, 244 ; from it there spring desires, aversions, fear and confusion, 34, 157, 167; compared to the mistake of him who in the twilight mistakes a post for a man, 34, 185 ; the unreal aspect of the individual soul, as different from the highest Self, is a mere presentation of n., 34, 189, 241, 244, 251 sq. ; 38, 68, 139, 173, 179, 340 ; 48, 100 sq. ; by means of n. the highest Lord manifests himself in various ways, 34, 190, 352 ; the causal potentiality is of the nature of n., 34, 243 ; the elements and the sense organs the product of n., 34, 281 ; the effects both at the time of creation and reabsorption

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