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

for each being, but causes all beings to reach complete N. by means of his own complete N., 21, 81 ; to be reached by the vehicle of Buddha, 21, 90 ; Subhuti and other Arhats fancied they had attained N., but they never longed to be Buddhas,

21, 98 sq., 107, 113 sq. ; men who walk in the knowledge of the law which is free from evil after the attaining of N.,21, 125; for the complete N. of the Tathagatas Buddha created all this, 21, 300; Buddha reveals a state in which N. has not yet been reached, 21, 301 ; men would not obey Buddha's word, unless he enter N., 21, 308, 403 ; the three good methods of entering N. (by suicide), 22, 68 n., 74 n., 78 ; Mahavira's parents, after being born as gods, will reach final N.,

22, 194; Mahavira lived walking the path of N. and liberation, 22, 200 sq. ; of the Arhat i^/shabha, 22, 285; 'from birth till attainment of N., 35, 5 ; Nagasena had obtained N., 35, 36 ; the righteous receive N., 35, 107; 45, 16, 46, 243, 372 ; beings who cannot attain to insight into Truth and N., 36, 176 sq. ; why children under seven years of age cannot attain to N., 36, 177-81 ; the result of Karman,

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36, 230; Buddhist laymen attain to N., 36, 244-50, 253-5; keeping the vows necessary for attaining to N., 36, 255-61, 267 ; the Bhikkhu should preach of purgatory and N., 36, 345 sq. ; those who through perfect knowledge have dispelled all mental darkness and are devoted to the eternally perfect N. do not return, 38, 419 ; the Law (of Gainas) leads to N., 45, 99, 427; an ascetic who has ceased to act will enter the path of N., 45, in; an ascetic who has reached N., is called a true Brahma«a, 45, 139; Mahavira the best of those who have taught the N., 45, 290 ; a sage setting out for the real good (viz. Liberation), should not speak tmtruth ; this {rule, they say,) comprises N. and the whole of carefulness^ 45, 309 ; odc should not maintain that some beings are qualified for N., and some are not, 45, 406 n. ; reached by means of the six mudras, 48, 520 sq. ; opposed to the objects of life, 49 (i), 108 ; Mara tries to persuade Buddha to enter N. at once, 49 (i), 160 ; Buddha tranquil like one who has entered N., 49 (i), 161 ; Buddha's mind guided by the conduct which leads to N., 49 (i), 162 ; promised to Buddha by Mara, 49 (i), 164; obtained by bathing in a holy river, 49 (i), 168 ; Buddha, the guide showing the way to N., 49 (i), 183 ; Bodhisattvas work for the attainment of N., 49 (ii), 16; beings in Sukhavati are always constant in truth, till they have reached N., 49 (ii), 44 ; Buddhas helping people to attain Parinirvawa, 49 (ii), 52 ; attained by knowing the virtues of a Buddha, 49 (ii), 70 ; all beings must be delivered in the perfect world of N., 49 (ii), 114, 132 ; the path that leads to N., 49 (ii), 126, 130; there is no knowledge, no obtaining, no not-obtaining of N., 49 (ii), 148, 154.

Wishadas, and the four castes, 34. 262; a N. (one of the wild aboriginal tribesmen) sacrificed at the Purushamedha, 44, 414. See also Caste (^, /) .

Nishadha, n. of mountain, 45, 289,
289 ,n.

Nishahpuhar, or Nikhshapur, or

Nivshahpuhar, or Nishapur, n. of a town, 18, xiv, i8on., 325sq.n., 344n.

Nishahpuhar, or Nivshahpuhar, priest and councillor of King Khusro Noshirvan, 18, xxvii sq., 297 sq. and n., 325.

Nishekakarman, t.t., see Child (b),

Wissala (?), n. of a female demon,
42, dd^ 300 sq.

Nissaya, Pali t.t., relation between teacher and pupil, see Teacher {b),

Nissaya-kamma, Pali t.t., act of subordination, see Sawgha.

Wissita (the dependent), for it there is vacillation, hence the n. cannot overcome sawsara, 10 (ii), 141.

2^ityaparinirvr/ta, n. of a Tathagata, 21, 178.

Wityodyukta, n. of Bodhisattvas,
21,4; 49(ii), 90.

INTivar, n.p., 5, 146.

Nivara^^a, Pali t.t, 'hindrances,'
11, 182 n.

Nive^ij", brother of Zoroaster, 47,
144.

!N"ivika (Nivik), descendants of, smitten by Keresasp, 18, 370, 372 ; 23, 296; 37, 198, 198 n.

Niyas", demon of want, 5, 1 10; 18, 96.

Niyoga, t.t, appointment of widows, levirate, Kshetra^a sons, law about, 2, xix-xxi, 131 sq. and n., 165 sq. and n., 270 sq., 306; 7, xxiv, 61, 61 sq. n. ; 14, xxvi sq., 84 sq., 90 sq., 93, 226 sq., 229, 234; 25 xxiv, xciii sq., cv n., cix, 105, 108, 197, 333-40, 349 sq. and n., 356, 359-61, 360 sq. n., 369, 369 n., 373 n.; 33, xv, 175, 181-3, 192-5, 195 n., 200, 272, 369; difference made between 'father' and * begetter,' 2, 196, 196 n. ; N. at a living husband's request, 2, 271 ; Kshatriyas produced by Brahmawas on Kshatriya women, 8, 295, 295 n.

Nizii'to, demon, opposes the departed soul, 24, 17.

Nmanya, chief of the house-lord,
worshipped, 31, 197, 205, 209, 215,
220, 224, 250 sq., 250 n., 259, 278,
387 sq.

ITpah, parallels to the story of, in the Avesta, 4, Iviii sq. ; sent as an apostle or prophet, and saved from deluge in the ark, 6, Ixxi, 50, 94,

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125, 144 sq., 183, 200 sq., 207-10, 239; 9, 51 sq., 66 sq., 94 sq., 119, 139, 171, 206, 255 sq., 269; story of N/s son, 6, 209 sq. ; was a thankful servant, 9, i ; many generations destroyed after N., 9, 3 ; called a liar by his people, 9, 61, 66 sq., 86, 176, 190, 242 ; the people of N. punished, 9, 193, 247, 254; wife of N. punished for disobedience, 9, 292; preaches in vain to the unbelievers, 9, 302-4.

Nobility, see Castes, and Kshatra.

K'oble Ones, i.e. Buddhas, Pay^^ekabuddhas, Arahats, &c., 11, 217, 217 n., 297, 300.

"NbdBX, n.p., son of Manujy^ihar, 5,
118, 134, 136, 146; 37, 29, 29 n. ;
47, xiv, 29, 29 n., 40, 44, 146 sq. ;
village of the No^ars, 47, 80, 80 n.

IQ'o^ariga, brother of Zoroaster,
47, 144.

iN'odhas Gautama, author of Vedic hymns, 32, 106, 109, 124 sq. ; 46, 46, 48, 50, 52.

Noktarga, n. of a sorcerer, 5, 138.

Won-being, see Asat.

nSTon-duality, see Advaita.

K"on-Ego, notion of, 34, 3.

Won-entity, non-existent, see Asat.

IQ'o^ariga, brother of Zoroaster,
47, 144.

iN'odhas Gautama, author of Vedic hymns, 32, 106, 109, 124 sq. ; 46, 46, 48, 50, 52.

Noktarga, n. of a sorcerer, 5, 138.

Won-being, see Asat.

nSTon-duality, see Advaita.

K"on-Ego, notion of, 34, 3.

Won-entity, non-existent, see Asat.

Non-Existence, all things come from, 40, 85 sq. See Asat.

Non-hunian beings, see Demons.

Won-sentient, the, see Pradhana.

ISTosai Bur^j-Mitro, quoted, 5, 307.

W oshirvan, see Khusro.

Nothingness, wishing for, 10 (ii),
184, 197 sq. ; the bonds of
pleasure do not originate in n.,
10 (ii), 207 ; the idea of n., 11, 52 ;
Buddhist theory of n. refuted, 48,
514-16.

Novices, ten precepts for, 13,
211 sq. ; punishments inflicted on
unruly n., 13, 212-15; a Bhikkhu
must not draw the n. of senior
Bhikkhus over to himself, 13, 214.
See also Ordination, and Sekha.

Nr/z^akshas, expiatory oblations to,
44, 210.

"Nrimsini, n. of a demon harassing infants, 29, 296.

Nr/shad, Ka«va, descendant of,
42, 71.

TSrzBhnhB, - Tapini - upanishad, quoted, 8, 20, 79 n., 85 n., 93 n..

105 n., 112 n., 142 n., 152 n., 157 n.,
163 n., 170 n., 171 n., 186 n.

Nii-kwa, the organ of, 28, 37, 37 n.

Numbers.

{a) N. in general, and large n. {b) N. from two to twenty.

{a) N. IN GENERAL, AND LARGE N.

Speculations on n., 1, 159 sq., 165, 171 sq., 182 sq., 185 sq., 193 sq., 223-7, 257 sq. ; eighty thousand sages, 2, 158 ; large n. (84,000, &c.) in Buddhist literature, 11, 239, 263 n., 274 sqq., 278-88 ; 17, i sqq., 90, 93, 171 sq. ; 19, 344, 348, 351-4; 21, 1-7, 9, II, 13, (fee, 153 sq., 241, 241 n., 281 sqq., 299 sq., 383, 383 n.; 49 (ii), 2, 5, &c., 91 n., iii, iii n. ; n. in Sahkhya philosophy and in the 5vetajvatara-upanishad, 15, xli sq., 232 sq., 260 ; n. of arteries, 15, 105 ; n. of the gods, 15, 139 sq. ; use of n. in connexion with the figures of the Yi and the practice of divination, 16, 365 sq, 366-9 n. ; vast n. in the lives of the Ginas, 22, 267 sq., 274, 278-85; connected with the seasons of the year, 27, 250, 250 sq. n., 258, 262, 268, 272, 2^77, 281, 283, 287, 291, 296, 302, 306; numerical distinctions in ceremonies, 27, 397 sq. ; odd and even n., 27, 419, 419 n., 436; 29, 209, 2 3 8 ; 44, 4 2 3, 4 2 3 n. ; numerical categories, 40, 330 sq. ; five and fifty, seven and seventy, nine and ninety, in a charm, 42, 19, 472 ; fifty-three sorceries, and hundred performers of sorcery, and seven charms, 42, 38, 672 ; one hundred and one, 42, 168, 170, 565 ; categories of n. from one to thirty-three, 43, 73-6 ; a thousand means everything, 43, 147, 304 ; 44, 348 ; life of a thousand years, 43, 362 ; highest and lowest n., 43, 172 ; there are twelve months in the year, five seasons, and three worlds, and the sun the twenty-first, 44, 150; offerings to the n. from one to a hundred and one, 44, 297 sq., 297 n.; symbolism of n., see also Metres. {b) N. FROM TWO TO TWENTY.