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

is all food, 43, 224 ; honey is the essence of p., 44, 90 ; how all kinds of p. come into existence, and how they feed, 45, 3 8 8-9 2 ; see also Parables (e) ; — ^^healing p. brought by Ahura-Mazda, 4, 225-7, 227 sq. n.; 5, 18; healing or medicinal p., 5, 31, 45, 66, 90, 99-101, 103, 176; 18, 262 sq., 265 ; 31, 292 ; 37, 165 ; 41, 341 n. ; 42, 3, 19-2 T, 30-4, 36, 55-8, 302, 369, 376, 385, 408-10, 419-23, 464-6, 470, 516, 536 ; five esculent p., 27, 272, 272 n. ; gathering medicinal p., 37, 18, 130; created for the subjugation of disease, 37, 116 ; prayers to the kushjfM-plant to destroy fever, 42, 4-6, 441 sq., 414-19, 676-81; dark p. curing leprosy, 42, 16, 267-9; poisonous p. on the mountains, 42, 26, 375, 378 ; — crime of and penance for cutting trees, shrubs, creepers, &c., 7, 137, 161 sq. ; 25, 459, 459 n. ; 28, 250 ; 37, 108 ; injury done to long-living bodies, i. e. p., 22, 7 ; sin of injuring p., 22,9-11; 25,443; ^^> 100; 45, 293 ; are living beings with reason, &c., 22, 10; 45, 293 ; experience pleasure and pain, 22, i r ; p. destroyed for sacrifices are reborn in higher existences, 25, 175 ; souls of trees, bushes, creepers, grasses, &c., 48, 198. See also Ahiwsa. (b) Holy and magic p., p. in

WORSHIP AND MYTHOLOGY.

Darbha grass is * free from evil, 1, 173; sacred twigs, and other sacred p., 18, 164 sq. and n. ; the branch Hadhanaepata lifted up at the sacrifice, offered to the Fire, 31, 274-6, 316, 320 sq., 350 ; the Durva grass, 41, 187 n., 379-81 ; 43, 2 n.; layer of mu%a-grass in the fire-pan as womb, 41, 251; holy p. mixed with the water at the anointing of a king, 42, 378 ; see also Adara, Arka, Avaka, Baresma, Barhis, Darbha, Durva, Kuja, Sacrifice (b), and Trees ; — magic p., 42, 40-4, 80, 137 sq., 219, 305, 305 n., 356 sq., 507, 578-82, 675, 702 sq. ; charms with p. against demons and sorcerers, 42, 68-72, 77, 393-404, 429, 556; magic p. used against curses, 42, 91, 285 sq. ; magic p. bestowing a husband, 42, 94 sq., 325 ; used with love-charms, 42, 99-103, 107 sq., 354 sq., 513, 534 ; used with battle-

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PLANTS— PO-KAO

; charms with p. against demons and sorcerers, 42, 68-72, 77, 393-404, 429, 556; magic p. used against curses, 42, 91, 285 sq. ; magic p. bestowing a husband, 42, 94 sq., 325 ; used with love-charms, 42, 99-103, 107 sq., 354 sq., 513, 534 ; used with battle-

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charms, 42, 117 sq., 583 sq. ; waterp., and a frog, used with charms to ward off fire, 42, 147, 514 sq. ; used against snake poison, 42, 154, 606-8; — prayers and offerings to herbs and trees, 2,107 ; 12,333; 29,219, 347, 388 ; 30, 22, 154 ; 41, 340 sq.n.; 42, 119, 160; 44, 81, 87,206 ; Waters and P. invoked and worshipped, 4, 245; 23,8, 16,26,53, 193 sq., 199, 227, 356; 26, 216 sq., 292; 29, 306; 31, 199, 206, 210, 217, 220, 225, 249, 257-9, 329, 362, 382, 385, 389 ; 32, 375 ; 44, 266, 438 ; the evil spirit's conflict with the p., 5, 17 sq., 30 sq., 176 sq. ; origin of p. from the primaeval ox, 5, 45 sq., 177-9; purification of polluted trees, corn, fruits, 5, 274-6 ; not to be looked at byamenstruouswoman, 5, 283 ; duties with regard to water and p., the counterparts of Horvada<^ and Ameroda^, 5, 373, 377 sq.; Waters and P. assist Tijtrya, 23, 95, 99, 1 01 ; Waters, P., Fravashis come for help, drive along with Mithra, 23, 26, 145 ; the seeds of all p. on the tree of the eagle, 23, 173, 173 n. ; Fravashi of the p. worshipped, 23, 200 ; Waters and P. rejoice at Zarathujtra's birth, 23, 202; the p. IJadhanaepata offered to the Waters, 31, 208, 223 ; the p. Hadhanaepata worshipped, 31, 270 sq. ; the mothers of Agni, 41, 224, 227 sq., 294; the wives of the gods, 41, 242 ; are related to Soma, Soma their king, 41, 340 ; 42, 14, 44, 55, 162; 44, 135, 206; invoked as divine beings, 42, 3, 160, 162 ; their parents, 42, 20 sq., 30, 41-3, 97, 419-21, 465, 579 ; the food of Agni, the offspring of the waters, 42, 42 ; called mothers, 42, 581 ; the hair of the earth, 43, 208 ; as Apsaras, Agni's mates, 43, 2 3 1 ; p. and trees, the food of Agni, 43, 335 ; p. and trees, the hair of the sacrificial horse (Pra^apati), 43, 401 ; certain p. arise from parts of the body of the bewitched Indra, 44, 214-16; offering to Grass and Lotus, 44, 336 ; the Fathers are the world of the p., 44, 429; iSami plant gives peace (jam), Varawa plant wards off (var) sin, Apamarga plant wipes away

(apa-marg) sin, 44, 436-8, 437 n.; care and propitiation of p., 47, 163, 168. See also Amerodai, Haurvada^/, Hom, and Trees.

Plato, Platonic ideas in Zoroastrianism, 4, Iv.

See also Amerodai, Haurvada^/, Hom, and Trees.

Plato, Platonic ideas in Zoroastrianism, 4, Iv.

Pleasure (s), devotee does not long for, 8, 47, 50, 66y 322, 341 ; are the source of misery, 8, 66 ; celestial p. of gods, 8, 84 ; higher and lower p., 8, 240, 287 ; produced from union of Udana and mind, 8, 275, 275 n. ; of the quality of Goodness, 8, 30osq. ; what is p.? 8, 311; are of the quality of passion, 8, 324 sq. ; the end of p. is grief, the end of grief is p., 8, 354 sq. ; 10 (i), 56 ; the dangers of sensual p., 10 (ii), 8 sqq., 146 sq. ; 19, 121-30; 45, 62-9; 49 (i), 1 1 2-1 9; what the world considers p., is really pain, and vice versa, 10 (ii), 143 sq. ; vanity of worldlyp., 45, 58-61 ; arethe cause of love and hatred, and a hindrance to final beatitude, 45, 187-92 ; p. and pain, 48, 152-5 ; see also Opposites, and Pain ; nothing is in itself of the nature of p. or pain, 48, 390 ; what are called p. are merely remedies for pain, 49 (i), 1 16-18.

Pledge, see Property.

Pleiades, see Stars.

Poetry, the expression of earnest thought, 3, 45, 275 sq.; p. and music, 3, 45, 275 sq. ; Brahmawas sing about the gifts, Ra^anyas about the victories of the sacrificer, 44, 286 sq.

Poets, sinful liars, on whom the devils descend, 9, 99.

Po-hwang, a primaeval sovereign,
39, 287.

Po-hwan Wu-.s'an, warns Lieh-gze
in vain, 39, 160 sq. ; 40, 202-4,
202 n. ; a famous Taoist teacher,
39, 226; 40, 53 sq.

Po-i, minister to Shun, 3, 44, 44 n., 258; a pattern of justice, 3, 259; died to maintain his fame, 39, 139, 273, 275 ; a worthy, but not a True Man, 39, 239, 239 sq. n., 375 sq. ; declines to take office at the court of Wu, 40, 163-5 ; died of starvation, 40, 173-

Poison, j^^ Ordeals, i7w<^ Parables (/).

Po-kao, mourning rites for, 27,
134 sq., 134 n.

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Po -Oang-Mien, a historiographer,
40, 124 sq., 12411. ♦

Po-^^ang3ze-kao,appointed prince of a state by Yao, resigned the principality, 39, 315, 315 n.

Po-Min, son of the duke of jK^au,

3, 267-70; 27, 29, 345, 351, 351 sq. n., 372 n. ; entered military service during mourning, 27, 342, 342 n.

Po-Miung, see ^^iung.
Fokkharasati, n. of a Brahmawa,

10 (ii), 109, no; 11, 167 sq., 168 n.,

170.
Po Kxif disciple of Lao-^ze, 40, 122

sq. Po-lao, the first tamer of horses, 39,

140, 276 sq., 276 n., 279 ; 40, 284.
Politics, rules of diplomacy, 39,

213 sq. See King, and Rulers.
Pollution, penance for, 2, 289 sq. ;

4, 202 sq. ; 14, 118, 300; purification after it, 14, 174 ; sin of causing P'> 37, 45 ; calamities caused by p., 37, 158, 446 ; abstinence from p., 37, 432. See also Impurity, Nasu, and Purification.

Polygamy, see Marriage.
Portents, see Divination, and Omens.
Porudakhstoih, or PCrudakhshto,

Ashavazang, his son, 18, 256, 256 n. ;

37, 203, 203 n.
Poru/^ist, daughter of Zoroaster, 5,

142 ; 37, 299 sq., 299 n. ; 47, 166 n.
P6rushasp(6), see Pourujaspa.
Posaha, Prakrit t .t. = Pali Uposatha :

duties of Gaina laymen on P. fasts,