A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)
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Ambassadors, see War.
Ambhi/zi, teacher of Va^, 15, 226.
Ambhr/m, the voice of thunder, wife of the Maruts, 32, 275.
Ambika, sister of Rudra, 12, 440 ;
is the dispenser of happiness, 12,
441.
Ambrosia, see AmWta.
Ameretat, see Amer6da<^.
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AMERODAZ>~AMESHA-SPEiVTAS
Ameroda^ or Amurdad, Phi. = Zd. Arnereta/, immortality, 5, lo n. ; the archangel, created, 5, lo ; protector of plants, 5, 30 sq., 176, 310, 310 n., 359; 31, 207, 207 n., 211, 213 sq., 22 1 sq., 226-8; has the ^amba flower, 5, 104 ; attacks ZairU, 5, 128 ; propitiated, invoked, and worshipped, 5, 372 sq., 377 sq., 401,405; 23, 5, 14, 36 sq.; 24,304; creatures are immortal through A., 37, 291 ; prescribes the care of plants to Zoroaster, 47, 162 ; mingles the plants with rain, 24, 1 12 sq. n. ; see Immortality ; Hor'vadad {Haur'vatdt.Khurdad) and A., two archangels, angels of water and plants, 5, 310, 3 ion.; 24, 11, 11 n.; their ritual and worship, 5, 227 ; 24, 304; 47, 76, 76 n. ; are the reward of the holy ones, 23, 31, 31 n.; 37, 388; smite hunger and thirst at the resurrection, 23, 308 ; their gifts, 23, 312 (food and drink) ; 37, 2 86sq. (cattle), 369 (abundance) ; 47, 26, 26 n. (water and seeds) ; unreasonable chatter causes distress to them, 24, 11, 11 n.; 37, 207, 207 n. ; are injured by immoderate drinking, 24, 48; are propitiated by grace said before and after eating, 24, 284 sq. ; the complete worthiness existing in them, 37, 251 ; their power produced by Auharmazd, 37, 264 ; Zoroaster becomes worthy through them, 37, 268; expounded to Frashojtar, 37, 374.
Aniesha-Spe;/tas, or Amesh6-spe«- tas, Zd. = Phi. Ameshospends (Amshaspands), the archangels.
{a) A. in mythology. (b) Worship of A.
{c) A. as guardians of Zoroastrian religion and morality. {a) A. IN MYTHOLOGY.
A. belong to later Mazdeism, 4, Ixi ; parallels to the six A. in Philo's system, 4, Ivi sq. ; the A. as archangels and God's attributes, 5, Ixxii ; 31, xviii, xxiv ; the seven A., ' immortal benefactors,' or * archangels,' 5, 10 n. ; abstracts, and personified, 31,7i,77sq., i76,T79sq., 180 n.; I«dra, Saurva, and N/3!unghaithya, opposed to the A., 4, lii sq. ; Spewta Mainyu and the seven A., 4, 13911.; 31, i45sq. ; rule over the seven Karshvares of the earth,
; abstracts, and personified, 31,7i,77sq., i76,T79sq., 180 n.; I«dra, Saurva, and N/3!unghaithya, opposed to the A., 4, lii sq. ; Spewta Mainyu and the seven A., 4, 13911.; 31, i45sq. ; rule over the seven Karshvares of the earth,
4, 213 ; 23, 163 ; the Garo-nmanem or paradise of the A., 4, 2 2osq. ; presiding over the regions of nature, 4, 245, 245 n.; Ahura Mazda and the A., 4, 283 ; 23, 24; 24, 117; the A. assist Ahura Mazda in smiting the demons of Aharman at the resurrection, 5, 128 sq.; opposed by the demons, 37, 21, 21 n.; Auharmazd performed the spiritual Yazijn ceremony with them, 5, 14 ; Vayu works the good of Ahura Mazda and the A., 23, 259 ; the makers and governors and keepers of Ahura Mazda's creations, 23, 291 ; compassion of Auharmazd and the A. with their own creatures, 24, loi ; Ahura announces Zarathujtra's appointment to the A., 31, 4 sq., 10 sq. ; called ^the Ahuras of Mazda,' 31, 34, 34 n., 37, 42 ; Ahura Mazda will give Universal Weal and Immortality, with Vohumanah, Asha, Khshathra,and Aramaiti, 31, 147 sq.; and Saoshya«ts, 4, 291, 291 n. ; creation of the A., 5, 9sq.; 24, 32 sq.; the white ermine came into the assembly of the A., 5, 89; every flower is appropriate to an angel (Ameshospend), 5, 103-5 ; male and female, 5, 215; 31, 214, 288, 319, 348; enumerated, 23, 49, 142 sq.; stand up, as soon as the moon appears, 23, 90 ; assist Tijtrya, 23, 103; the waters flow and plants grow at the wish of the A., 23, 193 sq. ; Ahura Vanguhi, sister of A., 23, 270, 274; Auharmazd sent A. to Vijtasp, 23, 339 ; 37, 24 ; the Drwg overcome with the help of the A., 31, 37, 42 ; how the words Asha, Vohu-manah, &c., are used in the Gathas, 31, 162 n. ; it would not be possible to produce the living existence withoutthe A., 24, 356; spiritual blessings bestowed by the A., 31, 178, 186 sq.; the body of the sun made for the creation of the A., 31, 262; worshipped by Sraosha, 31, 298-300, 298 n.; Sraosha among the A., 31, 300, 300 n. ; by Sraosha's might the A. descend upon this earth, 31, 303 ; dwell together with the good mind, 31, 348, 352 ; reijnion of the A. on the heights of Heaven, 31, 382. See also Angels {b).
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(h) Worship of A.
; by Sraosha's might the A. descend upon this earth, 31, 303 ; dwell together with the good mind, 31, 348, 352 ; reijnion of the A. on the heights of Heaven, 31, 382. See also Angels {b).
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(h) Worship of A.
Offerings and prayers to Ahura Mazda and the A., 4, 213, 215, 217, 248, 349; 5, 191 ; 23,3,6, 9sq., 13, ^5, T7sq., 35, 37, 39, 89, 230, 274; 31, 172; Auharmazd and the A. praised l3y all men on the day of judgement, 5, 126; Ahura Mazda and A. long for the morning service, 23, 142, 142 n.; the Haptan Yajt, invocations of the seven A., 23, 2 sq., 35-40 ; sacrifice and prayer to the A., the Bountiful Immortals, 23, 22, 3T, t66, 350, 352 sq., 355; Bl, 14, 17, 17 n., 196, &c. ; worship in orjier to increase the A., 23, 34 ; who worships the sun benefits the A., 23, 86 ; the friends of the A. worshipped, 23, 165 ; Fravashis of the A. worshipped, 23, 199 sq.; 31,273, 278 ; the glory of the seven A. praised, 23, 290 sq.; all the A, invoked as personalities and qualities, 31, 71, 77sq.n. ; the Yenhe hatam prayer devoted to the A., 31, 269.
(c) A. AS GUARDIANS OF ZORO- ASTRIAN RELIGION AND MORALITY.
A. preside over all good things, 4, 149-54, 149 n.; confess the religion of Zoroaster, 23, 142 sq.; longed for Zarathujtra, 23, 202 ; when the A. came meeting Zaratujt they wore the sacred thread girdle, 24, 270; the unholy priest displeases the A.,
23, 156, 331 ; do not accept ceremonial from the false-hearted man,
24, 53; a wise and innocent poor man esteemed by the A. more than a foolish king, 24, 105; disturbed by untruth, 37, 73 ; give brightness, glory, and plenty to the righteous, 23, 337, 340; Vahman introduces the soul to Aurmazd and the A., 4, 374 ; assist, or come to meet, the righteous soul, 23, 336 ; 24, 17, 17 n., 20 sq., 30, 8r, 266, 279; Aramaiti, Sovereign Power, Good Mind, and Righteous Order bestow a body on the soul, 31, 27, 32 sq. See also Gods (/).
A;/2hasaspati, n. of a god, lord of trouble, 26, 322. Aminah, mother of Mohammed, 6, xviii. Amitabha, or Amitayus, n. of a former Buddha, his abode in Sukhavati, 21, 178, 389, 417; 49 (ii), xxii sq., 32, 91, 97-101, 166 sq., 169-200; A. and his land Sukhavati shown by Buddha 5akyamuni, 49 (ii), X, 59-61 ; worshipped in Sukhavati, 49 (ii), 67 ; one of the Dhyani-buddhas, 49 (ii), 103 , Dharmakara became A., 49 (ii), x, 28; names of A., 49 (ii), 29 sq. ; why he is called A. and Amitayus, 49 (ii), 97 sq. ; those who think of the Tathagata and of Bodhi will after death see A., 49 (ii), 45 sq.; seen by queen Vaidehi, 49 (ii), 175 sq. ; his supernatural powers, 49 (ii), 187 ; w^orship of and prayers to A. J3uddha, 49 (ii), vi, I, 28-33 ; repeating or hearing the name of A. Buddha a means of salvation, 49 (ii), viii sq.~, 68, 99, 198; glorified by Buddhas, 49 (iij, 45 ; praised by Bodhisattvas and worshipped by gods and men, 49 (ii), 46-8 ; meditation on the bodily marks of A., 49 (ii), 179-81.
Amitadhva^a, n. of a Tathagata,
49 (ii), 100.
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