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

; Buddha's definition of a Sottiya, i. e. S., 10 (ii), 92 ; a Brahmawa in whose family there is no 5., is like a 5udra, 14, 33 sq. and n. ; property of a S, not lost by being enjoyed by others, 14, 81 ; 25, 279; Veda-study to be interrupted,

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and impurity, on the death of a 5*., 14, 2o8 ; 25, 182 ; 29, 245 ; they never say to a 5. * Thou art destitute of offspring/ 14, 210; a 5. who is without sin and without desires, enjoys highest bliss, 15, 172 ; seniority among iS., 25, 55 ; descendants of S, sanctify a company, 25, no ; only S, entitled to sacrifice, 25, 161 ; niggardly S. worse than liberal usurer, 25, 164; are exempt from taxes, 25, 237 ; cannot be made a witness, 25, 265 ; fined for not inviting another S, to a festival, 25, 322; king and ^Srotriya are the upholders of sacred law, 41, 106 ; theologians, accepting no gifts, present at the Ajvamedha, 44, 370.

5rutabandhu, one of the Gaupayanas, 46, 415.

5rutasena, a Parikshita, offered horse-sacrifice, 44, 396.

Sruta-spadha, n.p., 23, 213.

SrutaZ-fedhri, the virgin mother of
UkhshyaZ-ereta, 23, 195 n., 226,
226 n.

6'ruti, Sanskrit t.t. for divine revelation, 1, xiii ; Upanishads belong to S., 1, Ixvii ; meaning of S, inferred from Smr/ti, 34, 145 sq. ; the highest authority, 34, 291 n., 293 sq., 297 n. ; 38, 211-14, 262 sq. ; men who are unable to ascertain the true sense of S., rely upon Smr/ti, 34, 292 ; supersensuous matters cannot be perceived without S.J 34, 293 ; if in conflict with other means of right knowledge, has to be bent, so as to accord with the latter, 34, 299; teaching of 5*., 48, 119, 120. See also Revelation, Scripture, Upanishads, and Veda.

Srutv6k-spa(^ak, Av. Sruto-spad^u, high- priest, 47, 83 sq., 83 n.

Sruvo, see Animals (/).

Srvara, see Snakes.^

Stages of life, see Ajramas.

Staotar-Vahij-tahe-Ashyehe, n.p.,
23, 211, 211 n., 225.

Staota Yesnya, see Zend-Avesta.

Stars, invoked and worshipped, 2, 108 ; 14, 252 sq. ; 30, 243, 277 ; 42, 161 ; bodies of great sages become s., 2, 160 ; 8, 240 ; 12, 269 n. ; 39, 245, 245 n.; 41, 244; to be examined about wind and weather, 3,

Staota Yesnya, see Zend-Avesta.

Stars, invoked and worshipped, 2, 108 ; 14, 252 sq. ; 30, 243, 277 ; 42, 161 ; bodies of great sages become s., 2, 160 ; 8, 240 ; 12, 269 n. ; 39, 245, 245 n.; 41, 244; to be examined about wind and weather, 3,

149 ; appeal to the s. of heaven, which are mentioned by name, 3, 362-4 ; Tijtrya, the bright and glorious star (of rain), and other s. invoked, 4, 222, 222 n. ; 23, 9, 16 ; joint invocation to waters and s., 4, 230, 232 n., 234; seed of waters, earth and plants in the s., 4, 234, 234 n. ; 23, 9, 16, 104, 106, 175 sq. and n. ; size of s., 4, 254, 254 n. ; the constellation s. and those also not of the constellations, produced by Auharmajs^, 5, 10-12, 12 n. ; twenty-eight lunar mansions, 5, 11, 1 1 n. ; are a specimen of a warlike army, 5, 1 2 ; every month is the owner of one constellation, 5, 25 sq. ; influence of Jupiter and Saturn on life and death, 5, 165 sq, ; Tijtar and Avrak, constellations of the Zodiac, 5, 168 sq. ; appearance of s. and periods of the day, 5, 371 ; position of the sun and constellations, 5, 397-400; worship of s. among the Sabaeans, 6, xi ; signs of Zodiac guarded from the devils who are pelted with shooting s., 6, 245 ; 9, 305 ; he must not look at the s., while unclean, 7, 220; God the Lord of Sirius, the Dog-star, 9, 254 ; Sirius worshipped by the Arabs, 9, 254 n. ; oaths by the s., 9, 326-8; divine female beings, 12, 269 n. ; 41, 243 sq. ; legend of the Kr/ttikas and the seven if/shis, 12, 282 sq.; see also Rishis ; the Pleiades as barricades keeping the fiends from the uppermost sky, 18, 94, 94 n. ; the great Graha, called Kshudratma, entered the natal asterism of Mahavira in the night of his death, 22, 266 sq. ; the Haptoiriwgas (Ursa Major), 23, 9, 16, 97, 97 n. ; good and bad s., belonging respectively to the worlds of Ahura-Mazda and Angra-Mainyu, 23, 89 n., 92, 176, 176 n. ; 24, 127-38; demons flying about as worm-s. or shooting-s., 23, 95 sq., 95 n. ; Vanawt, Tijtrya, Haptoiriwga, and other s., 23, 175 sq. and n. ; Fravashis watch over the Haptoiriwga s., 23, 194 ; twelve signs of the Zodiac, 24, 34, 38, 245, 245 n. ; 47, 124; duties and influence and motion of s., 24, 90-3 ; are guardian spirits, 24, 92 ; comet, the evil stars-stOpas

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and n. ; Fravashis watch over the Haptoiriwga s., 23, 194 ; twelve signs of the Zodiac, 24, 34, 38, 245, 245 n. ; 47, 124; duties and influence and motion of s., 24, 90-3 ; are guardian spirits, 24, 92 ; comet, the evil stars-stOpasp. 553 being Mujpar, 24, 132, 132 n. ; destiny allotted by the constellations, auspicious and inauspicious, 24, 227 sq. ; 31, 28, 28 n. ; 37, 421, 445 ; 40, 236, 313, 317 ; the meshes of the Dikshita's cloth belong to the s., 26, 10 ; bridegroom shows the bride the polar-star and other s., 29, 43, 285 sq., 383 sq. ; 30, 47 sq., 263 ; bride and bridegroom worship thes., 29, 170; 30, 194-6; polar star worshipped as Brahman, 30, 194 sq. ; the s. which are Spewta- Mainyu's creatures, worshipped, 31, 199, 199 n., 205, 210 sq., 216 sq., 220, 225 sq., 256, 308, 329, 383 ; the body of Ahura-Mazda, 31, 285 ; interpretation of s., 37, 429,433 sq.; Nasks on s., good and evil, 37, 437, 440, 447 ; Wei-tau, the Great Bear, got the Tao, 39, 136, 244, 244 n. ; the Milky Way not to be traced to its beginningor end, 39, 170, i7on.; spirit-rulers residing in the Great Bear, 40, 236, 236 n. ; spitting at shooting s. forbidden, 40, 244 ; origin of s., 41, 149; 43, 361; expiatory charm for a child born under an unlucky s., 42, 109 sq., 517 sq. ; deities and bricks of fire-altar, 43, 91 ; the hair of the sky, 43, 208; as Apsaras, the mates of the Moon, 43, 232 ; kindled by the moon, 43, 399; areVasus, 44, 116; the region between the rising of the seven i^ishis (Ursa Major) and the setting of the sun in the quarter of the living, 44, 425; there are no s. in Sukhavati, 49 (ii), 43. See also Luminaries, Moon, Nakshatras, Omens, Planets, and Sun.

Steer, see Bull.

Sthalipaka, see Sacrifice {h).

Sthapati, see Revottara.

Sthavira ^Sakalya, n. of a teacher,
1, 257, 265.

Sthaviras, Elders, among Gaina
monks, 22, 286-95, 297, 306 ; 45,
149, See also T\\QV^.s.

Sthiragupta, see Kshamajramawa S.

Sthulabhadra, n. of a Sthavira, 22,
287, 289.

Stipi, son of Ravaw/, 23, 217,

Stiva;/^, n.p., 23, 216.

Stobhaksharas, or syllables used in the musical recitation of Saman hymns, speculations on them, 1, 22, 26-8.

Stoma, see Prayers (c).

Stones, worshipped by Arabs, 6, xii sq., XV ; see also Kaabah ; ceremony of treading on a s., 29, 168, 282 sq., 357, 381 ; 30, 45 sq., 146, 188, 260 sq., 272 ; placed to bar otf death, 29, 248 ; sprinkling the fire-altar from a s., 43, 169-71 ; why s. are hard and not fit for eating, 43, 170 ; variegated s. set up as symbol of sun, vital air and vital power, 43, 195 sq., 243, 360 sq.

Storehouses, and store-rooms for
robes, of Buddhist monks, 17, 119-
21, 128 sq., 201 sqq.

Stories, see Gatakas, and Tales.

Storm, lightning and thunder celebrate God's praise, 6, 233. See also Wind.

Stotra, see Prayers (c),

Stridhana, t.t., wife's separate fortune, see Woman [a),

Striveda, though acquainted with
it men get into the power of women,
45, 274.