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

Sunnapattiya, see Purwapatrika.

Su^^ata, t.t., * Void,' see Nirvana (a).

Sunr/ta, the Dawn, 32, 444, 446 ; invoked at the Pravargya, 44, 478.

Sun-shu Ao was thrice chief minister, and did not feel elated, and thrice dismissed without manifesting any sorrow, 40, 54 sq., 54 n., 104 sq., 104 n.

6*unyavada, 5unyavadin, see Nihilism, and Nihilists. Supar/^a and Asuri, 42, 16, 268 sq.

Supar;/as, created, 25, 15; manes of S., 25, 112; produced by Darkness, 25, 493. Supar;^! and Kadru, legend of, 26,

52,^149-52, 149 n., 150 n. Suparjva, paternal uncle of Mahavira, 22, 193, 256 ; n. of a Tirthakara, 22, 280. Supassa, the serpent king, asks Buddha to forbid eating serpents* flesh, 17, 86.

Superhuman beings: Bali-ofFerings to the Gr/has, Avasanas, Avasanapatis and all creatures, 2, 107 n. ; Bali off'ering to s. b. walking about at night, 2, 203 ; Mohammedan angelism and demonology, 6, Hi ; world inhabited by human and s. b., 6,lxx ; invisible Siddhas and celestial singers, 8, 232 ; lists of s. b., 8, 345, 347, 354, 387; 15, 289 ; 36, loi, 130; 45, 318, 382; 49 (n), 30, 60, 70 ; Rakshasas and Pija^as roam about on Parva-days, 14, 210; Yatudhanas and Vls^kas steal the food intended for the manes, 14, 269 ; demons, Yakshas, and Rakshas converted by Buddha, 19, 243-6 ; Devas, Nagas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Mahoragas, Asuras accompany Buddha's mother to the Lumbini garden, 19, 348 ; gods, Nagas, and other s. b. forming a Buddha's audience, 21, 5 sq., 69 sq., 162, 213, 222 sq., 225, 253, 376, 383, 412, 431, 442; description of horrible beings haunting an old house (the world), 21, 83 sq. ; demons, ghosts, &c., the consequence of there being no Buddha, 21, 170 ; sounds uttered by demons, &c., 21, 339; the preacher discerns gods and demons b)j^ his smell, 21, 344 sq. ; demons, Nagas, Garu^as, &c., show honour to the preacher, 21, 347, 349 ; gods, Nagas, and other s. b. worship Buddha by strewing heavenly flowers, garments, &c., 21, 365 sq. ; the giantCwSses pronounce talismanic words for the protection of preachers, 21, 373 sqq. ; no ghosts nor demons in a certain Buddha-field, 21, 377 ;

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b. worship Buddha by strewing heavenly flowers, garments, &c., 21, 365 sq. ; the giantCwSses pronounce talismanic words for the protection of preachers, 21, 373 sqq. ; no ghosts nor demons in a certain Buddha-field, 21, 377 ;

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Marakayikas^ Nagas, goblins, imps, 21, 391 ; Gadgadasvara preaches to demons, Garu^as, Kinnaras, under the shape of these beings, 21, 401 ; island of giantesses, 21, 407 ; Avalokitejvara assumes the shape of all kinds of s. b., 21, 411 ; ocean the abode of s. b., 21, 413 ; Avalokitejvara protects from s. b. who try to hurt men, 21, 414; Garu<^as and Nagas carry Mahavira's throne, 22, 198 ; manes of Daityas, Danavas, &c., 25, 112; Siddhas, Sadhyas, Vipras, Yakshas, and other s. b. worshipped at the Tarpa«a, 29, 121; day-walking and night-walking beings, and Rakshas worshipped at the Vaijvadeva, 29, 162 ; the white one with the black teeth, the lord of bad women, demons dwelling in the village or forest, 29, 290; Asuras, Garu^as, Yakkhas, Nagas — beings living in water, 35, 175 sq. ; 45, 295 ; Titans, Garu^as, Nagas, Yakshas, 36, 116; a Bhikkhu reverenced by Nagas and Yakshas, 36, 120 ; s. b. who got the Tao, and were raised to spirits of mountains, &c., 39, 135 sq., 244 sq. and n. ; Hwan's encounter with a ghost, his officer tells him all about the different kinds of sprites, 40, 18- 20, 19 n. ; Arbudi invoked, to make the enem.ies see all kinds of spooks and sprites, 42, 125 sq. ; gods, Danavas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, and Kinnaras pay homage to a chaste monk, 45, 77 ; gods, Danavas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, Kinnaras, and Bhutas assemble to see Kesi and Gautama, 45, 121 sq. ; the Bhaumeyika and Vyantara gods are Asuras, Nagas, &c., and Pija^as, Bhutas, &c., 45, 225 sq. ; must all suffer for their deeds and are subject to transmigration, 45, 250, 318; injury done to living beings for the sake of Nagas, Bhutas, or Yakshas, 45, 357 ; praise Buddha, 49 (i), 157-9; where Buddhism is preached, there shall be no fear of gods, Nagas, Yakshas, 49 (i), 188; s. b. with the gods, men, evil spirits, and genii, 49 (ii), 72, 102 ; Devas, Nagas, and Yakshas worship Buddha,

49 (ii), 201. See also Demons,
Goblins, and Gods.

Superhuman condition, see Meditation.

Superhuman powers, see Iddhi.

Superimposition, explained, 34, 3 n., 4-9; 38, 197; is Nescience, 34, 6 ; mutual s. of Self and Non- Self, 34, 7-9 ; endless s., the cause of individual souls appearing as agents and enjoyers (of the results of their actions), 34, 9 ; s. of something higher upon something lower is the rule, 38, 343 sq.

Superior Man, represses what is evil and gives distinction to what is good, in sympathy with the Heavenconferred nature, 16, 285, 286 n. ; holds the course of the due mean, 16, 290, 291 n., 292 ; helps the people and nourishes his own virtue, 16, 290 sq., 291 n.; is perfectly sincere, leaving the question of happiness and calamity to Heaven,

; holds the course of the due mean, 16, 290, 291 n., 292 ; helps the people and nourishes his own virtue, 16, 290 sq., 291 n.; is perfectly sincere, leaving the question of happiness and calamity to Heaven,

16, 299 sq. n. ; four virtues practised by the s. m., 16, 408 ; state of equilibrium and harmony exhibited by the s. m., 27, 43 sq. ; 28, 300-29, 301 n. ; description of the s. m., 27, 86, 350, 394; 28, 325-31, 333, 335- 40, 345, 347-9, 351 n., 354, 358-62, 413-19, 478. See also Morality (d), and Tao (r).

Superstition, see Omens.

Suplan, see Sahadeva Sarw^aya.

Suppabuddha, the Sakyan, swallowed up by the earth, for offending Buddha, 35, 153.

Suppiya, ascetic, the Brahma^ala spoken concerning him, 20, 376.

Suppiya, a devout lay worn an, cuts a piece of flesh from her thigh, to procure broth for a sick Bhikkhu,

17, 80-5 ; 35, 172 ; 36, 146.
Supratibuddha Kakandaka, n. of

a Sthavira, 22, 288, 292. Supratish/y^itai^aritra, n. of a chief

Bodhisattva, 21, 284.
Supreme Being, see God.
Supreme Bliss, see Emancipation.
5ura, a name of one Ajvaghosha,

19, xxxi. i'ura, famed feats of the grandson of, 49 (i), 9.

Sura, see Spirituous liquors.
Surabhi, mother of kiue, 44^ 438 n.

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Surak, n.p., 5, 135.

5uraku/a, the 26th Tathagata,

49 (ii), 6.
Sura Pariy^ara, a king of the ATetas,

former birth of Devadatta, 35, 287,

287 n.
Suras ('gods'), and Asuras created,

7, 4 ; and Asuras carry Mahavira's
throne, 22, 198 ; Indra chief of the
S., 22, 222 ; Ginas and S. come to
the turning of the wheel of the law,
49 (i), 173.

^'urasena, men born there fight in the van of the battle, 25, 2^7,

247 n.^ 6'uravira Maw^/ukeya, see Ma«Ju-

keya.
Surgery, see Medicine.
Suro-yazata, n.p., 23, 215.
Surya, the Sun, son of Pra^apati,

1, 313; 15, 199 ; in a list of gods,