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

; ' Sutra of the discourse of the V.,' 49 (ii), 163. See /^/jo Atharva-veda, Mantras, Rig-veda, Sacred Books, Saman, Sama-veda, Sciences, Upanishads, and Ya^ur-veda. (b) The three Vedas.

Sama-veda, Ya^ur-veda, and Rigveda in the Udgitha, 1,8; the Devas entered into the three V., 1, 11 ; the three V. squeezed out from Agni, Vayu, and Aditya, 1, 70 ; 30, 231; 44, 102 sq.; the three Vyahrit is are the three V. or are produced from them, 1, 177 sq. ; 15, 49 ; 44, 102 sq.; Riky Gatha, and Kumbya are metrical, Ya^us in prose, and Saman is music, 1, 230 ; the person of the Veda, i.e. that by which we know the three V., its essence is Brahman, 1, 259 ; Rik and Saman, Ya^us, and the LJdgitha represented as belonging to the couch of Brahman, 1, 278 ; study and knowledge of three V., 2, 160; 8, 20, 146, 162 sq. ; 25, 74 sq. and n. ; king must be instructed in the trayi vidya or threefold sacred science, 2, 234, 234 n. ; father, mother, and teacher compared to the three V., 7, 128; 25, 71; Krishna is RU', Saman, and Ya^us, 8, 83 ; the three branches of knowledge lead to heaven, 8, 84 ; Brahma«as who are masters of the three V., 10 (ii), 98, no, 189; 11, 167-85; Tevi^^a- Suttanta, or Discussion on Know^- ledge of the Three V., 11, x, 157- 203 ; //le threefold wisdom of the Brdhf)l4

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mans, wise i?i their lliree V., is called a waterless desert, their threefold wisdom is called a pathless jtmgle, their threefold zvisdom is called destruction,

11, 185 ; the sacrifice identified with or established by the three V.,

12, 24; 26, 249, 341 ; 30, 317 sq. ; 41, 139 sq. ; the Brahman and the threefold science, 12, 449 sq, ; Rik, Saman, and Ya^iis come from the highest Person, 15, 34 sq. ; the three V. identified with speech, mind, breath, 15, 94 ; speculations on the three V., 15, 196, 198; 26, 436-40; the three V. are fixed in Prawa, 15, 275; Rik, Ya^us, Saman form the knowledge-endowed body of the Self, 15, 308 ; the threefold V. created, 25, 12; 41, 145, 196; 43, 403 ; term for studying the three V.,25, 74 sq. and n. ; adherents of the three V. fed at 5raddhas, 25, 102 ; Rig-veda sacred to gods, Ya^ur-veda to men, Sama-veda to manes, 25, 148 ; Om and Gayatrt, the essence of the three V., 25, 149, 149 n. ; 38, 282 sq. ; definition of triple v., 25, 482 sq. ; song of praise is Rtk, libation is Saman, and a muttered formula is Ya^us, 26, 294 sq. ; the All-gods are everything, Rik, Ya^us, and Saman, 26, 360 ; priests perform with Ya^us, recite Rik, chant Saman, 26, 453 ; threefold knowledge handed down in Mantras and Brahma«as, 29, 16 ; the new-born child adjured with Rik, Ya^us, and Saman, 29, 50 ; the three V., Vakovakya, Itihasa, and Purawa, laid into the new-born child, 29, 5 1 ; teacher says to student at the initiation : * I place thee in the Rik2iS, ... in the Ya^us ... in the Samans . . . ,' 30, 152 ; Rig-veda and Sama-veda Mantras have to be recited aloud, Ya^ur-veda by murmuring, 30, 3 1 8 sq. ; science defined as knowledge of Rig-veda, Samaveda, and Ya^ur-veda, 33, 344 ; Nagasena is taught the three V. called Sikkha, 35, 17 sq. ; VWtra gives up the three V. to Indra, 41, 138 sq. ; the Traidhatavi sacrifice, relating to the three V., 41, 138-41 ; the triple V. is the thousandfold progeny of Va>^, 41, 140 ; 44, 343 n. ;

Prai^^apati entered the waters with the threefold science, 41, 192 sq. ; all the metres make up the threefold science, 41, 193; Pra^-apati identified with the threefold science, the v., 41, 193; 43, xxvi, 352-4; Rik, Ya^us, Saman, the three kinds ofdivine speech, 41, 239; 43, 364-6 ; from the mind-ocean the gods dug out the triple science, 41, 415 ; Rik, Saman, Ya^us, are in the ukkhishtdi,

42, 226, 228 sq. ; the triple science is food, 43, 220 ^ truth is the threefold lore, 43, 258, 258 n.; the three oceans of Ya^us, Saman, and Rik,

43, 278 ; the three V. and the triad Fire-altar, Mahad uktham and Mahavrata, 43, 282-4; the Arkya in respect of the three V., 43, 349 ; all things are in the threefold lore,

43, 352, 354 ; number of syllables of the three V., 43, 353, 353 »• ; priests of the three V., 43, 373 ;

44, 103 sq. ; Rik, Ya^us, Saman as the three bricks of the Fire-altar,

43, 374; Rik, Ya^us, Saman constitute the divine body of the Sacrificer, 44, 38 ; honey is the essential part of the triple science, the V.,

44, 90; the unexhausted threefold science, 44, 170 ; light is the Rigveda, might the Ya^ur-veda, glory the Sama-veda, and what other V. there are they are everything, 44, 174. See also Tevi^^a.

there are they are everything, 44, 174. See also Tevi^^a.

{c) Study and knowledge of V. Promiscuous communication ot the V. prohibited, but the V. not kept from the people, 1, xxii sq. ; duty of V. -study, that is of reading the V. and learning it by heart, inculcated for every man of the three higher castes, 1, xxiii ; 2, i, 153, 160; 7,194; 8*146; 14, 38sq., 44, 199, 261 sq. ; 15, 51 sqq. ; 25, 24, 158 sq., 170, 205, 419 sq.; 45, 62 sq. ; 48, 5 sq., 255, 338; 5udras and outcasts excluded from reading or hearing the V., 1, xxiii ; 2, 281 ; 14, 95, 109 ; 48, 564 ; duties of sacrifice, study of V., and charity, 1, 35; 8, 22 sq., 81, 98 sq., 340, 359; 15, 179; 48, 695, 699; the proper age for study of the V., 1, 92, 92 n. ; the Self cannot be gained by knowledge of the V., 1, no,

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lion.; 8,367; 15,11,40; 48,527, 617 ; study of V. or knowledge of v., the first step towards obtaining knowledge of, or the world of, or union with Brahman, 1, 144 ; 8, 147, i7i-4> 185, 369; 15, 300 sq.; 25, 34, 165, 507 ; 34, 10 ; 44, 99 ; 48, 3 ; rules about the study of the v., 1, 268 ; 2, 32-51, 97 sq., 111-13, 183-5,259-65; 7,123-8; 14,63-7, 120 sq., 208-11, 245; 25, xxxix n., xlvi-xlviii, 43, 49, 60 sq., 143-9, 193 sq. ; 29, 66-73, 119 sq., 191-3 ; 44, XV ; the Gayatri is learnt for the sake of all the Vs., 2, 2 ; whatever else besides the V. a student learns from his teacher brings the same reward as the V., 2, 19 ; Upakarma and Utsarga (Utsar^ana) ceremonies, solemn opening and closing of the Brahmanic term, 2, 32, 32 n., 33 n., 41, 41 n., iii, III n., 259 sq., 259 n., 264; 7, 123, 125; 14, 63, 185 sq. ; 25, 143 sq. and n., 148; 29, 112-15, 221-3, 321-3, 325, 413 sq. ; 30, 77-9, 79 sq. n., 161, 241-6, 266 sq. ; 42, 487 sq., 510, 553, 606 ; causes of interruption of the study of the V., 2, 36, 36 n,, 264; 14, 121 sq., 208; 25, no, 144-9; 2^, 81, 114-18, 141 sq., 220, 244 sq., 323 sq., 357, 414 sq.; 30, xxxiv sq., 78-81, 242, 325; Svadhyaya, or Brahmaya^wa, one of the ^ five great sacrifices,' the daily recitation of a portion of the v., 2, 42-9, 201, 201 sq. n., 221 sq. ; 7, 193; 8, 6r, 61 n. ; 14, 224, 245, 256 sq. ; 25, 87 sq. ; 29, 19 sq., 19 n., 217-20 ; 30, xx, 246 ; 44, 95-1 OT ; the daily recitation of the V. procures as much merit as austerity, procures imperishable worlds, 2, 45 ; 44, 96 ; Vedic texts to be studied with a vow of obedience, except the Tri^sravawa and Tri^- sahava^ana texts, 2, 49, 49 n. ; he who learns the V. from his son, an unworthy person, 2, 69 ; one who neglects the (daily) study of the V. loses caste, is not to be invited to a Sraddha, and his food must not be eaten, 2, 69, 74, 258; 14, 46; 25, 103, 103 n., 107, 107 n. ; reciting the entire »Sakha of his V. purifies a man from sin, 2, 87 ; repeating