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

See also Revelation, and 5ruti.

(/) Contents and authority of
THE V.

V. texts, either extant or lost, the sole or first source of the law.

VEDA

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2, I, 46 sq., 93, 158, 171, 175, 237; 14, I, 4, 143; 25, 30 sq., 508; 48, 426; slaughter of animals which is in accordance with the precepts of the V. is no slaughter at all ; because it is from the V, that lazv shines forth, 7, 170 ; 25, 175 sq. ; Vs. refer to action (ritual), not to devotion, 8, 16 sq., 48, 48 n., 156; 34, 24, 38 sqq. ; 48, 148-56 ; Vs. relate only the effects of the three Qualities, 8, 17, 48 ; Gwana-kaWa and KarmakaWa distinguished, 8, 17, 146 ; 34, xxix ; rejected by Buddhism, 8, 25 ; the all-comprehending Vs. are always concerned with sacrifices, 8, 54, 54 n. ; enjoin sacrifices, 8, 54, 62 ; 30, 323-5 ; the seat which those who know the V. declare to be indestructible, 8, 7 8 ; an authority for higher knowledge, for knowledge of Brahman, 8, 157, 159 ; 34, 23, 38, 317; Vs. proclaim the difference of Brahman from the universe, 8, 164; Brahman not to be seen in the four Vs., 8, 179 sq.; attacks on their authority, 8, 214 ; Vedic texts appealed to as authoritative, 8, 290, 305? 305 n., 322 ; to deny the authority of the V. is to destroy one's soul, 14, 62 ; opponents of the V. refuted, 15, 342 ; life of mortals, mentioned in the V., 25, 23 ; 6'ruti defined as V., 25, 31 ; the acts taught in the V., the best means of attaining supreme bliss, 25, 502 sq., 502 n. ; cannot aim at conveying information about accomplished substances, 34, 21; prohibitory passages of the V., 34, 39 sq. and n. ; authoritativeness of V. proved from its independence, basing on the original (eternal) connexion of the word with its sense, 34, 201, 295 ; Yoga practices enjoined in the V., 34, 297 ; 'the real sense of the V., that Brahman is the cause and matter of this world, 34, 361 ; ^aw/^ilya did not find highest bhss in the v., 34, 443 ; the Bhagavata contains passages contradictory to the v., 34, 443 ; all parts of the V. are equally authoritative, and hence must all be assumed to have a meaning, 38, 156 ; Mantras enjoined in one V. only, are taken over into other

Vs. also, 38, 274; the members of the sacrifice on which the meditations rest are taught in the three Vs., so also the meditations, 38, 282 ; the most essential subject in the V. is the Agnihotra, 45, 137 sq. ; gives rise to the knowledge of the four chief ends of human action, 48, 6 ; Mantras and Arthavadas, their purpose, 48, 327-30 ; about the powers of the gods we know from V. only, 48, 472 ; gives information as to the nature of good and evil works, 48, 487 ; doctrines of Kapila, &c., opposed to the V.,48, 520 sq. ; only works enjoined by the V. subserve the knowledge of Brahman, 48, 522 ; non-acceptability of all views contrary to the v., 48, 523. See also Scripture, and 5ruti. [g) Vedic schools (^ara^v^as, .Sakhas).

; only works enjoined by the V. subserve the knowledge of Brahman, 48, 522 ; non-acceptability of all views contrary to the v., 48, 523. See also Scripture, and 5ruti. [g) Vedic schools (^ara^v^as, .Sakhas).

Influence of ^akhas on certain Upanishads, 1, Ixx ; geographical distribution of Vedic schools, 2, xxxiv sq. ; Gautama iTarawas of the Sama-veda, 2, 1 sq. ; a Parishad or a Brahmanicai school decides knotty points with regard to V.-study, 2, 44 sq. and n. ; one 5akha of the V. should not invidiously be compared with others, 2, 113, 113 n.; there are Addhariya, Tittiriya, ^/^andoka, iT^andava, and Brahma^ariya Brahmans, 11, 171, 171 n. ; Kawva and Madhyandina iSakhas, 15, xxx ; ^vetajvataras and ^arakas, 15, xxxi ; Pippalada-^akha of the Atharvaveda, 15, xlii ; Maitrayawiya-jakha of the Black Ya^ur-veda, 15, xliiisq., xlvii-1 ; Ga«a, Kula, ^akha, 22, 288 n. ; Vedic schools supplanted by schools for special branches of learning, 25, xlvi-lvi ; adherents of Rig-veda, Ya^ur-veda, and Samaveda who study an entire Sakha, 25, 102 ; 5akala and Bashkala texts, 29, 220 ; a Brahmawa of the Rauruki 5akha quoted, 30, 72 ; members of a Vedic school had only to dig;est their own Brahmawa and Sawhita, 34, x; sacrifices performed in different ways by members of different Vedic schools, 34, x; in the same Sakha also there is unity of vidya, 38, 214-16 ; although the n20

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.Sakhas of the V. differ as to accents and the like, the vidyas refer to all 5akhas, 38, 272-4 ; Mantras and the like enjoined in one .Sakhaare taken over by other 5akhas also, 38, 273 sq. ; all ^akhas teach the same doctrine, 48, 13, 28, 80, 676.

Vedagu, t.t., Buddha's definition of the term, 10 (ii), 91.

Vedanas, t.t., sensations, pain arises from them, 10 (ii), 136 sq.

Vedangas, the six, 2, 1 2 1 ; one who
knows the Vedas and V., 2, 215;
25, 182, 182 n., 230, 334 ; created,

7, 4 ; Vedas and V. in Vish«u, 7, 10; teaching of the V., 7, 119; to be studied, 7, 123 ; one who knows the Nirukta among the members of a legal assembly, 25, xxvi, 1, 510; mentioned in the Manu-smr/ti, 25, xxvi, 56, 56 n., 58, 68, 73, 100, no, 144 ; the V, and the special schools of science, 25, xlvi-lii ; Brahmawas versed in the V., 44, 66.

"Vedanta, meaning and use of the word, Ijlxxxvin. ; 8, 246n.; germs of V. doctrines, 8, 147, 159 n. ; the oldest of the six systems of philosophy, 15, xxxiv ; is monistic, Sahkhya is dualistic, 15, xxxv ; the orthodox view of V. not Evolution, but Illusion, 15, xxxvii ; through V. and Yoga anchorites become free in the worlds of Brahma, 15, 41 ; the highest mystery in the V. only to be taught to a son or pupil, 15, 267 ; doctrines of V. philosophy in Manu, 25, 3 n., 5 n. ; doctrines concerning the origin of the world which are opposed to the V., 34, 289; philosophical view forming part of the V. system, 36, xxv ; the V. heresy described in Gaina books, but hardly mentioned by Buddhists, 45, xxv, xxv n. ; V. or 5arirakadoctrine connected with Gaimini's doctrine. 48, 5 ; 6'ariraka-jastra, i.e. v., its relation to other philosophical systems, 48, 531. See also Philosophy.

Vedanta-minia;;/sa, or inquiry into the Brahman as being one with the embodied self, 34, 9, 9 n.

Vedanta-paribhasha, t.w., quoted

8, 220, 258 n., 286 n., 314 n., 333 n.,
338 n., 339".? 387 n.

Vedanta-sara, t.w., quoted, 8,
186 n.

Vedanta-mstra, or ^ariraka-jastra (5ariraka-mima;>;2sa), ^ Safikhya system' explained as, 8, 123 n. ; literature of v., 34, xi ; its aim, 34, 190 ; 48, 7-9 ; by whom to be studied, 48, 255.

Vedanta-sCitras, Upanishads referred to in the, 1, Ixix; posterior to the Bhagavadgita, 8, 30-3 ; their date, 8,31-3; called Bhikshu-sutra ? 8, 33; quoted, 8, 105 n., 188 n., 191 n. ; ^vetajvatara-upanishad referred to as 'revealed' in the V., 15, xxxi sq. ; make frequent references to the views of earlier teachers, 34, xii, xix ; the G^ana-kawJa is systematized in the V. only, 34, xii ; presuppose the Purva-Mimawsasutras, 34, xiii ; other names for the v., 34, xiv n., 9, 190; called Brahma-sutras, 34, xiv n. ; looked upon as an authoritative work, at a very early period, 34, xvi ; numerous commentaries on them, 34, xvi; differences of Vedanta doctrine existed before their final composition, 34, xviii sqq. ; conspectus of their contents, 34, xxxi-lxxxv ; are throughout Mima^;2Sa, 34, xiv; claim to be systematizations of the Upanishads, 34, cii ; translated with 5ahkara's commentary. Vols, 34 and 38 ; have merely the purpose of stringing together the flowers of the Vedanta passages, 34, 17 ; translated with Ramanu^a's commentary. Vol. 48; their explanation by Bodhayana, 48, 3.