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

and Gandharvas, see Gandharvas.

Aptoryama, see Sacrifices.

Aptyas, legend of the A., i.e. the gods Trita, Dvita, and Ekata, 12,

47-9.

Aptirva, Sk., t.t., supersensuous principle, 34, Ixv ; 38, 109, iion., 181, 182, 183, 347 n. See Karman, and Works.

Apva, goddess of impurity, invoked against the enemies, 42, 122, 325,

.327.

Apyas, Sadhyas, Anvadhyas, and
Maruts, the divine guardians of the
sacrificial horse,- 44, 359.

Ara, or Ara, a lake in the world of
Brahman, 1, 131, 132 n., 275 sq.

Ara, n.p., 23, 211.

Ara, n. of a Tirthakara, 22, 280 ; a
king who became a Gaina monk, 45,
86, 86 n.

Arabian Wights, story of the islandwhale, 23, 295 n.

Arabs, rulers of Persia, 5, 151 ; their pre-Mohammedan religion, 6, xixvi ; manners and customs of the pagan A., 6, ix-xi, 89, 89 n., 132-4 ; A. of the desert denounced as the w^orst hypocrites, 6, 186 sq. ; some are good Muslim, 6, 187 ; clans of A. contending as to who is the more numerous, 9, 340, 34on.; descended from T^'g;, 37, 27 sq.; destroyed by Peshyotano, 47, xii ; creatures of the evil spirit, 47, xviii, 104.

Ara^a, n.d., offering to, at rites relating to agriculture, 30, 113 sq., 1 1 3 n.

Ara^a Kalama, or Arala, or Ara/s'a,
n. of a famous teacher, 19, xxi, 80 sq.;
Buddha's meeting and conversation
with A., 19, 95, 130-41 ; 49 (i), 92,
121 ; dead, when Buddha began to

preach, 19, 167 sq. ; 49 (i), 169; has gained insight into absolute bliss, 49 (i), 77.

Arahat, see Arhat.

Arahat-Buddha, see Buddha.

Arala, see Ara^a.

Aramaiti, or Piety (personified), invoked with Ahura and other Ameshospends, 31, 14-24, 77 sq., 152, 155 sq., 156 n., 176, 179; clothed the souls with bodies, 31, 27, 32 sq. ; daughter of Ahura-Mazda, 31, 37 sq., 44, 123, 126 sq., 126 n.; good and bountiful Piety, 31, 58 ; associated with the earth, 31, 58 n., 149 n., 152, 156 n., i5Qn.; departs from the evil-doers, 31, 8r, 87; creatrix of righteous beings, 31, 87 ; increased Universal Weal and Immortality, 31, 88 ; the instructor of men in Ahura's regulations, 31, 95, loi ; prayer with A. (Piety), 31, 96, 102; prayer for Piety, 31, 98, 106 ; who fashioned A. together with Sovereign Power? 31, 109, 114; influence of A. on men's actions, 31, 109, 116 ; increases sacred orderliness, 31, 109, 114; the Yasnas of A., 31, 124, 129 ; where Piety joins hand in hand with the Righteous Order, 31, 143; the two hands of A., 31, 146, 148; the joyful meadows of her peace, 31, 146, 149, 149 n. ; appears with holy Khshathra, 31, 152, 158 sq. ; Vohumanah, A., and Khshathra, 31, 167 ; the Bountiful, worshipped, 31, 196, 256 sq., 325, 339? 360 sq., 3^7; chosen by the Zoroastrian, 31, 248 ; Ahura- Mazda approached by the kinship of A., 31, 252 ; the hojy woman who is as the bounteous A., 31, 34^ ; the ideal wife, 31, 386. See Armaiti

^Spewta, and Armat.

Aramas, see Viharas.

Arambhas, t.t., exertions, pain arises from them,^ 10 (ii), 139.

Arai)^, mother of Isa<ivastar, 47, 106,
III, 115.

See Armaiti

^Spewta, and Armat.

Aramas, see Viharas.

Arambhas, t.t., exertions, pain arises from them,^ 10 (ii), 139.

Arai)^, mother of Isa<ivastar, 47, 106,
III, 115.

Aran^-i Eira^an, epithet of Urur- ;v'i^a, 5, 143 sq.

Ara/^i, bewitched Bhadrasena A^atajatrava, 41, 140 sq.

Ara;/is, t.t., the churning-sticks used for producing fire, 12, 275, 294 sq. n. ; 44, 74 ; penance and sacred learn-

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ing are the two A. by which the fire

^of knowledge is produced, 8, 308.

Ara;^yakas, or forest-books, the Upanishads occur in them, 1, Ixvi sq., xci ; are liturgical, 1,^ xci ; Sankhya-yoga, Vedas, and A. are members of one another, and together are called Pa^^aratra, 48, 530 ; teach that all the subordinate principles have their true Self in Brahman, 48, 530 sq. See Aitareyaara«yaka.

Ara;/ye-nti/^ya, t.t., *to be recited in the forest,' certain oblations so called, 44, 336 sq. and n.

Araru, n. of a demon, 12, 57, 57 n.,
64 n. ; a name of evil dreams, 42,
167, 485.

Araj-k, ^malice,' a fiend, 5, 107 sq.

Arast, demon^of falsehood, 5, iii.

Arastai, or Arast i (Arastih), n.p.,
father of Maidhy6m/a:ungha, 5, 141,
141 n., 145; 23, 203, 203 n. ; 47,
163 ; brother of Porushaspo, 47,

Arasti, Arastih, see Arastai.

Arati, daughter of Mara, 10 (ii), 159.

Arati, the demon of grudge, 42, 15,
57, 82, 109, 172 sq., 187, 261, 423-
5 ; as nightmare, a naked^woman,
42, 173, 424 sq. ; A. and Aratis in
doubtful connexion with Agni, 46,
366, 370.

Aravaojtra, son of Erezva^danghu,
23,218.

Arawij"anasp, n.p., 5, 136.

Arayas, demons of grudge, 42, 162,
205.

Arbuda, a demon-serpent, slain by Indra, 42, 633 sq. ; King A. Kadraveya, whose people are the snakes, 44, 367.

Arbudi, prayer to A. and Nyarbudi for help in battle, 42, 123-7, 631-

5, 637.

Archangels, see Amesha-Spe«tas.

Archdevils, see Demons.

Archery, as a discipline of virtue, 3, 59, 59 n. ; drinking and a. contests at festivals in honour of the ancestors, 3, 374 sq. and n., 400 sq. ; the game of pitch-pot, 27, 50 sq. ; 28, 397-401 ; ceremonies connected with a. competitions, 27, 56 sq., 59 ; 28, 446-53, 462; instruction in a., 27, 233, 478; 36, 253 sq. ; and music, 27, 424, 424 n. ; see also Music ; practised at the birth ceremonies for a boy, 27, 472 ; introduced by King Wu, 28, 124 ; in a. something like the way of the superior man, 28, 307 ; similes of a.,

• 36, 71, 253 sq., 369-72.

Architecture, how a city is built,
35, 53; 36, 208 sq. See Houses,
and Viharas.

Avd, all kinds of wild flowers belong to, 5, 104; Vohuman in the thoughts, Srosh in the words, A. in the actions, 18, 18 sq., 18 n. ; i.e. the angel Ashi Vanguhi, opposed by Vareno, 18, 270, 270 n. See Arshijang, and Ashi Vanguhi.

Ar^^ai-fravar^ meat-offering to, 5,
337>337n»; protects Zoroaster, 47,
145.

Ar^akhshir, the Kayan king, 5, 193;
arranger and restorer of the world,
5, 199, 199 n.

Ar^ashir, see Artakhshatar.

Ar^^avahij-t, Ar^avahijt6, see Ashavahijt.

See Arshijang, and Ashi Vanguhi.

Ar^^ai-fravar^ meat-offering to, 5,
337>337n»; protects Zoroaster, 47,
145.

Ar^akhshir, the Kayan king, 5, 193;
arranger and restorer of the world,
5, 199, 199 n.

Ar^ashir, see Artakhshatar.

Ar^^avahij-t, Ar^avahijt6, see Ashavahijt.

Ar^a-Viraf, age of the book of,
18, 397 ; allusions to next-of-kin
marriage in the A., 18, 397 sq.

Ardhaka, Rudra the slayer of, 42,
155, 619 sq.

Ardibahi^t, see Ashavahijt.

Ardibehej-t, see Ashavahijt.

Ardi^ang, Phi. for Ashi Vanguhi, ^23, 270 n. See Avd, Ashi Vanguhi.

Ardraka, n. of a prince, his disputes with various heretical teachers, 45, 409-19 ; turned monk, an elephant ^pays reverence to him, 45, 409 n.

ArdreikaM/ia,, see Ullagai^i/ja.

Ardvi Stlra Anahita, Phi. Aredv'- sur, Arekdviksur, Arekdvisur, Anahi^, angel or goddess of the waters, 4, 80, 80 n., 230 ; 5, 67 n. ; 37, 227, 227 n., 229 ; the undefiled water ofA., 5, 90; 18,117,1X7".; Horn grown at the source of A., 5, 100 ; the course and benefit of the water of A., 18, 262 sq. ; the heavenly spring from which all waters flow, 23, 8, 16, 52 54 sq., 57, 84, i8t sq., 356 sq. her descent from heaven, 23, 52, 55-8, 73 sq.; runs from mount Hukairya into the sea Vouru- Kasha, 23, 174, 181 sq. ; — protects lying-in women, 4, 230; watches

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ARDVt StJRA ANAHITA— ARHAT

over procreation, 28, 54 sq., 74, 181 sq. ; 31, 317 ; — the 'AvaWis of the Greeks, 23, 52 sq. ; described, 23, 77 sq., 82 sq. ; hates the Daevas, is holy and beneficent, 23, 181; the Ahurlan One, the daughter of Ahura-Mazda, 31, 320 n., 321 sq. ; protects Zoroaster, 47, 145 ; guards the seed of Zaratujt, 5, 144, 144 n.; 23, 195 n. ; — temple of A., 4, xUsq.; sacrifices to A., 5, 336, 336 n. ; 23, 54-84 ; praised and worshipped, 23, 30; 31, 336, 340; the Aban Yajt devoted to her, 23, 52-84 ; prayers to A., and the Waters, 31, 316 sq., 320-4, 320 n.

Aredvisiar, jee Ardvi Sura Anahita.

Are^a^arj"!, or Are^adharjn, n.p., ancestor of Zoroaster, 47, 34, 140.

Are^angha/^/,the Turanian, 23, 2 1 2.

Are^aona, n.p., 23, 214.

Are^j^a^-aspa, conquered by Vijtaspa,
23, 79-81, 79 n., 117, 280, 306. See
Ar^asp.

Arekdvistir (Arekdviksur), see Ardvi
Sura Anahita.

Aresh, falsehood of the demon A.,
37, 241 sq. ; colloquy of the demon
A. and Zaratujt, 37, 246 sq. and n.

Arezahis, the, worshipped, 31, 349.

Arezd-shamana, slain by Keresasp,
18, 370; 28, 296.

Are^ras/ah, Are2;ras/>6, son of
S/>ansnay6j, 37, 218 sq. and n.; came
to Frashdjtar for religious inquiry,
37, 413, 413 n. ; 47, 81, 81 n. See
Erezraspa.

Areztlra, * the neck of A.,' a mount
at the gate of hell, 4, 24, 24 n., 225 ;
5, 15 n.; 24, 58 n. See Hell (b).

Arezva, Are-^vak, Av. Erezv^u, highpriest, 23, 213 ; 47, 83-5, 83 n.

Ar^ asp, Av. Are^a^-aspa, king of the
Khyons, defeated by Vijtasp, 5, 40,
2t8; 37, 24 sq. and n., 369, 412;
47, xi, XXX, 68-70, 68 n., 72 sq.. 75,
126. See Are^a/-aspa.

Arghya, see Guests.