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

; seven kinds of men who are rich, and seven who are poor, 24, 70 sq. ; why worldly goods are not allotted to the worthy, 24, 75 sq. ; necessary for good works and worship, 37, 319 sq. ; discussion on the pursuit of w., 40, 180-5; lord of w,, see Kubera.

Weapons, do not pierce the soul, 8, 45) 250 ; thunderbolt the first of w., 8, 89 ; celestial w., 8, 93 ; how to give w. to generals and frontier governors, 37, 52 ; famous swords, 39, 249, 249 sq. n. ; 40, 84, 84 n. See also Arrow, Bow, and War.

Weather: prayer for good w., w.- prophet, 42, 1 60, 5 3 2 sq. ; ceremony against stormy w., 42, 248, 249 sq.

Wedding, see Marriage.

Weeping : no tear must be shed on
the food at a 6'raddha, 7, 248; 25,
117 sq.

Wei, count of, and the ruin of the Shang dynasty, 3, 12 1-3 ; invested with the dukedom of Sung, 3, 1 6 1-3 ; as the duke of Sung, received by the king in the ancestral temple, 3, 327 ; made Yen his successor, 27, 120.

Wei, duke of Kau, Thien Khai- ^ih has an interview with him, 39, 150 ; 40, 16 sq.

Wei, king of -0»u, offers ATwang-^^ze
the administration of his territories,
39, 390, 390 n.

Weights and Measures : one who uses false w. and m. not to be invited to a 5raddha, 2, 258 ; give full w. and m., 6, 149, 214; 9, 5, 323 sq. ; law regarding w. and m., 7, 23 sq., 35 ; 25, 276 sq. ; penance for buying or selling with false w., 7, 177 ; to be guarded by the king, 14, 97 ; standard w. and m. given out by government, 28, 31 ; fixed by the emperor, 28, 324; gift of false w. and m. forbidden, 36, 121 ; wickedness of false w. and m., 40, 243.

Wei Shang committed suicide, when the girl with whom he had made an appointment did not come, 40, 174 ; was drowned, 40, 180.

Wei-tau, the Great Bear, got the
Tao, 39, 136, 244, 244 n.

Wei- tho, sprites haunting marshes,
40, 19 sq.

Welfare, conditions of, for a country,
11, 3 sq. ; for the community of
Bhikkhus, 11, 6-1 1 ; goddess of w.,
see Bhuti.

Weregeld, see Homicide.

West, see Quarters.

Wheat, headpiece of sacrificial post made of, 41, 31 sq.

Wheel : King Ganaka is capable of turning the w. whose nave is the Brahman, 8, 215, 306; the w^ of time or worldly life, 8, 355-8, 355 "• ; — ^ The turning of the W. of the La^^ a false rendering of Dhammay^akkappavattana, 11, 140 sq. ; Buddhas turn the * W. of the Law,' 19, 1 68-79, 168 n., 316 ; 21, 159-73, 184 sq.; 49 (i), 168 sq., 172 sq., 180 sq. ; second turn of it and commemoration of the first turn, 21, xxix, 70; set in motion at Benares, 21, 56 ; — treasure of the w. of King Sudassana, 11, 141, 252-4 ; the w. of sovereignty, 23, 136, 201, 2or n. ; the w. treasure of a king of kings, 36, 136-8; the chariot w. of the Kingdom of Righteousness, 36, 234, 273 sq. ; the Brahman priest mounts a cart-w., 41, 22 ; cart-w., or potter's w. would creak if not steadied, 44, T26.

White horse, see Horse, and Pedu.

Whore, see Prostitution.

Wickedness: there is a hope for everything but w., 5, 396 ; a bad t

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; the Brahman priest mounts a cart-w., 41, 22 ; cart-w., or potter's w. would creak if not steadied, 44, T26.

White horse, see Horse, and Pedu.

Whore, see Prostitution.

Wickedness: there is a hope for everything but w., 5, 396 ; a bad t

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mind and wicked deeds are what defile a man ; and no outward observances can purify him, 10 (ii), 40-2 ; produced by the evil spirit and his demons, 18, 95-7, 107, 113 ; Buddha preaches against wicked desires, 20, 262 sqq. ; the fate of the worldly and wicked, 24, 51-3 ; the way of a bad man, 40, 238-44. See also Morality.

Widows, cannot inherit, 2, 1 33 sq. n. ; portions of the harvest to be left for the benefit of w., 3, 373, 373 n. ; 28, 296; re-marriage of w., 3, 434 sq., 435 n.; 27, 152 n. ; 33, xv, 329 ; but see Marriage {c) ; a w. mourns the death of her husband, 3, 441 sq. ; self-immolation of w., 7, xxix sq., 81, III, III n. ; 25, 196 n. ; 33, 368 sq., 369 n. ; 42, 185, 645, 648 ; duties of w., 7, iii, III n. ; 14, 89 sq., 234; 25, 196 sq. ; 33, 381 ; son of a re-married w., is unholy, excluded from iSraddha feasts, 12, 7 ; 25, 104, 108 ; the firm correctness of a solitary w., 16, 182, 184 n., 334 sq. ; keeps ornaments, worn during husband's lifetime, 25, 372; with the son of a w, one should not associate, 27, 78 ; 28, 298 ; buried alive with the deceased husband, 27, 181-4 '•> compassion with orphans, widowers, and w., they receive regular allowances, 27, 243 sq., 298 ; property of w., 33, 47 sq. and n. ; * appointment * of w., see Niyoga.

Wife, Wives.

(a) In Indian religions and popular views. \b) In Indian law and custom. {c) In Zoroastrianism, {d) In China. {e) In Islam.

(a) In Indian religions and

POPULAR VIEWS.

Therefore does a man, after having found a w.y consider himself a more perfect man, 1, 182; 25, 335; how the pupil should honour the teacher's w., 2, 28, 190 ; 7, 129-31 ; alms (food) given by an unfaithful w. should not be accepted, 2, 71 ; 14, 71 ; penances for husband who forsakes w., for w. who forsakes husband, and for unfaithful ws., 2, 89 sq. ; 14, 31, 31 sq. n., no sq..

232; 25, 467; a w. compared to the vessel which contains the curds for the sacrifice, 2, 91 sq. ; 14, 220 sq. ; the w.*s share in sacrifice, and other religious ceremonies, 2, 126 sq., 126 n., 137, 159, 217; 7, III sq. ; 12, I sq., 28, 28 n., 65, 71-6, 84 n., 256-9, 256 n., 261 sq., 262 n.,

232; 25, 467; a w. compared to the vessel which contains the curds for the sacrifice, 2, 91 sq. ; 14, 220 sq. ; the w.*s share in sacrifice, and other religious ceremonies, 2, 126 sq., 126 n., 137, 159, 217; 7, III sq. ; 12, I sq., 28, 28 n., 65, 71-6, 84 n., 256-9, 256 n., 261 sq., 262 n.,

275 sq., 291, 345 n., 369 n., 396- 4oo> 397 n., 398 n,, 406 sq. and n., 415 n., 424n.; 14, in, 186,193-5; 19, 89; 25, 78 sq,-97, 342-4 i 2^, 19 n., 61 sq., 61 n., 73 n., 86, 99 n., 130 sq., 156, 177, 190-2, 225, 233 sq., 235 n., 352 n., 365-9? 385, 385 n., 442 sq. ; 29, 290 sq., 386; 30, 21, 23, 28 sq., 81, 99, 105, 196, 316 sq. ; 33, 264 ; 41, 31-5, 154 n., 190 n., 238 sq. ; 42, 179-82, 185- 92, 610 sq., 614, 645 ; 44, 48, 240 ; a man should not shave during the pregnancy of his w., 2, 220 n. ; period of impurity for ws. and slaves, 7, 89 ; when a w. is to be avoided by a Snataka, 7, 226 ; 25, 135 sq. ; the leavings of funeral repasts are for husbands who have deserted ws. descended from good families, 7, 251 ; by giving a bed, one procures a good w. or husband, 7, 267, 273 sq. ; a hermit must entrust the care of his w. to his sons, or let her accompany him into the forest, 7,

276 ; 25, 199, 199 n. ; ws. attain to the worlds acquired by their husbands, 8, 256 ; dialogue between husband and w., a Brahmawa instructing his w. in the doctrine of Brahman, 8, 256-310; Dhamma being lost, the castes disagreed, and the w. despised her husband, 10 (ii), 52 ; Svs. for those who wanted ws.' included in the perpetual grant made by Sudassana, 11, 263 sq. ; the gods do not accept the offerings of a man whose w. is of the iSudra caste, who lives in subjection to his w., or who allows a paramour to his w., 14, 70 ; a iSudra w, not to be approached during the performance of a .Srauta sacrifice, 14, 96 ; faithful and good ws. reside after death with their husbands, unfaithful ones are born as jackals, 14, 112; one's own w. is pure for oneself, impure for strangers, 14, 171 ;

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females who have been purchased caiinot assist at sacrifices, 14, 207 ; Heaven the reward of faithful w., 14, 232 ; husband and w. produced by the Self, 15, 85 sq. ; all blessings come from a good and beautiful w.,

25, 86, 332 ; how a dead w. is to be burned, 25, 198 ; etymology of ^aya or * w.,' 25, 329 ; acquires qualities of husband, 25, 331 sq. ; the husband is one with the w., 25, 335 ; husband receives his w. from the gods, 25, 344 ; ^let mutual fidelity continue until death ^ this may be considered as the summary of the highest law for husband and w.i 25,345 ; the house is the w.'s resting-place, 26, 61 ; is one half of husband, 26, 61 n.; 41, 32 ; 43, 132 ; the Patnivata cup for Agni with the ws. of the gods (with reference to the sacrificer's w.), 26, 365-9, 365 n. ; Patnijala, / the w.'s or ladies' liall,'