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

; to be preserved at the expense of wealth, but Hfe to be preserved at the expense of w. and wealth, 25, 251 ; the king in his harem, 25, 251 sq. ; fine for defaming one's vv., 25, 302 ; may be beaten, 25, 306 ; husband living on w.'s adultery, 25, 317; can have no property, 25, 326 ; a w., though sold or repudiated, cannot re-marry, 25, 335, 335 n. ; repudiation and supersession of w., 25, 335, 341 sq., 344 ; sale of w., 25, 335, 442 ; position of children according to seniority and caste of ws., 25, 350 sq. and n., 356-8, 365 n., 371, 371 n. ; all ws. of one husband are mothers through the son of one w., 25, 365 ; should not make a hoard from the property of their families or their husbands, 25, 372, 372 n. ; Vaidehakas serve in the harem, 25, 413, 413 n. ; sin of subsisting on w.'s earnings or property, 25, 443, 443 n. ; atonement for killing his w., 25, 448, 448 n. ; two classes of ws. in Vedic times, 32, 275 sq. ; ws., sons, slaves, are dependent, 33, 51 ; one who has forsaken his w. cannot be a witness, 33, 87 ; miserable condition of a w. who has been superseded by another, 33, 92, 92 n. ; gift of a w., an invalid gift, 33, 128, 342 ; slavery analogous to the condition of a w., 33, 136 n., 138; compared with fields, 33, 169, 176 sq. ; lawsuits between husband and w. forbidden, 33, 183, 183 n., 234 ; husband though feeble must always be worshipped by his ws., 33, 2 1 7 ; debts contracted by ws., 33, 329; property of the w. belongs to one person even in an undivided family, 33, 382 ; a brother living with a deceased brother's w., 33, 389; should receive presents from her husband and from relations, 33, 391 ; aw. conciliates her husband with what belongs to him, 35, 302 ; the queen, one of the king's * jewels,' 41, 60 ; a discarded w. is one who has no son, 41, 65 ; 46, 59 n., 65 ; many ws. are a form of prosperity, 44, 313 ; Palagali, the king's fourth w., of low caste, 44, 313 n. ; how ws, treat their (hen-pecked) husbands like slaves, 45, 275-8. See also Adultery, Marriage, and Woman. {c) In Zoroastrianism.

Worship to be performed by the w. as well as by the husband, 5, 351 ; the earth distressed by ws. who are disrespectful to their husbands, 5,

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; how ws, treat their (hen-pecked) husbands like slaves, 45, 275-8. See also Adultery, Marriage, and Woman. {c) In Zoroastrianism.

Worship to be performed by the w. as well as by the husband, 5, 351 ; the earth distressed by ws. who are disrespectful to their husbands, 5,

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377 ; classes of ws., 18, 185 n. ; 24, 316, 316 n. ; to be obedient to their husbands, 23, 345 ; 24, 78 ; a virtuous w. is a good helper of enjoyment, 24, 41 ; to be protected, 24, 67 ; the worst w., 24, 69 ; may conduct legal proceedings for her husband, 37, 55, 55 n, ; litigation about the ownership of a w., 37, 6 1 ; quarrels between husband and w., 37, 65 sq., 66 n., ico ; crime of not maintaining ws. and children under control, 37, 68 ; husband's inquiry into the sin of a w., 37, 77 ; limit of w.'s liberality, of w.*s reverence for a husband, 37, 99 ; duties of a w., 37, 100, 381-3 ; income of w. and child, 37, 113 ; evil-speaking to ws. of others, 37, 130; a good w. among the four things to be acquired in youth, 37, 1 80 ; merit of giving a virtuous w. to a righteous man, 37, 204 ; Zoroaster's desire for a good w., 47, 153 sq. (d) In China.

His w. and mother take part in the feast of Duke Hsi, 3, 346, 346 n. ; assists at sacrifices and rites in ancestral temple, 3, 366 sq., 366 n.; 27,454,457, 459; 28, 33, 212, 214, 240 sq., 247 ; a w.'s complaint of being forsaken or badly treated by her husband, 3, 376, 376 n., 433 sq.; the industry and reverence of a prince's w. assisting him in sacrificing, 3, 431 sq. and n. ; husband and w. looking on each other with averted eyes, 16, 77 ; an old husband and a young w. — an old w. and a young husband — extraordinary associations, 16, 117, 118 n., 302 sq., 303 n.; auspiciousness of union with a young w., 16, 123, 124 sq. n. ; duties of husband and w., 16, 126, 127 sq. n. ; 28, 245, 245 n., 247 sq. ; 40, 243 ; the duties of a good w., 16, 136-8, 138 n.; 27, 55; 28, 431-4 ; 40, 243 ; it will not be good to marry a female who is bold and strong, 16, 154, 156 n. ; an economical w., 16, 178; the correct place of the w. in the family, 16, 242, 243 n. ; relations between husband and w., 16, 278 sq. ; 27, 27, 457 sq., 470

; an economical w., 16, 178; the correct place of the w. in the family, 16, 242, 243 n. ; relations between husband and w., 16, 278 sq. ; 27, 27, 457 sq., 470 sq. ; submission fortunate in aw., while the husband must decide what is right, 16, 307 ; 27, 380 ; mutual love of husband and w., 16, 313, 313 n. ; 27, 4 40 ; entering into his palace and not seeing his w. is inauspicious, 16, 326, 390; origin of the relations of husband and w., father and son, 16, 435 sq. ; position of w. in China, 27, 27, 457 sq., 47o> 479 ; i^ t^iG ruler's court one should not speak of ws. and daughters, 27, 103 ; titles and designations of ws., 27, 112 sq. ; buried in the same grave with the husband, 27, 132, 202 ; does not dare to see her husband's parents without her upper robes, 27, 1 76 ; presides at the funeral rites, 27, 316; 28, 75 ; ladies of the harem as teachers, 27, 350 n. ; husband and w. at ceremonies, 27, 410-12 ; faithfulness the virtue of a w., 27, 439 ; supplied with what was left from the rulei 's meal, 28, 4, 4 n. ; demeanour of ws. On festive occasions, 28, 74 sq. ; as personatrix of the dead, 28, 75 ; look after the silkworms, 28, 239 ; respect to be shown to the w., 28, 266 ; inside the female apartments a man may sport, but should not sigh, 28, 291 ; virtue of w. ^and virtue of husband, 28, 364 ; Ai-thai Tho's w. would rather be his concubine than the w. of any other man, 39, 229 ; bad men led by ws. or concubines to disobey their parents, 40, 242,

(e) In IslAm.

Pure ws. for the believers in paradise, 6, 4, 48 ; ws. are a garment unto you y and ye a garment unto thevi, 6, 26 ; maintenance for a year to be bequeathed to ws., 6, 37 ; arbitration between husband and w., 6, 77 ; punishment of refractory ws., 6, 77 ; impartiality and kindness towards ws., 6, 90 ; law concerning an imputation of unchastity to a w., 9, 73 sq. ; God created ws. for men and made between them affection and pity, 9, 126, 206 ; special injunctions for the ws. of Mohammed, 9, 142 sq. and n., 147 sq.

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object^ the spirit is concentrated, 40, 15; no more deadly weapon than the w., 40, 84, 84 n. ; repress the impulses of the w., 40, 87 ; w. or testament, see Inheritance. See also Sahkalpa, and Volition.

Will-o'-the-wisp, or '• little shiner,*
42,411.