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

approaches a friend for a gift, 32, 3 1 3 ; a charitable w. is worth more than a miserly man, 32, 356 ; in the case of a w. a sentence passed may be reversed, 33, 1 6 sq. and n. ; valid and invalid transactions of w,, 33, 49 sq. ; law of limitation regarding property of w., 33, 6 1 sq. ; females (slaves) as articles of sale, 33, 150, 150 n.; purchased, 33, 175 sq., 176 n.; intercourse with unchaste w. permitted, 33, 180 sq.; lawsuits raised by w. inadmissible, 33, 234 ; w. are not entitled to bestow gifts, or to sell property, 33, 264 ; must not be put under restraint, 33, 288 ; for w., representatives must proffer plaint or answer, 33, 288 ; are easily deceived by forged documents, 33, 307 ; law about possession of w. and slaves, 33, 3 1 1 ; gifts to be bestowed on idiots, aged and infirm, w\ and children, 33, 349; treatment of a w. violated against her will, 33, 366 sq. ; punishment for adulterous w., 33, 367 ; see also Adultery ; vices of w., 33, 368; gift of w. forbidden, 36, 1 2 r ; the male lies on the right side of the female, 41, 199; 43, 81 ; a female injures no one, 41, 202 ; a perfect w. is fair-knotted, fairbraided, fair-locked, 41, 232 ; sisters without a brother, bereft of strength, 42, 22, 258 sq.; mentioned before men, 42, 93 ; unmarried girls live with mother, father, or brother, 42, 254 ; female head-gear, 42, 538 sq. ; people do not kill a w., hut rather take {anything from her {leaving her^ alive, 44, 62 ; there is no friendship with w., 44, 71 sq. ; wool and thread is w.'s work, 44, 219; one who is in his prime of life dear to w., 44, 295 ; made to be attendant upon man, 44, 300 ; brotherless girls, i.e. w. of evil conduct, go to hell, 46, 335.

{b) W. IN BrAhmanism.

Some w^ to be approached, others not, no w. to be avoided at the Vamadevya, 1, 30 n. ; 38, 310; seeing a w. in a dream is prophetic of success, 1, 76 ; 48, 604; is the altar on which the Devas offer seed, 1, 79 ; 15, 208 ; he7^e the blood of the w. is a form of Agni {fire); therefore no one should despise it. And the seed of a man is a form of Aditya {smz) ; therefore no one should despise it, 1, 232; w., the Self, and child-

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is a form of Agni {fire); therefore no one should despise it. And the seed of a man is a form of Aditya {smz) ; therefore no one should despise it, 1, 232; w., the Self, and child-

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birth, 1, 243-5; ArthajSstra, the knowledge which 5udras and w. possess, a supplement of the Atharva-veda, 2, xxxii, 171, 171 n.; are not initiated, 2, 2 n. ; how the BrahmaHrin should behave towards w., 2, IT, 34; 14, 152-4, 157; 25, 69 ; must not refuse alms to Brahma^arins, 2, 12 ; the BrahmaHrin should not gaze at, or touch w., 2, 25 sq., 188 ; the recitation of the Veda must be interrupted, when a student and a 5udra w. look at each other, 2, 34; purification prescribed on touching a w., 2, 59 ; penances to be performed by w., 2, 84, 84 n. ; an initiated person shall not eat the leavings of w., 2, 122, 122 n.; rites and customs to be learnt from w., 2, 138, 138 n., 171 ; 29, 182; 30, 255 ; shall not perform religious rites, sacrifices, vows, fasts, 2, 139, 270, 270 n. ; 25, 161, 196, 437; 30, 267 ; newly-married or unmarried damsels, sick w., and pregnant w. must eat before the householder, and may eat even before guests, 2, 204; 7, 216 ; 14, 265 ; 25, 96, 96 n.;

29, 86 ; rules for the Snataka with
regard to w., 2, 222, 224 ; 14, 243 ;
25, 137; 29, 123, 317-19, 409;

30, 85; funeral rites for female relations, 2, 253; 7, 86; 14, 28, 28 n., 177 sq.; 29, 358 sq.; a person who sacrifices for w. not to be invited to a 5raddha, 2, 257 ; sins whereby w. become outcasts, 2, 281, 281 n. ; dying in defence of w. and children secures beatitude, 7, 67 ; 25, 416 ; impurity of w. after a miscarriage, 7, 90; 14, 182; 25, 179 ; impurity on the death of w., 7, 90; 25, 180; the marriage ceremony is considered as the initiation of w., 7, 90 ; impurity by death and childbirth, with regard to w., 7, 91 sq. ; the mouth of a w. is always pure, 7, 103 ; 25, 192 ; religious rites for girls, except marriage rites, performed without sacred texts, 7, 114; 25, 42, 330, 330 n. ; 29, 5^, 183 sq., 298, 397 ; 30, 59, 62 ; while engaged in performing penances or rites securing success, one must avoid conversing with w., 7, 151 ; 14, 124, 305,

; 29, 5^, 183 sq., 298, 397 ; 30, 59, 62 ; while engaged in performing penances or rites securing success, one must avoid conversing with w., 7, 151 ; 14, 124, 305,

323 ; 25, 476 ; rule about sipping of water for w., 7, 199; the share of departed w. and maternal ancestors in the 5raddhas, 7, 238 sq. ; Lakshmi resides in the body of a married w., and of an unmarried damsel, 7, 299 ; Lakshmi resides in virtuous w., 7, 300 sq. ; become corrupt by neglect of family rites, 8, 41 ; even w. attain the supreme goal, 8, 85, 85 n., 255 ; 'seven females,' giving birth to the universe, 8, 287, 287 n. ; association with w. belongs to the quality of passion, 8, 324 ; among w. who are a source of happiness, the Apsarases are chief, 8, 347 ; the goddess MahejvarT, the chief of * those who are followed by men full of desires,' 8, 347 ; the altar represented as a w. embracing the man (fire), 12, 63; 26, 119 sq. ; the offering-spoon is female, the dipping-spoon is male, 12, 71 ; w. eat apart from men, 12, 259 ; maidens worship Rudra Tryambaka to obtain husbands, 12, 441 ; rules of purification for w., and 5udras, 14, 21, 167; what has been handled by w. must be purified, 14, 22 ; Indra and the w., 14, 33, 61 ; belong to Soma, Gandharva, and Fire, before they belong to men, 14, 133; begging from w., 14, 157; 44, 50; are pure at the time of dalliance, 14, 170; ci^^ considered to have no business with the sacred texts ^ 14, 178 ; 25, 330; less severe penances for w., 14, 2 21, 223; an ascetic must not speak with w., 14, 282 ; are the devata of the loving person, 15, 143 ; the creation of w., 15, 215 ; aged w. perform rites at the birth of a child, 19, 7 ; names of w., 25, 35, 76 sq. ; 29, 183, 297; 30, 58, 283 ; are naturally wicked, 25, 69, 330; milk of w., forbidden food, 25, 171 ; no funeral libations for wicked w., 25, 184 ; mode of purification for w., 25, 193 ; punishment in future births of w., 25, 499 ; pursued by Rakshas, 26, 35 ; Gandharvas fond of w., 26, 53 ; 42, 34 ; auspicious or evil bodily marks of w., 29, 21, 165; 30, 42, 256 sq. ; 42, 109, 260 sq. ; 43, 81 ; happy young w. who are not widows

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