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

who is reverent, 37, 485 ; heretics buying their w. as sheep, 47, 89. (/) W. IN China.

One of Wu's * ten men' (ministers) was a w., 3, 128 n. ; overseers of states shall find helping connexions for (destitute) w., 3, 180; worship of female ancestors, 3, 323, 326,

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326 n., 332 ; an unfortunate w. who has been seduced bemoans her fate, 3, 437 sq. ; a lady assures her lover of her affection unto death, 3, 440 ; those who exercise forbearance with the ignorant, learn even from w., 16, 65, 66 n, ; ignorance and retirement are proper in w., 16, 100, 10 1 n. ; rules for w. driving in a chariot, 16, 205, 206 sq. n. ; 27, 96 sq. ; male and female are separate, but they seek the same object, 16, 243 ; *the firm correctness of a w., in peeping out from a door,' 16, 293 ; their work in the preparation of silk, 27, 36 ; 28, 16, i6n., 223sq. ; rules of propriety in intercourse between male and female, 27, 77 sq., 105, 454 sq., 470; 28, 298sq.; ladies who should not be called by their names, 27, 100 sq. ; tie up their hair in mourning, 27, 129; selling of concubines, 27, 145; mourning costume of w., 27, 156 ; w. paying visits of condolence, 27, 163 ; 28, 166 ; places of men and of w. at the funeral, 27, 175 ; on the roads men take to the right, w. to the left, 27, 244 ; their part in the ceremonies connected with the silkworm rearing, 27, 265 ; regulation of w.'s work, 27, 278, 278 n., 303, 435, 479 ; 28, 431 ; deer and w. sent as tribute to the ruler, 27, 433,433 n. ; the strong and the weak, 27, 440 ; the w. follows {and obeys) the man : — in her youth, she follows her father and elder brother ; when married, she follows her husband ; when her husband is dead, she follows her son. * Man ' denotes supporter, A man by his wisdom should {be able to) lead others y 27 y 441 ; education of girls, 27, 477, 477 n., 479; w.'s dress, 28, 15 sq. ; at festival meals w. do not remove the dishes, 28, 20 ; different mourning for males and females, 28, 44 ; the positions and functions of male and female, 28, 62 ; distinction between males and females, 28, 104 ; a man not to die in the hands of w., nor a w. in the hands of men, 28, 173 ; a man considers the head the most important to him, a w. the waist, 28, 389 ; the female overcomes the male by her stillness, 39, 32, 104 ; the members of the royal harem do not pare their nails nor pierce their ears, 39, 231 ; the male precedes, the female follows, ^9, 335 ; to be gentle and obedient, 40, 243 ; the masculine is pure and moves, the feminine turbid and at rest, 40, 250.

(g) W. IN IslAm.

(g) W. IN IslAm.

Female infanticide of ancient Arabs, 6, x, 132 sq., 132 n. ; position of w. amongst the Arabs, 6, xi ; female infanticide forbidden by Mohammed, 6, Ixxv, 135, 256, 256 n. ; 9, 4, 280, 322 ; degradation of w. in Islam, 6, Ixxv sq. ; * believing w.' included in the promise of reward in future life, 6, Ixxvi, 70, 70 n., 89, 183, 261 ; 9, 143 sq., 194, 233 ; your w. are your tilth, 6,33; not to be approached during menstruation, 6, 33 ; two w. equal to one man as witnesses, 6, 45 ; . property of w., 6, 71-5) 77 J *the chapter of w/ in the Qur'an, 6, 71-96 ; men superior to w., 6, 77 ; law regarding w., 6, 90 ; Jewish and Christian w. allowed to Muslim, 6, 98 ; preference of sons to daughters, 9, 5, 174 ; those who cast imputations on chaste w. shall be cursed in this world and the next, 9, 76 ; persons by whom w. may be seen unveiled, 9, 76 sq., 147 sq. ; to be chaste and modest, not display their ornaments, 9, 76 sq., 148 ; rules for social intercourse of w. past childbearing, 9, 81 ; privileges granted to Mohammed in the matter of w., 9, 146 ; damsels in paradise, 9, 170, 180, 220, 249, 261-3, 317 ; female offspring despised, 9, 212 ; absurdity of ascribing daughters to God, while men have sons, 9, 250, 252 ; law relating to w. who have fled from idolators to the Muslims, 9, 279 sq. ; duties of Muslim w., 9, 280.

Womb : the great Brahman is the w., in which Kr/sh«a casts his seed, 8, 107 ; earth, air, space, water, light, mind, and understanding, termed seven ws., 8, 260 ; performances for steadying the w., 42, 284, 467. See also Birth, Body (parts of), and Transmigration,

"Wood, defiled, must not be used,

^^rlSl ; w. -bricks of the fire-altar,

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41, 155, 1 66 ; two kinds of w. (found
on the ground, and cut by the axe),
41, 257. See also Trees.

Words, Om or a Mantra the first among, 8, 89, 209 ; indicate a class, a quality, an action, or a relation, 8, 103 n. ; a man of many w., a Brahmawa who merely reads much, 8, 171; first i verily f are w. produced, and the mind runs after them, 8, 262 sq. ; are the characteristics of speech, 8, 348 ; Prawais the beginning of all w.,8, 553 ; 5ahkaraonthe nature of w., 34, xxxvii, 204-11 ; the original (eternal) connexion of the w. with its sense, 34, 201 ; the world originates from the w., as is shown by perception and inference, 34, 201- 1 1 ; connected with the species, not with the individual, 34, 202 sq. ; whether spho^a is the w. or not, 34, 204-6, 209 sq. ; whether the letters are the w. or not, 34, 205-10 ; w. and thing are different, 34, 222 ; denote always something to be done, 48, 148 sq., 152 ; how a child learns w. and meanings, 48, 150 sq. ; good w., see Morality (tr), and Thought; holy w., see Prayers. See also Speech.

Works, or Actions.

{a) Good, useful, holy w.

\b) Knowledge or devotion, and w.

\c) Results of w., retribution.

(a) Good, useful, holy w.

and meanings, 48, 150 sq. ; good w., see Morality (tr), and Thought; holy w., see Prayers. See also Speech.

Works, or Actions.

{a) Good, useful, holy w.

\b) Knowledge or devotion, and w.

\c) Results of w., retribution.

(a) Good, useful, holy w.

Throwing bridges over canals, an atonement, 4, 175, 208; good and bad w. of the deaf and dumb and helpless, 5, 293 ; how to proceed when doubts occur as to good or bad w., 5, 326-30 ; an offering to a god is named w., 8, 77 ; what w. should or should not be abandoned, 8, 121 sq., 127; are of threefold quality, 8, 124; some sects extol w., others tranquillity, 8, 375 sq. ; Mara tempts Buddha to exert himself for good w., 10 (ii), 69 sq. ; by w. one is a Brahma«a, not by birth, 10 (ii), 116 sq. ; the Buddhist saint does not cling to virtue and holy w., 10 (ii), 151 sq., 153, 159-62, 200; six kinds of w., performing sacrifices, &c., 29, 114, H4 n. ; the inquiry into the duty of performing religious w. carried on in the Gaimini-sutra,

34, 26 ; the possession of supernatural powers depends on the performance of religious w., 34, 293 ; are characterized by injunction, 34, 293, 293 n. ; in the case of religious w. we entirely depend on Scripture, 34, 299 ; how to become a ruler as to actions, 37, 334; five classes of action, and five organs of it, 38, 8 1 ; obligatory for the three former ajramas, but not for the mendicant, 38, 301 sq. ; are incumbent on him also who does not desire release, 38, 3 1 2 sq. ; those performing w. are not overpowered by passion and the like, 38, 315 ; good w. are mentioned together with^evil w., and the term ' evil ' is used without any distinction for both, 38, 356; all action with a personal purpose is sure to fail, 39, 72, 100-2 ; whatever good deed man does that is inside the Vedi, and whatever evil deed he does that is outside the Vedi, 44, 45 ; heretics cannot tell you anything about good and bad w., 45, 341, 343, 345 sq. ; studied from Karma- Mimawsa, 48, 255; enjoined in 6'ruti and Smriti, lead to Sawsara, proceed on command of Brahman, 48, 285 sq., 311; the nature of good and evil w. can only be learned from the 5astra, 48, 487 ; a man who is not pure is unfit for all religious w., 48, 592 ; w. enjoined by Scripture, have the power of pleasing the Supreme Person, 48, 701. See also Good works, and Sacrifices. (b) Knowledge or devotion, AND w.

Sacred w. are of no avail, meditation on Om alone can procure true salvation, 1, xxv ; necessity of w. as a preparation for the reception of the highest knowledge, 1, ci, 312 sq., 315-19; 38, 306 sq., 313-15 ; 48, 18 sq., 147 ; performance of sacred duty depends on the obtaining of bliss, 1, 122 ; attention on a tutor depends on performance of sacred duty, 1, 122 ; good w. are only a preparation for the highest knowledge, 1, 31 1, 314 sqq.; through not-knowledge, i.e. good w., one overcomes death, through knowledge one obtains immortality, 1,

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