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

See also Superhuman beings.

Yakshi??!, Arya, at the head of the nuns under Arish^anemi, 22, 278.

Yama, Vaivasvata, son of Vivasvat,
King, ruler of the departed, god of
Death.

{a) Y. in mythology.

ib) World (realm, abode) of Y.

(c) Worship of Y.

(a) Y. IN MYTHOLOGY.

Y. is the Self which is conscious (in dreams), 1, 305 ; a name of the sun, 1, 313 ; 15, 199 ; 44, 460 ; compare Yima, son of Vivanghawt, 4, lii ; the two four-eyed dogs of Y., Kerberos, and the four-eyed dog of the Parsis, 4, Ixxiv sq. ; 29, 297 ; 42, 54, 318, 404, 500 ; 46, 29 ; path of Y., 7, 81, T42 ; 32, 81, 88 ; ministers of Y., 7, 142 sq. ; chief among rulers, 8, 89, 89 n.; a form of Krishna, 8, 97 ; dwells in the self, different from Death, 8, 153, 153 n. ; in the Anugita, 8, 2 1 9 ; at the head of the Fathers, 8, 346; 42, 161, 186; messengers of Y. or Death, roam about, 10 (i), 60 ; 42, 57, 59 ; King Y. (Garhapatya fire) carried to the south, 12, 338, 338 n.; punishes those who offend secretly, 14, 102 ; 33, 230 ; Lord of Justice, 14, 135 ; 25, 217 ; Y.'s court, Y.'s hall,

14, 229; purified by Ka, 14, 331 ; colloquy between Y. and NaMetas,

15, 2-24; 34, 247-52; 48, 270 sq.,

YAMA— YAMEZU

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361 sq. ; in the south, 15, 146; 41, 49 n. ; 42, 186, 192 ; judge of the dead, 15, 299; 33, 14, 14 n.; a manifestation of Brahman, 15, 303 ; a guardian of the world, 25, 185,

216 sq. ; 35, 37; knows the conduct of all beings, 25, 269 ; resides in the heart of man, 25, 270; 33, 246; a king shall behave like Y., 25, 285, 396 sq. ; 33, 217 sq. ; torments in hell imposed by Y., 25, 487, 487 sq. n., 489 ; the thoughtswift, 26, 122 sq., 123 n. ; receives the horse as Dakshi«4, 26, 348 ; Y. and all gods contained in the Ash- /aka, 29, 102 ; a shrieking bird addressed as 'messenger of Y.,' 29, 367 ; the attendants of Y. inflict punishments in hell, 33, 94 ; witnesses watched by Y. and other gods, 33, 245 ; with a staff in his hand, 34,

217 n. ; men who have not offered sacrifices, fall into the power of Y., 38, 122 sq. ; the evil-doers suffer punishments allotted by Y., 38, 123 ; 48, 593 ; chief ruler in the seven hells, 38, 123 ; the Y.-eyed gods in the south, 41, 49 ; rules over the settling on this earth, 41, 298 ; is the Kshatra (nobility), the Fathers are the clansmen, 41, 299 ; 44, 365 ; Y. is Agni, and Yami the earth, 41, 322 ; the blood of the brown horse of Y., 42, 21, 422 ; the foot-fetter of Y., 42, 44 ; Y. or death, 42, 1 10 ; enemies handed over to Y., god of death, 42, 1 18 ; father of Sleep, 42, 167 ; as a bowman, 42, 192 ; the god of heaven, and death, 42, 361 ; the tree in which Y. drinks with the gods, 42, 416; he who is in Y.'s power (Rudra), 43, 153 ; dead man's head, used at building of the firealtar, redeemed from Y., 44, xxxix ; grants the deceased an abode, 44, 431 ; the ten rulers of the worlds headed by Y., 49 (i), 196 ; Indra, Y., Varuwa, 49 (i), 197. See also Death {a) , and Vaivasvata.

{b) World (realm, abode) of Y.

See also
Death {a) , and Vaivasvata.

{b) World (realm, abode) of Y.

The son belongs to the begetter in the world of Y., 2, 131; Y. governs his kingdom in the world of the Pitr/'s, 8, 153 ; torments in the house or world of V., 8, 233 ; 25, 209 ; the disciple of Buddha will overcome the world of Y., 10 (i), 16 ; the kingdom of Y., gained by an Agnish/oma, 15, 337; rebirth in hells, brute creation, and realm of Y., 21, 77, 233, 248, 402, 415 ; the Dakshiwa makes the sacrificer a sharer in Y.'s world, 26, 348 ; the Fathers live in Y.'s realm, 29, 139 ; 44, 236 sq. ; the first season has become a cow in Yama's realm, 29, 343 ; Sawyamana, the abode of Y., 38, 122 sq. ; from Y.'s realm none ever return, 38, 151; existence in yonder 'World of Y. (death), 42, 52 ;

* thou shalt go to the seat of Y.' =

* thou shalt die,' 42, 90 ; Y.'s house, 42, 107, 167; kingdom of Y., 42, 177, 185 ; no realm of Y. in Sukhavati, 49 (ii), 97 ; celestial palace of Y.,49(ii), 177, 180.

{c) Worship of Y.

Offerings and prayers to Y., chief of Ahgiras and Fathers, 7, 84; 11, 180; 12, 364 n.; 14, 135, 268; 25, 1T4; 26, 122 sq., 123 n. ; 30, 226; 42, 60; 44, 460, 481; sacrifice of an ass to Y., 14, 215 ; Bali offerings to Y. and those belonging to Y., 25, 91; 29, 85, 85 n., 161; 30, 123; Y. of the earth, invoked for protection, 29, 280 ; singing the Y. song, and the Y. hymn, at a child's funeral, 29, 355; worshipped for the thriving of horses, 30, 89 ; Plaksha tree sacred to Y., 30, 122 ; initiated boy given in charge to Y., 30, 154 ; invoked for life and protection, 30, 206 ; worshipped at the Tarpa«a, 30, 243 ; invoked against the evil demons, 42, 37 ; a Saman to Y. sung at the Purushamedha, 44, xliii sq.; expiatory oblations to Y., 44, 209, 337 n.; a white and a black goat sacrificed to Surya and Y., 44, 300 ; a barren woman and one who bears twins sacrificed to Y. at the Purushamedha, 44, 415 ; the wind worshipped as identical with Y., 44, 481.

Yama, law-book of, quoted by
Vasishf^a, 14, xvii sq.; 20, 52, 73,
95, 102.

Yama heaven, the third Devaloka,
49 (i), 187, 187 n.

Yamataggi, n. of a jR/shi, 11, 172,

Yame/u and Tekula, the Brahmans

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YAMEZU— YAO

who wanted to put the word of the Buddhas into Sanskrit, 20, 149 sq.

Yami, is the earth, 41, 3 22 ; a woman who bears twins sacrificed to Y. at the Purushamedha, 44, 41^5.

Yamuna, river, 5yavajva Atreya on the, 32, 313, 323; salve from the Y., 42, 62 ; Bharata offered horsesacrifice on the Y., 44, 399.

Yana, the great, attained by Buddha,
49 (i), 183.

Yang, heresiarch, see Yang iCu.

Yang: all things done by the Y.
influence of Heaven and Earth, 40,
63, 63 n. ; its operation on life, 40,
146; penumbrae and shadow both
produced by the strong Y., 40, 147 ;
Yin and Y., see Yin.

Yangha^, son of Hoshyang, 5, 130,
130 n.

Yang Hu, Confucius mistaken for him, 39, 386 sq.

Yang Kiiu-fu, did not die a natural death, 27, 199.

Yang Alen, see Wan Ti.

; its operation on life, 40, 146; penumbrae and shadow both produced by the strong Y., 40, 147 ; Yin and Y., see Yin.

Yangha^, son of Hoshyang, 5, 130,
130 n.

Yang Hu, Confucius mistaken for him, 39, 386 sq.

Yang Kiiu-fu, did not die a natural death, 27, 199.

Yang Alen, see Wan Ti.

Yang A'u, a great heresiarch, 39, 41 n., 261 n., 270, 270 n., 287 ; Y. and Mo have not hit on the proper course, 39, 329 ; his followers, a philosophical school, 40, 99 sq. See also Yang-^ze, and Yang 3ze--^u.

Yang Ti, of the Suidynasty,put Hsieh
Tao-hang to death, 40, 311 sq. n.

Yang-3ze and the master who had two concubines, the beautiful one being contemned and the ugly one honoured, 40, 41.

Yang 3ze->^u has an interview with Lao-^ze, 39, 137, 261 sq. ; 40, 322 sq. ; humbles himself to be taught by Lao-jze, 39, 156; 40, 147 sq. ; or Yang K% famous philosopher, 39, 287.

Ya^«a, one of the eight Brahmans
who took note of the marks on
Buddha's body, 36, 44.

Yao, Shu King begins with his reign, 3, XV ; spoken of as Ti, 3, xxviixxix ; the record of the reign of Y. in the Shu later and more legendary, though based on ancient documents, 3, 13-15; the flood under Y., and the labours of Khwan and Yu to assuage it, 3, 16-18, 34-6 ; a historical personage, 3, 19 ; his care for the regulation of the