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

in sacred places confers eternal bliss, 7, 256 ; enjoined for hermits and mendicants, 7,277 sq ; 14, 259, 293 sq. ; 25, 202-4, 203 n. ; 38, 300 sq. ; 48, 695 ; not required for devotion, 8, 69 ; Kr/sh«a cannot be seen by au., 8, 98 sq. ; good and bad forms of au.,

8, 118-21; if not practised with a view to the fruit, a means of sanctification, 8, 122 ; preliminary to acquisition of true knowledge, 8, 147, 258, 369 ; 15, 64, 66, T79 ; 48, 704; immortality, or final release, union with Brahman, supreme bliss attained by au., 8, 164-6, 164 n., 178, 247, 247 n., 300, 339 ; 15, 301 ; 25, 212, 501, 508 ; 45, 152 ; one of the twelve great observances of a Brahmawa, 8, 1 82 ; leads to heaven (not to final emancipation), 8, 184, 184 n., 367 ; 43, 362 ; forms part of the conduct of the good, 8, 242, 376 ; a preliminary of concentration of mind, 8, 248 ; renunciation is the best au., 8, 312, 369; au. is the truth, 8, 315; au. and other pious works end in destruction, 8, 355 ; the sages attained the godhead by au., 8, 388 ; benefits and powers resulting from au., 8, 388 sq. ; 25, 477-9> 477 sq. n. ; does not purify a mortal who has not conquered his doubt, 10 (ii), 41 sq. ; Pra^apati practises au. for the purpose of creation, 12, 384 ; 41, 145, 147, 157 ; 43, 375-80, 375 n., 403 ; prescribed for Bhikkhus, 13, 14 ; good conduct more important than au., 14, 34 ; 19, 260 sq. ; practising au. makes Brahmawas worthy receptacles of gifts, 14, 38 sq. ; sacred learning and au. joined together are powerful, 14, 129 ; staying constantly in water, 14, 136 ; practising au. frees from sin, 14, 176 ; at rites securing success, 14, 3 2 3 ; giving food, speaking the truth, and compassion on all living beings, better than au., 14, 328; the highest au. : pain in sickness, carrying a dead person into the forest, placing a dead person on the fire, 15, 194 ; one should mortify one's flesh to give up connexion with the world, 22, 39 sq. ; au. the chief virtue in the Krita age, 25, 24 ; study of the Veda is the highest au., 25, 60 sq. ; prescribed for Snatakas, 25, 134; by practising au. one obtains the faculty of remembering former births, 25, 152 ; lost by self-complacency, 25, 166 ; higher births obtained by au., 25, 412 ; has the quality of goodness, 25, 49 1 ; practised by a childless wife, 33, 369 ; the path of the gods cannot be attained by faith

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one obtains the faculty of remembering former births, 25, 152 ; lost by self-complacency, 25, 166 ; higher births obtained by au., 25, 412 ; has the quality of goodness, 25, 49 1 ; practised by a childless wife, 33, 369 ; the path of the gods cannot be attained by faith

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and au., unaided by knowledge, 38, 234 ; the stage of life, in which au. is the chief thing, 38, 298 ; there is no perpetuity in au., 44, 418; a means for obtaining the end of sacrifice, 44, 441 ; enjoined for Gaina monks, 22, 57 sq., 68 ; on the religious postures of Gaina monks and nuns, 22, 178 sq. ; the twenty-two troubles (parisaha) which a Gaina monk must cheerfully bear, 45, 8-15; kayotsarga (particular positions of the body) and other kinds of au., 45, 159-61, 164, 166-8, 171, 229 sq. ; au. are twofold, external and internal, and each of them is sixfold, 45, 157, 1 74-80 ; purity produced by peculiar au., 45, 157, 157 n.; of no good when performed for the sake of fame, 45, 300 ; practised by King 5uddhodana, 49 (i), 24 sq. See Abstinence, Asceticism, Ascetics, and Mauna. Autathya, husband of Mamata, 49

(i), 44, 44 n- Authorities (four great), see Mahapadesa.

Auttami, a Manu, 25, 19.
Autumn, see Seasons.
Auzav, n.p., 5, 137.
Auzobo, the Tuhmaspian, son of

Tumasp, monarch of Iran, 5, 136,

136 n. ; 37, 28, 28 n. ; 47, xxix, 11.
Avabhasa, n. of a Buddha field, 21,

142.
Avabhasaprabha, n. of a god,

21, 4.
Avabhr/tha, t.t., bath at the end

of a Soma sacrifice. See Bath. Avadhi, t.t., a kind of transcendent knowledge, 22, 223, 268, 274, 278,

284 ; 45, 120, i2on.
Avahya, son of Spe«ta, 23, 217.
Avaka plants (lotuses), used at

the building of the fire-altar, 41,

392 sq. ; 43, 48 sq. ; mean water,

41, 393 ; 43, 48 sq. ; etymology of

A., 43, 175 ; burial-ground covered

with them, 44, 436. Avakam, t.t., certain verses so called, 44, 469 sq., 469 n., 492. Ava>^/&>^edavada, the doctrine that the soul is the highest self in so far as limited by its adjuncts, 34, Iviii, xcviii.

Avalokite^vara, worshipped as a god, 19, 207 n.; as a Saviour, 19, 292 n. ; a Bodhisattva Mahasattva, 21, 4 ; the Bodhisattva A., if implored or his name pronounced, affords safety in all anxiety and protection from all dangers, 21, 406-16 ; implored by women to secure the birth of beautiful oftspring, 21, 409 ; is capable of assuming any shape whatever, 21, 410-12, 415; pious gift to A., 21, 412 ; hymn of adoration to A., 21, 415-18 ; will become a Buddha by the side of Amitabha, 21, 417 ; the Buddha-son, 49 (ii), x, xxii sq., 48, 52 ; Mahasthama and A. attend the Buddha Amitayus, 49 (ii), 176, 178 ; meditation on A., 49 (ii), 18 1-7, 200; A. and Mahasthama preach

Jto the sinner, 49 (ii), 197.

Ai/an, n.d., the water-lily is A.'s flower, 5, 104 ; invoked, 5, 402, 405.

Avantaratamas, see Apantaratamas.

attend the Buddha Amitayus, 49 (ii), 176, 178 ; meditation on A., 49 (ii), 18 1-7, 200; A. and Mahasthama preach

Jto the sinner, 49 (ii), 197.

Ai/an, n.d., the water-lily is A.'s flower, 5, 104 ; invoked, 5, 402, 405.

Avantaratamas, see Apantaratamas.

Avanti, n.pl., Maha Ka^Myana in,
17, 32 ; there are but few Bhikkhus
in A. and the southern country, 17,
33 sq., 38 sq. ; special rules for the
Bhikkhus in A. and the southern

^country, 17, 33-40.

Avara;/a, 'veils,' Pali t.t., 11,
182 n. See Hindrances.

Avaraoj-tri, n.p., 23, 208.

Avare-g<3;u, son of Aoighimatastira,
23,218.

Avarethrabah, son of R as tare - vaghaw^, 23, 209.

Avarethrab^u, surname of Zaratujt, son of.Atur-pa^, 37, 30, 30 n. ; 47, xii, 87 sq. and n.

Avarice, injunction against it, 6, 27 ; produced from passion, 8, 108 sq. ; freedom from a., 8, 114, 284, 332, 344; lust, anger, and a., the threefold way to hell, 8, 117, 378 ; the self joined to a. is death, 8, 155 ; one of twelve qualities to be avoided, 8, 166, 181 ; the chief vice, 8, 302 sq., 302 n. ; is of the quality of darkness, 8, 320; senses caused by the production of a., 8, 335; the wheel of life rendered unsteady by a. and desire, 8, 357, 357 n.; the BrahmaHrin must be free from a., 8, 361.

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Avarnak, n.p., 5, 139.

Avardj-tar, his son Voh€nem, 47,
165.

Avasanas and Avasanapatis (i.e. Residences and Lords of Residences), worshipped as deities, 2, 107 n,

Avataras (incarnations), the highest
person in his A. does not consist of
Prakr/ti, 48, 241.

A^/aush, demon of drought, 24, i33» i33n.

Avenak, to be corrected to Hinduk,
37, xlvi sq.

Avesh/i, t.t., 38, 266. See Sacrifices {j).

Avesta, ' Zend- A.,* *A. and Zand,* 5, X, 327 ; Bundahij, a translation from an A. original? 5, xxiv; A. in the sense of prayers, 5, 312, 318, 323, 371 ; / it is revealed by the A.,' 5, 385; * A. and Zand' known to the priests, 5, 385; 18, 201 sq., 201 n., 296; whether a priest who knows the A., or one who knows the commentary, be entitled to a higher rank, 18, 155-9 ; ^he Zand teaching of the A., 18, 357 ; A. and Zand revealed to Zoroaster by AQharmazd, 24, 346 ; 37, 258 ; decision of judges to be made from A. and Zand, 37, 63 ; preservation of A. and Zand by Darai and Valkhas, 37, 413, 413 n. ; collection of A. and Zand after the destruction by Alexander, 37, 437, 447 ; Zoroaster produces A. and Zand, 47, xxii. See also Zend-Avesta.

Avidya, Sk., Avi^^a, Pali, t.t.. Nescience, Ignorance. See Nescience.

Avidyandhakaravidhva;//sana - kara, the 35th Tathagata,49 (ii), 6.

Avi^a, Pali, the same as Sk.
Avidya. See Nescience.

Avi/^i, see Hell (a).

Avikshit, Karandhama A., a Gina
Jiing, 19, 328, 328 n.

Avikshita, see Marutta A.

Avrak, constellation, together with
Tijtar, 5, 25 sq., 168.

Avyakr/ta, Sk., t.t., the Undeveloped, 34, cxix. See Avyakta.

Avyakta, Sk., t.t., the Undeveloped, the Unevolved. See Undeveloped.

Ayanghar/ (Ayanghas), n.p., 47, 35,
140.