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

; 9, 20 n., 62 n., 70 n., 257 n., 274 n., 276 n.

Bees, simile of the b. collecting honey, 1, loi ; 8, 188, 309, 309 n. ; the b. inspired by the Lord to build hives, 6, 257 ; antelope, elephant, butterfly, b., and fish, 8, 155 n. ; omen of b. making honey in the house, 29, 139.

Begging, for him who knows breath as Brahman there is the secret vow ^Beg not,* 1, 280, 281; rules about b. for the Brahma^arin, his dutyof b.,2, 11-14, 190 sq. ; 7, 115, 117, 120; 8, 360; 14, 57 sq., 151 sq., 157; 25, 39, 63 sq. ; 29, 68, 73, 191, 308 sq., 402 ; 30, 67, 157 ; 33, 132; 44, 49 sq. ; part of a penance, 2, 89 sq., 283, 289; 14, 124, 211, 300, 309, 327; 25, 445, 455j 467, 481 ; when b. is lawful, 2, 123 sq., 203 sq. ; 14, 240; 25, 424-7^ 430 sq. and n.; rules about b. for the ascetic, 2, 154, 194; 7, 279; 8,362-4; 14, 47, 260, 279- 81, 283; 25, 208 sq. ; a means of livelihood for Brahma«as, 2, 227; 14, 288 sq.; 25, 128 sq.; to subsist on alms is better than fasting, 14, 46 ; rules about b. for the Snataka, 14, 159; 25, 134; 29, 124; food which a student obtains by b. is always pure, 14, 170; 25, 192; a sin for one who has finished stu-

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dentship, 14, 220; 29, 317; rules about b. for Buddhist monks, 19, 298; 20, 250 sq., 289-92; 36, 33- 7, 286-8, 319 sq., 326, 339 sq., 346; the hermit in the forest to live by alms, 25, 203 ; enjoined for the Dikshita, 26, 45 n.; rites performed when going out for b., 30, 294 sq. ; about h. and beneficence, 37, 39.

Behaviour, see Etiquette.

Being, see Sat.

; about h. and beneficence, 37, 39.

Behaviour, see Etiquette.

Being, see Sat.

Beings, three origins of b., from an egg, from living being, from a germ, 1, 94; 48, 595 sq. ; penance for selling living b., 7, 177; the v^^orld and its b. (gods, Maras, Brahman, b. comprising gods, men, Samaras, and Brahma«as, &c.), 10 (ii), 30, 45, 96, I42sq. ; 11,72,187,288; 21, 21, 64 sq., 115, 163, 363; 36, 28, 221 ; 49 (ii), 24, 72, 102 ; classes of b., Samawas, Brahmawas, devas, Mara, Brahman, 13, 97, 136 sq. ; sounds of the different b. in this world, 21, 338-40; list of b. in the world, 36, loi sq. ; 43, 373; 49 (ii), 60, T13, 130; the b. and the lord of b., 41, 158 ; 43, 73 ; all living b. freed from death by means of certain hymns, 43, 70 ; Pra^apati, the lord (the body) of living b., 43, 76, 350, 354 ; the Brahma^arin, at the initiation, is committed to all b. for security from injury, 44, 87 ; classes of beings (satta, pa«a, bhuta, ^iva), 45, xxvi, xxvi n., xxx, 42 sq. ; the six kinds of living b., viz. earth- bodies, water-bodies, firebodies, wind-bodies, plants, and animals, 45, 146, 213-18; classification and description of all living b. and things without life, 45, 206- 29 ; the six classes of living b. which a Gaina monk should be careful not to hurt, 45, 292^ 302, 311, 350 sq., 400-5, 421 ; denizens of hell, brute animals, gods, men, and suchlike b. commit sins, 45, 356; on the generation of the various classes of animate and inanimate b., through the efficacy of Karman, 45, 388- 98 ; six orders of b., 49 (i), 200, 200 n. ; denial of the idea of b., 49 (ii), T 1 7-4 4; the b. in the five paths of existence, 49 (ii), 182,

182 n. See also Bhutas, Souls, and
Superhuman Beings.

Bekkah. = Mecca, q.v.

Bela//^a Ka/^y^ana, converted by
Buddha, 17, 93-7.

Bela/Masisa, superior of Ananda,
had a disease of thick scabs, 17, 48,
226.

Bela/Miputta, see Sa^aya Bela//^iputta.

Belief, perception based on b., b. on
the attention of a tutor, 1, 122 ;
necessary for being convinced, 37,
289 ; b. that the gods exist, 42, 158,
622 ; B. and Unbelief represented
as two women, 44, 1 10-12; b. in
Amitabha Buddha, 49 (ii), ix sq.,
62 sq. See also Dogma, and Faith.

Bells and organ as musical instruments, 3, 6r ; a network of b. hung round the Palace of Righteousness, 11, 267 sq. ; b. with wooden tongues sounded for making announcements, 27, 260; 28, 34; peal of b. of Sui, 28, 37 ; a wonderful b.-stand, 40, 22 sq., 22 n. ; taxes collected to be employed in making b., 40, 3 1 sq.

Beluva, n.pl., Buddha at, 11, 34 sq.

Benares, a great city, 11, 99, 247 ;
Buddha at B., 11, 146 ; 13,90-116;
16, 80 ; 17, 21, 214 ; 49 (i), 170-3 ;
Buddha begins to turn the wheel of
the law at B., 11, 153 sq. ; 19, 168
-72 ; 21, xxix, 56, 70; Parjva born
at B., 22, 271 ; Buddha goes to B.
(Vara«asi), 49 (i), 164-70 ; converts
made by Buddha at B., 49 (i),
190-2.

Be;^dva, a chief, hostile to Zoroastrianism, 31, 160, 162 sq.

Benedictions, see Prayers.

; 19, 168 -72 ; 21, xxix, 56, 70; Parjva born at B., 22, 271 ; Buddha goes to B. (Vara«asi), 49 (i), 164-70 ; converts made by Buddha at B., 49 (i), 190-2.

Be;^dva, a chief, hostile to Zoroastrianism, 31, 160, 162 sq.

Benedictions, see Prayers.

Benevolence in man and in nature, 1^5 356, 357 n. ; b., righteousness, propriety, and understanding : four constituents of human nature, 27, 10; is the heart of man, 27, 383 n. ; b. is man, 28, 269 n., 312, 312 n. ; cannot be a substitute for the Tao, 39, 346-8 ; when the Tao was lost, b. came, 40, 312 ; — b. and righteousness, 16, 423 sq. ; 27, 44 ; 28, 332 sq., 344 ; are the instruments of a ruler, 28, 257 ; government based on them, 28, 312 sq. ; people would become

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filial and kindly if b. and r. were discarded, 39, 6i sq. ; are detrimental to goodness, 39, 8o sq., 281-7, 293, 357 ; are mere excrescences on human nature, called in to distort and vex the world, 39, 139, 268-80, 295 sq. ; Confucius and Lao-^ze discourse on them, 39, i45> 399 sq. ; the place of b. and r. and virtue in Taoism, 39, 305 sq. ; 40, 43 sq., 79, 95» 285 sq. ; in the age of perfect virtue people were upright without knowing that to be so was righteousness; loved one another without knowing that to do so was b., &c., 39, 325 ; the perfect man of Tao pushes back b. and r., 39, 342 ; are no good, except for a short time, 39, 355 sq. ; are opposed to the Tao, 40, 58 sq., 284 ; what is the greatest b„ righteousness, and good faith, 40, 87 ; the dangers of b. and r., 40, 108 sq. ; Confucius manifests b. and r., 40, 193 ; as regarded by the Superior Man, 40, 215.

Beni G/tsmin., built a mosque in
opposition to Mohammed, 6, 188 sq.,
188 n.

Bere^ya, n.d., worshipped, 31, 197,
205, 209, 215, 220, 224, 387.

Berezi^nu, son of Ara, 23, 211.

Berezva^/, n.p., 23, 218.

Berezyar^ti, n.p., 23, 206.

Betrothal, see Marriage.

Betting, see Gambling.

Bevarasp = Dahak, q. v.

Bhadda, became an inheritor of the highest heavens, 11, 26.

Bhaddasala, officer of the Nanda kings, waged war against ^andagutta, 36, 147.

Bhaddavatika, n. of an elephant,
17, 118.

Bhaddiya, n. of town, 17, 22, 124-7;
MeWaka of Bh., 17, 12 1-7.

Bhaddiya, converted by Buddha,
11, 155 n.; 13, 99; 35, 163.

Bhaddiya, the Sakya Ra^a, renounces the world persuaded by Anuruddha, and reaches supreme happiness, 20, 227-33.

Bhadra, one of the five first disciples of Buddha, 19, 172.

Bhadra, of the Gautama gotra, a
Sthavira, 22, 294.

Bhadra, of the Kajyapa gotra, a

Sthavira, 22, 294.
Bhadra, n. of the world in which

Yajodhara is to be a Buddha, 21,

257.

Bhadra, King KausaHka's daughter, insults the monk Harikeja, is compelled to marry him, but he refuses her, 45, 50 n., 53.

Bhadrabahu, n. of a Sthavira, 22, 287 sq. ; the head of the Gaina church, when the Ahgas were collected, 22, xliii.

Bhadra^it, n. of a Bhikshu, 49

(ii), 2.

Bhadraguptika Kula, of the LVuvadka Ga«a, 22, 291.