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

condemned, 8, 119; 25, 93; B. only can be priests, 12, 25, 25 n.; 30, 321;

BRAHMAiVA

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worship of Agni and the eastward migration of the B. from the Sarasvati to the Sadanira, 12, 104 n., 105 sq. ; * The B. {priests) are the guardians of this sacrifice;^ for guardians of the sacrifice^ indeed^ ai'e those B, zvho are versed in the sacred tvrit, because they spread it, they originate it, 12, 134, 225; what is agreeable to the B. is auspicious, 12, 135 ; fulfilment of wishes obtained by B. staying in one's house, 12, 292 ; no one but a B. is allowed to drink of the residue of the Agnihotra, 12, 338, 338 n.; the word of a B. purifies, 14, 72, 171 ; 25, 191; offerings made into the mouths of B. are the best, 14, 138 sq. ; the hand of a B. is his mouth, 14, 209 ; 29, 118 ; legends repeated in the assembly of B., 15, 14; food given to B. reaches the gods, 29, 16; the place of the B. at a sacrifice, 29, 24 ; prajita, a sacrifice deposited in a B., 29, 3 1 ; gifts made to B. at a wedding, 29, 38 sq. ; 30, 196; a name pleasing to the B. to be given to a child, 29, 50 ; Veda-study to be interrupted in the presence of B. who have not had their meal, 29, 118 ; the bride's shift to be given to a B., 29, 171 ; 30, 270 ; shave the child's hair, 29, 185 ; 30, 217 ; fees to be given to B. at the end of studentship, 29, 227 ; but see also Teacher ; five B. breathe upon the new-born child, 29, 295; fed at the beginning of ceremonies, 29, 301, 304, 428 ; 30, 137, 162, 204, 269, 271, 279, 283 ; of all food a due portion must be given to B., 29, 388 ; 30, 24 ; only a B. may make the Bali-offerings for the householder, 30, 23; B. women pronounce blessings at the Simantonnayana, 30, 55 ; do not eat an uncompleted sacrifice, 42, 142 ; sterile cows must be given to the B., 42, 174-9, 656-61; a cow presented to an offended B., 44, 195 ; the metal vessels of a deceased sacrificer to be given to a B., 44, 205, 205 n. ; the Sautramawi is a B.'s sacrifice, 44, 260 ; a B. luteplayer sings of the king's sacrifices and gifts, 44, 356 sq., 359 ; are the fields on which gifts sown grow up as merit, 45, 52 ; congratulate King iSuddhodana on Buddha's birth, and receive gifts, 49 (i), 8-10.

{b) B. REVERENCED AS HOLY AND DIVINE BEINGS.

luteplayer sings of the king's sacrifices and gifts, 44, 356 sq., 359 ; are the fields on which gifts sown grow up as merit, 45, 52 ; congratulate King iSuddhodana on Buddha's birth, and receive gifts, 49 (i), 8-10.

{b) B. REVERENCED AS HOLY AND DIVINE BEINGS.

Do not speak evil of the />"., 1, 32 ; 8, 320; 14, 298; 25, t66; one should not curse a B., and not say to him anything except what is auspicious, 1, 251 ; 7, 155 ; 25, 436 ; purification prescribed on touching a B., 2, 59 ; classed as sacred with gods, idols, cows, and the like, 2, 94 sq., 220; 7, 228; 14, 36, 245, 323; 25,135-8; 33,222; to be honoured and revered, 2, 128; 7, xxix, 13, 194; 8, 119; 25, 86, 399, 588; a B. who has studied the Vedas and a he-goat evince the strongest sexual desires, 2, 136 ; witnesses to be sworn in the presence of the gods, the king, and B., 2, 247; 25, 269; death in a fight for the sake of B. purifies, procures heaven, &c., 2, 250 ; 7, 18, 67; 14, 106; 25, 185, 416, 447; remains always pure, 2, 254; 14, 132 sq. ; 25, 424 ; gods and B. must be present at ordeals, 7, 55 ; 33, 260, 262 ; the gods are invisible deities, the B. are visible deities. The B. sustain the world. It is by the favour of the B. that the gods reside in heaven; a speech uttered by B. {whether a curse or a benediction^ never fails to come true. . . . When the visible gods are pleased, the invisible gods are surely pleased as well, 7, 77 ; have the power to purify from sin and defilement, 7, 103 ; 25, 447 sq.; when a B. has met with an accident, Vedic study must be interrupted, 7, 125; he must not step on the shade of a B.,

7, 203 ; superhuman power of a pious B., 7, 243, 245 ; 25, 398 ; the B., the Veda, and the sacrifices created by the Brahman, 8, 120 \ denounced as impostors by unbelievers,

8, 214 ; the Anugtta told to Kr/sh«a by a B. who came from the heavenly world and the world of Brahman, 8, 231 ; Br/haspati is the lord of B., 8, 346 ; these B., the creators of the world, 8, 387; 25, 436; the B. is the repeller of the Rakshas, 12, 36 ; the B. are the human gods, 12, 309 sq., 374 ; 25, 398 sq., 447 ; 26, 341 ;

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is the repeller of the Rakshas, 12, 36 ; the B. are the human gods, 12, 309 sq., 374 ; 25, 398 sq., 447 ; 26, 341 ;

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42, 164, 329, 529 ; a learned B. resembles a sacred fire, 14, 18, 18 n., 51 ; 25, 93 ; a Snataka should not pass between a fire and a B., nor between two B., 14, 61 ; learned B. incur no guilt, for a learned B. resembles a fire and the sun, 14, 130 sq. ; a B. is a fire, for Agni is a B., 14, 1 3 8 sq. ; what B. riding in the chariot of the law {arid) wielding the sword of the Veda^ propound even in jest, that is declared to be the highest law ^ 14, 145 ; have two names, two mouths, two kinds of virile energy, and two births, 14, 209 sq. ; way must be made for a B., 14, 243; a place where B. sit, sacred, 14, 249; the eternal greatness of the B. is neither increased nor diminished by works, 14, 26r, 274; duties towards B., 15, 52; 25, 588; 44, 100; power of their curse, charms and incantations their weapons, 15, 218; 25, 436, 436 n. ; 42, 170 sq., 430-2 ; encomium of the B'., 25, xii, 24-6 ; Somapas, &c., the manes of B., 25, 112; not to be touched by one who is impure, 25, 151 ; a fort must be supplied with B., 25, 228; to be honoured after a victory, 25, 248, 248 n.; to protect B. arms may be taken up, 25, 315 ; a learned Brahmawa is lord of the whole world, 25, 385 ; is superior to all castes, 25, 402 ; doing good to and worshipping B., a penance, 25, 446, 476 ; produced by Goodness, 25, 494 ; Bali oflferings to Brahman and the B. at the Vaijvadeva sacrifice, 29, 85 ; worshipped at the Tarpa«a, 29, 122; to Agni belongs the B., 29, 307 ; 44, 89 ; food and the B. protect the house, 29, 348 ; before reaching B., one should dismount from a carriage, 29, 364 ; Rava;za or another demon, the B. with ten heads, the first to be born, 42, 25, 374 sq. ; charms found by B., i^ishis, gods, 42, 29 ; have found medicinal plants, 42, 34, 292 ; imprecations against the oppressors of B.,42, 169-72, 184, 430- 6 ; he that injureth a B., ivhose kin are the gods, does not reach Heaven by the road of the Fathers, 42, 170 ; descendants of the i^/shis, 42, 183 sq. ; as weather-prophets, 42, 532 sq. ;

all beings, indeed, pass into the B., and from the B. they are again produced, 44, 85; suffering and evil fastened on a B. (as scapegoat), 44, 181,

181 n., 183 ; a B. descended from a -R/shi represents all the deities, 44, 195 sq. ; born with spiritual lustre, 44, 294 ; whosoever sacrifices, sacrifices after becoming a B., 44, 348 ; the B. is everything, 44, 412.

(>) Duties of B. and restrictions FOR THEM.