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

as all other worlds, 11, 185-7 ; the Iddhi of reaching in the body up to the B., 11, 214 ; Sudassana entered it,

II, 285 ; Buddha will not lay aside his body in any place of B., 11, 288 ; he who fulfils the duties of a householder never falls from it, 14, 44 sq., 49 ; gained by self-immolation, 14, 136; the reward of a Brahmawa who follows the rules of the law, 14, 224 ; by teaching the rule of Praj§^apati one becomes exalted in it, 14, 332 ; Brahman (neut.) seen in it, as in light and shade, 15, 22 ; worlds of Pra^apati woven into the worlds of Brahman, 15, 131; bliss in the B., 15, 172 sq., 176 ; 25, 169, 204, 204 n. ; he who knows the Self obtains the B., 15, 180; from the worlds of Brahman there is no return, 15, 208 ; blissful state in the B. obtained by meditation on God, 15, 236 ; this B. in the moon belongs to those who beget children, but that pure B. belongs to those who practise penance, abstinence, and truth, 15, 273 sq. ; as a reward for meditation on Om, 15, 282 ; 34, 174 ; he is led up to the B. by the Saman, 15, 282; 34, 173; 48, 311 sq. ; Hirawyagarbha dwells in the B., 15, 282 ; 34, 173 ; rebirth in the B., 19, 138 ; the Akanish/^as and Abhasvaras in the B., 21, 340, 346; a pious Brahma«a goes to the highest dwelling-place, 25, 92, 92 n. ; is the small ether, 34, 180 ; not * the world of Brahman,' but ^ the world which is Brahman/ 34, 180 sq.; 48, 75isq.; how far is the B. ? 35, 126 sq. ; one of the four great continents, 35, 130 ; Arahatship or birth in the B. the two highest rewards of universal love, 35, 279 ; the Bodisat reborn in the B., 36, 19, 22 ; one of the fourteen worlds, 48, 328, 429; on the passing away of the effected B., at the pralaya the souls go to the highest Brahman, 48, 749 sq. ; reached by mendicants, 49 (i), 128. See also Worlds.

Bralimaya^;m, see Veda (c).

Brahmisundari, n.p., at the head
of the nuns in i^/shabha's time, 22,
284.

Brahmi-upanishad, not a title of the Kena-upanishad,l,lxxxiii,lxxxix ; penance, restraint, sacrifice are its feet, the Vedas its limbs, the True its abode, 1, 152 sq.

Brahmodya, t.t., riddles from the Veda, given at iSraddha feasts, 25, 118, 118 n. ; theological discussions betvi^een the priests as part of ceremony, 44, 79,79 n., 314-16, 388-91 ; is the complete attainment of speech, 44, 391.

Brahmopanishad, see Brahmaupanishad.

BRAHMOPASANA— BREATH

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Brahmopasana, t.t., meditation on
Brahman, and pratikopasana, 1, 201.
See Brahman (r, h).

Brahmo Samaj, 1, Ixiv.

Breath (Sk. pra«a).

{n) Regulation of breathing.

{b) The b. of life, the vital principle, the soul. ic) The chief vital air and the organs of the soul. {d) B. as a divine principle or being.

{a) Regulation of breathing.

Stopping the b., as part of a penance or of a ceremony, 2, 86, 129, 183, 185, 290, 293, 293 n. ; 12, 367 ;

{b) The b. of life, the vital principle, the soul. ic) The chief vital air and the organs of the soul. {d) B. as a divine principle or being.

{a) Regulation of breathing.

Stopping the b., as part of a penance or of a ceremony, 2, 86, 129, 183, 185, 290, 293, 293 n. ; 12, 367 ;

14, 46 (highest form of austerity), 120 sq., 125-7, 162, 162 n., 247, 251, 25isq. n., 278, 295, 30S, 313-18; 25, 44 sq., 459, 461, 471 sq., 479; 29, 118 ; 30, 115, 243 ; stopping of the b. removes all sin, 7, 1 8 1-3 ; stopping of the b. enjoined for ascetics, 7, 281; 8, 372 sq. ; 25, 210 sq. ; 35, 130 sq. ; the sacrificer, by drawing in his b., establishes the fire in his soul, 12,311; the observance of breathing up and down (pra«a-vrata),

15, 98 ; management of b. to bring
about Taoistic perfection, 39, 24,
51, 53 sq. ; manipulating the b. to
secure longevity, 39, 95 sq., 146,
364; 40, 139 n. ; — the going b. is
unclean, defiles the fire, 4, Ixxvi,
Ixxvi n., Ixxviii, 172 sq. n. ; 25,
137 ; the Paitidana or mouth-veil
to prevent defilement by b., 4, 172,
172 sq. n., 273 ; 5, 333 sq. and n.

{b) The b. of life, the vital

PRINCIPLE, THE SOUL.

Prawa, meaning b., spirit, and life,
is the conscious self (pra^«atman),
1, xxv, 120 n., 236, 290 sq., 294-
300, 307 ; 34, 105 ; Om a name of
it, 1, xxv ; called ana, the breather,
1, 74, 74 n. ; everything is food for
b., 1, 74; 15, 203sq. ; 38,211,213,
309 sq. ; 43, 398 sq. ; water is the
dress of b., 1, 74 ; 15, 203 sq. ; 38,
211-14; 48, 640 sq. ; called Ama,
1, 76 ; 15, 82 ; the subtlest portion
of water becomes b., 1, 96-8 ; 38,
366 ; comes from water, and will
not be cut off, if you drink water,
1, 97 ; mind in deep sleep and at
death is merged in b., and b. in fire,
1, 99, loi, 108, 307; 38, 366-8;
48, 729 sq. ; prawa springs from the

; called Ama, 1, 76 ; 15, 82 ; the subtlest portion of water becomes b., 1, 96-8 ; 38, 366 ; comes from water, and will not be cut off, if you drink water, 1, 97 ; mind in deep sleep and at death is merged in b., and b. in fire, 1, 99, loi, 108, 307; 38, 366-8; 48, 729 sq. ; prawa springs from the

Self, 1, 124; 34, 167; is attached to the body, as a horse is attached to a cart, 1, 142, 142 n. ; is life and death and immortality, 1, 213 sq., 294; 15, 56; 34, 164; 48, 250-4; simile of the chariot mounted by Pra«a or b., mind being the driver, 1, 234 ; is the beam on which the house of the body rests, 1, 252, 257 ; marrow is b. and seed, 1, 258; the dying person says, ' B. to air and to the immortal,' 1, 313 ; 15,200; soul dwells in the seat of the b., the heart, 8, 242 ; is food, 12, 223, 304 ; 26, 212, 348 ; 41, 379, 394 sq. ; 44, 269 ; is fire, 12, 311-13 ; 43, 327 ; by its departure man departs, by its staying he lives, 15, 283 sq. ; 48, 572 ; the Sun as the outer Self, and B. as the inner Self, 15, 305-12 ; the heart is b., and the animal is b., 20, 204, 211 ; the Ukthya graha is his undefined b., and as such the self of his, 26, 292 sq. ; there is no soul in the b., 35, 48 sq. ; is most beneficial for man, 34, 98 ; strength is b., 34, 99 ; denotes either the individual soul or the chief vital air, or both, 34, 102 sq. ; is the abode of the power of action, 34, 105 ; remains awake in the state of deep sleep, 34, 162-8; may be called ' higher ' with reference to the body, 34, 172; spoken of as a 'person,' 34, 261 ; the causal substance of mind, 38, 366 ; is merged in the individual soul, on the departure of the soul, 38, 367 sq. ; the soul, with the b., goes to the elements, 38, 368 ; knowledge depends on b., 40, i39> 139 n. ; it is by its b. that we control whatever creature we grasp, 40, 262 ; the body is the house of the b., 40, 270; the spirit is the child of the b., 40, 272 ; fashioned from fire, 43, 4 ; is the wind, 43, 3 3 , ^^, 333 ; why b. is warm, 43, 135 ; the immortal element of man, 43, 327; identified with the Ya^us,.43, 337> 340 ; the man in the eye is b., 43, 371 ; rite of breathing over a new-born child, 44, 129 sq. ; etymology of prawa, b., 44, 263 ; food eaten by means of b., 44, 263 sq. ; is the transformer of seeds, 44, 345; is the individual soul, 48, 300-4, 379,

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BREATH

383 ; is different from air, it is an instrument of the soul, 48, 573, 575.

(c) The chief vital air and the

ORGANS OF THE SOUL.