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— with Ramanu^a is a personal

God, i, pp. xxx, cxxiii, cxxiv n.

— only exists, i, p. xxvii.

— is ' that which is,' and cannot have originated from anything else, i, p. lii, 266 seq., 332 ; ii, 19 seq.

' Arranged in the following order: — (i) names, definitions, and symbols of B. ; (21 nature, qualities, powers, forms, parts, abodes of B.; (3) higher and lower B. ; (4) unity of, and oneness with B. ; (5) B. is everything; (6) B. and the world; (71 B. and the soul; (8) B. and Scripture ; (9) knowledge of B. ; (,10) meditation on B. ; (11; B. and final release ; (12J world of B.

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VEDANTA-SUTRAS.

Brahman is ' thought ' and ' that which is,' ii, i6o.

— cannot spring from that which is not, ii, 20.

— is called Non-being, previously to the origination of the world, 1,267.

— unborn, i, 349.

— the highest Self is B., i, 79.

— derivation of the word from br/h,

— identified with Vish«u or Naraya«a, i, p. xxxi note.

— defined as that from which the origin, subsistence, and dissolution of this world proceed, i, pp. xxxii, xcii seq., 15-19, 107, 109, 117, 283.

— in its causal condition, i, p. xxix.

— in the condition of an eifect, i, p. xxix.

— later definitions of B., e.g. as sa/^-y^id-ananda, i, p. xcii.

— is anandamaya, or, the Self consisting of bliss, i, 65, 66-68, 75.

— only is bliss as bhuman, i.e. in its plenitude, i, 169.

— is called the tail, i. e. a member of the Self consisting of bliss, i, 72 seq., 75, 76 seq.

— not a member, but the support or abode, the one nest of all worldly bliss, i, 73.

— the bliss of B. is absolutely supreme, i, 67.

— is declared to be the cause of bliss, i, 67.

— neuter, can it be designated by a masculine noun ? i, 76.

— that which consists of mind, is

B., i, 107-112.

— whose Self is pleasure intimated by Ka and Kha, i, 126 seq.

— that which is much (bhuman) is

B., i, 162-169.
- — is the source of all beings, i,
135-139,288.

— the Imperishable is B., i, 169-17 1.

— Bahva explained B. by silence, ii, 157.

— why it is called a bank, ii, 1 76 seq.

— the two secret names of B. with reference to the gods and to the body, ii, 216-218.

— is the True, i, 167, 267; ii, 216 seq., 234.

Brahman, breath (prawa) is, i, 84-87,
97-106, 229-231, 272.

— ether is, i, 81-84, 144, 174-192,

232 seq. ; ii, 8, 12, 248.

— is like the ether, i, no, 114; ii,

6 seq., 17 seq.

— is the Self of the ether, i, no.

— before ether was produced, B.

existed without ether, ii, 17. ■ — ether is an effect of, ii, 18.

— ether is dissolved into, ii, 26.

— light is, i, 87-93, 96, 97, 185, 191,

194, 231 seq.

— the gastric fire a symbol of, i, 92.

— B.'s name a symbol of, i, 92.

— denoted by the metre Gayatri, i, 93-95, 95 seq.

— why it is compared to the images of the sun and the like, ii, 157159.

— nature of, i, pp. Ixiv seq., xcv seq. ;

ii, lor, 133-183.

uniformity of it, i, 156.

does not resemble the world, i, 284.

the break in it is a mere figment of Nescience, i, 352.

matter and souls are real constituents of it, i, p. xxviii.

— the only universal being, of an absolutely homogeneous nature, i, pp. xxiv, XXX.

— is of the nature of intelligence, i, p. xxiv seq., 68, 264; ii, 156 seq., 168.

— is an intelligent principle and cannot be identified with the non-intelligent pradhana of the Sankhyas, i, p. xxxii, 47-64, 300.

— superior to the gods, i, p. xiv.

— is incapable of receiving any accretion and eternally pure, i, 34.

— is all-knowing, i, 19, 25, 47, 49,

362.

— is the internal ruler over the

Devas and so on, i, 130-132.

— that which possesses the attributes of invisibility and so on is

B., i, 135-139-

— is the bridge of the Immortal, i,

154, 156.

— a cause of fear, i, 230 seq.

— eternal and changeless,!, 25, 327.

— is all-knowing, all-powerful, and possessing the great power of Maya, i, 362.

GENERAL INDEX.

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Brahman is not apprehended, because it is unevolved, ii, 171.

— is omnipresent, i, 91, 120, 125,

172 ; ii, 180.

— is altogether unchanging, ii, 397.

— there is nothing either beneficial to be done by it or non-beneficial to be avoided by it, i,

344-

— qualities of, i, 107, 328 ; ii, loi,

201-204,

— without any distinctive qualities, i, p. XXV ;ii, 239, 394 seq.

— endowed with auspicious qualities, i, p. xxviii. • — the limiting adjuncts of B. are presented by Nescience merely,

. ii, 153.