The Vedânta-Sûtras, Part II, with the Commentary by Sankarâkârya — SBE Vol. 38

— the Lord acts as the ruler of the p.

and of the souls, and the p., the soul, and the Lord are of mutually different nature (Sahkhya and Yoga), i, 434 seq.

— the Lord cannot be connected with the souls and the, i, 436 seq.

— of infinite duration, i, 438.

— the same as sawsara, i, 439.

— through it the souls obtain enjoyment and release, ii, 69. Pradyumna, a manifestation of the highest being, i, p, xxiii, 441 seq.

— cannot spring from Sankarshawa, i, P- li, 441, 442.

— a form of Vasudeva, denotes the mind (manas), i, 440.

— Aniruddha cannot spring from, i,

441, 442.
Pra^apati, birth of P., whose body
is this threefold world, i, 142.

— is himself an 'effect' and called the inner Self, i, 142 seq. n.

— his instruction on the Self, i, 183191.

— Indra his disciple, i, 199.

— the creator, i, 203 seq. ; ii, 206.

— above Varuwa there come Indra and P., on the path of the gods, ii, 386. Pra^apativakya, in the K/Andogya.- upanishad, i, p. Ixiii. Pra-^inajala, ii, 274, 276.

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VEDANTA-SUTRAS.

Prakr/ti of the Sahkhyas, i, p. xxx.

— the individual soul as free from, i, p. Ixxxiii. Pralaya (re-absorption of the world into Brahman) at the end of each kalpa, i, pp. xxix, liv, xciv, 382 n., 386-389 ; ii, 47, 371, 392.

— in it endeavour cannot take place, because no body exists then, nor any other seen cause, required to bring about the conjunction of the atoms, i, 387.

— would be impossible, if the atoms were essentially active, i, 391.

— see also World, reabsorption of the. Prawa, Vayu and, not to be identified, i, p. Ixxiv; ii, 256-259,

— is Brahman, i, 229-231, 272 ; ii,

143-

— through knowledge of the p. immortality arises, i, 229-231.

— is a raised thunderbolt, i, 229231.

— is the highest Self, i, 231.

— knowledge of the, ii, 186 seq.

— • is the best among the organs of the body, ii, 256.

— everything is food of the, ii, 309 seq.

— see also Breath, and Vital air. Pra«agnihotra is not omitted even when the eating of food is omitted, ii, 249 seq.

— is omitted when the eating of food is omitted, ii, 250-252.

— the details of the fundamental

Agnihotra not valid for it, ii,
251 seq.
Pra«as, the word ' person ' applied
to them, i, 261.

— colloquy of the, i, 304 ; ii, 88, 89,

186, 187 seqq., 200, 211, 215,
309.

— the individual soul is the sustaining principle of the, i, 361.

— see also Vital airs. Pra«avidyas, their unity, i, p. Ixviii ;

ii, 200 seq., 212. Prajna-upanishad, on the akshara

Om, i, p. xliii.
PrastotW, even those priests, P. and

so on, who are devoid of the knowledge of the divinities of the prastava and the like, perform the sacrifices, ii, 254.

Pratardana, the legend of Indra and, i, 97-99, loi ; ii, 305, 306.

Pravargya-ceremony, passages about the, ii, 222-224.

Prayer, where the works of the ajramas are not possible, p. qualifies for knowledge, ii, 316.

Priest, the meditations on subordinate members of the sacrifice are his work, ii, 321.

— the fruit of meditations in which the p. is the agent goes to the sacrificer, ii, 321. Priests : as a rule sacrificers of one and the same family employ officiating p. of one and the same family, i, 226.

— even those p. who do not know the divinities of the prastava and the like, perform sacrifices, ji, 254. Purawas, on past and future kalpas, i, 561.^

— see Itihasas and P. Purifications, required for Vedic works, mentioned with a view to the origination of knowledge in him who has undergone

those, ii, 314.
Purushas of the Saiikhyas, i, p. xxx.
Purusha-vidya, of the Taittiriyaka

and of the iiT/^andogya-upanishad are not to be combined, ii, 220222. Piirva-^aryas, ' ancient teachers,'

quoted by Ramanu^a, i, p. xxi. Pijrva-mimawsa, i, p. ix.

arose at an early date, i, p. x.

enquiry into active religious duty its subject, i, 10. means of proof made use of in the, i, 17 seq. and n. ; ii,

262 seq.
Pijrva-mimawsa-sutras, i, p. xii.
Piishan, the grains for P. are to be

crushed at all vikr/'tis of the darjapurwamasa, ii, 309,

Ra^asQya-sacrifice, Brahmawas are
not qualified for the, i, 218 ; ii.
266.

— is to be offered by a prince who wishes to become the ruler of the whole earth, i, 222, 222 u.

GENERAL INDEX.

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Rahasya-brahmawa, of the Ta«^/ins and the Paiiigins (the Kb^ndogya), ii, 220.

Raikva, called Ganajruti a ^udra, i,
223-226.

— possessed the knowledge of Brahman, ii, 315. Rakshas, among the paw^a^anai', i,