The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s10: Index of Secondary Subjects
The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s10
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Index of Secondary Subjects
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The chief topics will be found in the table of contents. The index contains the minor subjects and such further elucidatory references to the primary topics as are not indicated by the table of contents. The numbers signify pages.
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Abortion, 337. Adultery, 107, 118, 366 ff. Age, of manhood, 110, 137, 169; of womanhood, 341 ff. Ages, 114. Agriculture, 103. Ambassador, 151 (162 ff.). Aristocracy, 103, 135. Army, 94, 185, 190, 196 ff., 201, 221. ātatāyin, 187, 231. açaṇi, 297. Assembly, see council. Autonomy of towns, 136. Beef, eaten, 120. Battle, appearance of, 225, 322; laws of, 227. Boasting, 233, 317. Brihaspati, 129, 131, 165, 182, 202 ff., 207, 219, 226. Burial, 171, 370. Capital punishment (see adultery, drinking, thieves), 134, 336. Castes, 73 ff., 80, 87, 92, 106, 168, 338. Cattle, 80; branding of, 166. Cavalry, 224 (262 ff.). Charioteer, 95 (251 ff.). Chastity, 118, 334 ff., 337. Children, 339, 340. Circuit of state, 131; circles of battle, 253, 284, 286. Commander-in-chief, 100, 199, 204; a kingly office, 215, 220, 222. Commandments, eight or ten, 116. Consecration (see nīrājanā), 145. Corporations, 81 ff., 96, 184. Council, 99 ff., 102, 130, 148, 150 ff., 160. Court of law, 132 ff. Courtiers, 99, 149. Crimes (see abortion, adultery, murder, thieves, vices), inexpiable, 94, 337.
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Dancing, 118, 121, 177, 326, 329, 334. Deserter, slain, 189. Dialects, 82. Drama, 112, 125, 177, 329, 334, 344. Dress, 105, 170, 306, 317, 341, 348 ff., 365, 369. Drinking, 121, 177. Election, of king, 143; of husband or wife, 167 ff., 359 ff. Family, origin of, 135; rule of, 139; wife of, 354; order in battle, 193. Farmers and traders, 74, 76, 80 ff., 92, 94, 96, 97. Fate, 187, 316. Father (see Guru), 141, 370. Fighting, as a law, 187. Foreigners (see Kurus), 96, 98, 247, 339; Yavanas, 75, 136, 212, 295, 305. Gamblers, 121 ff., 149. Games, 125, 340. Gāthās, 69, 327. Genealogies, 69, 329. Gods, 315, 316. Guards of army, 200, 205, 221, 252, 261. Gun-powder, 299 ff. Gurus, 137, 142, 153 ff., 155, 161, 370; wives of, 337. Hair, 193, 307, 332. Hereditary succession, 137, 183. Horses (see cavalry and sacrifice), color of, 91, 245, 257; 255 ff. Hunting, 119. ītayaḥ, 83. Judges, 102, 128, 132. King, 82, 95, 136; titles of, 79, 113; origin of, 99 ff., 113 ff.; deified, 114, 153; daily life of, 129. Kurus of the North, 75, 96. Lamps in battle, 214. Land-ownership, 87 ff.
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Levirate, 346, 355, 367, 371. Literature, 108, 111, 112. Lords of realm, 99. Love, 334; love-charm, 366. Lying, 124, 365. Magic (308 ff.), 312, 365 ff. Mahābhārata, origin of, 58 ff., 324; fifth Veda, 112. Marriage, 110, 167 ff., 341 ff., 355 ff.; price, 345 ff. Means, the four, etc., 126, 182. Megasthenes, 59, 88, 98, 124, 136, 171, 174, 190, 343, 347. Mercy, 86, 229. Military authorities, 202. Moral, laws, 104, 115 ff., 123 ff., 231; responsibility, 132. Mother, 369; brother of, 141. Mourning, 188. Mules in war, 259. Murder (see ātatāyin), 113, 336, 365. Music, 170, 199, 318 ff. Names, 105, 166, 364. nīrājanā, 148, 176, 177. Officers (see council), of king, 84 ff., 95, 101, 128; of war, 203, 221. Ordeals, 133. Outcastes, 337. Poison, 111, 178, 277. Polyandry, polygamy, 170, 354. People-caste, 73 ff., 79, 94. Priests, 72, 88, 79 ff., 92, 96, 103, 150 ff., 154, 158, 172, 184 ff., 198, 248, 325, 328, 353. Prognostications, 314. Queens, 136, 371. rathanīḍa, 238. Realm, divided, 77, 83, 127. sabhā, 148. Sacrifice, horse, 147; human, 138. Çālihotra, 202. Salutation, 75, 106, 337. Çankhalikhita rule, 155. çataghni, 298, 300. Sex, cause of, 335. Slaves, 73, 97, 348, 354; of war, 107, 337; as kings, 136. Sons, 114, 138. Spies, 152, 184, 198, 200, 254 ff. Suicide, 371. çūra, 99 ff., 222, 303.
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Suttee, 172 ff., 371. svayaṃvara, see election. Tacitus, 100, 113, 123, 191, 223. Taxes, 86 ff., 89, 90, 91. Teacher, see Guru. Thieves, 79, 134, 136. Towns, 77, 96, 136, 174 ff. Tribute, 91. triveṇu, 242. Uçanas, 129, 131, 193, 202, 311. utsedha, 305. Vasishtha, 73, 75, 152, 159, (179). Vedas, 111, 112, 188, 365; Atharva, 312 ff., 318; dhanurveda, 111, 308. Vengeance, 183. Vices (see drinking, gambling, hunting, lying, crimes, women), 117, 339. Victory, 115, 159, 316. vinaya, 159. Villages (see towns), animals of, 119; as gifts, 172; custom of, 364. Vows, 233. Vṛṣala, 168. vyūha, 192, 195 ff., 201; door of, 225. Warriors (see priests, slaves, women), nobles, and common, 92, 98, 104 ff., 154, 369; derivation of name, 114, 186; study of, 108 ff. Weapons, 176, 178; divine, 292, 296 ff., 313. Witnesses, 132, 338. Woman (see abortion, adultery, chastity, dancing, dress, drinking, family, games, Guru, marriage, names, polygamy, queens), purity, 331, 337 ff.; ideal, 332; independence of, 350; obedience, 335, 378; honor to, 364; conduct, 365; guarded, 339, 349 ff., 366; property of, 368, 371; divorce, 353, 368; eating with, 365; as a warrior, 372; as a vice, 118; poets, 344; religion of, 352; second wife, 353; second husband, 371; wife's relations, 99; widows, 107, 172, 343, 370. yantra, 178, 301. Year, as month, 342.