The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c12.6

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c12.6

Babylonian influence on Aryan religion, 133, 135 Baksheesh, 69 *ff.*, 71, 190 *ff.*, 194 *ff.*, 197, 227, 229, 252; hymn addressed to, 197 Behistan rock, cuneiform inscription on, 14 "Being and non-being," 235, 237, 238 "Belly and the members," fable of, 271 Benfey, Theodor, 102, 108 Bentinck, Lord William, 9 Bergaigne, Abel, 72 Bhaga, old word for "God," 109, 130, 134 Bhagavadgītā, 201, 281 Bhakti, "devotion," 195, 281. *Cf.* Devotion Bhrigu, a sage, 252 Bhrigvangirasaḥ, name of Atharva-Veda, 40 Bimbisāra, a Buddhist, 219 Brahma, the ultimate principle, 87, 118, 211, 232, 248, 260; meaning of the word, 205, 273; final shaping of, 273; without attributes, 277; pessimistic conception of, 267 *ff.*; Emerson's poem on, 277; final union with, 266, 289. *Cf.* Ātman

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