[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c12.6 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c12.6 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c12.6 - **Language:** English ### [c12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.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 - [Previous: c12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c12.5) - [Next: c12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c12.7) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c12.6) · Pramāṇa