The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.63

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Boomerang, weapon of Indra and Thorr, 124. Boōpis, Here, 217, n. 3. Borer insect, how to destroy, 390. Bounty of Indra, 132. Bouphonia, at Athens, 47, 269, 274. Bowstring, Ṛta as, 162. Bowstrings, used to forecast outcome of money, 391. Bṛbu Takṣan, enemy of the Paṇis, 7. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, 19, 21, 448, 483, 484, 485, 493, 498, 500, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 520, 521, 527, 536, 550, 553, 554, 555, 558, 560, 567, 569, 571, 573, 575, 576, 613. Bṛhaddevatā, 502. Bṛhaddiva Atharvan, priest, 225. Bṛhaddivā, goddess, 200. Bṛhaspati, god, 65, 79, 80, 93, 96, 105, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 133, 134, 138, 158, 162–4, 171, 177, 205, 208, 223, 292, 293, 315, 327, 339, 360, 370, 448, 449, 620, 623. Bṛhaspati, planet, 200. Bṛhaspatisava, offering, 338, 340. Bṛhatkathāçlokasaṁgraha, 632. Bṛhat Sāman, 253, 335, 350, 351, 461. Brahmacārin, Brahman student, 200, 208, 209, 304, 309, 448; expiation of vow of chastity, 266, 267. Brahmaloka, world of Brahman (or the Brahman), 209, 407, n. 7, 503, 520, n. 7, 526, n. 6, 528, 577, 583, 584, 588. Brahman (n.), holy power, absolute (Hopkins (*Ethics of India*, p. 85) takes this as original sense; F. Preisigke (*Vom göttlichen Fluidum nach ägyptischer Anschauung*, 1920) finds a parallel to Oldenberg's ‘Zauberfluidum’ theory in Egypt), 168, 171, 209, 399, 437, 443, 445–50, 469–72, 489, 491, 494, 507–13, 516–22, 522–9, 538, 541, 549, 550, 551, 560, 568, 577, 580, 589, 599, 603, 610, n. 7, 613. Brahman (m.), god, 17, n.

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3, 55, 57, 164, 173, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 222, n. 8, 242, 360, 366, 407, n. 7, 482, 503, 526, 531, 573, 576. Brahman, a special priest, 252, 253, 294, 296, 297, 298, 315, 320, 336, 339, 353, 357, 399. Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin priest, 18, 162, 253, 296, 297, 298, 328, 329, 333, 335. Brāhmaṇas, philosophy of the, 440–88; referred to, 17, 19, 20, 27, 73, 75, 84, n. 3, 86, 99, 105, 109, 110, 112, 122, 126, n. 1, 138, 142, 143, 144, 151, n. 1, 155, 156, 159, 161, 164, 169, 170, 173, 174, 180, 189, 199, 201, 207, 208, 210, 225, 228, 232, 233, 234, 239, 252, 256, 259, 260, 261, 273, 274, 277, 282, 288, 292, 298, 302, 333, 375, 379, 395, 410, 415, 572, 581, 608, 612. Brahmaṇaspati, god, 65, 82, 162, 205, 438. Brahmans, priests, 16, 29, 39, 159, 162, 270, 280, 290, 299, 316, 317, 340, 347, 349, 358, 368, 369, 370, 373, 374, 375, 380, 395, 401, 414, 427, 428, 429, 433, 460, n. 9, 476, 481, 493–6, 515, 576, 577, 584, 631. Brahma Sūtra, 507, 542, 596. Brāhūis, Dravidian in speech, 11. Breaking of utensils, &c., of the dead, 419. Breath (*prāṇa*), 467, 484, 486, 517, 518, 537, 553, 554, 559, 564, 565, 567. Breathing, to produce life, 387. Bridal garment, treatment of, 375. Bride, 373–8, 385. Bridegroom, 373–8. Bridge, passed over by dead, not Vedic (Hopkins, *Ethics of India*, p. 57, n. 1; suggests a hint of it in ÇB. xiii. 2. 10. 1, but this is not plausible), 406, n. 9. Brilliance (*tejas*), 554, 569. Bringing of Soma from the mountain, 169.

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Britain, disposal of dead among neolithic tribes of, 53. Broad-headed people, cremation alleged to be characteristic of, 627, n. 2. Brothers of Agni, legend of, 157, 158. Brushwood, burnt at Aṣṭakās, 429. Buddha, Gotama, the, 20, 22, n. 1, 29, 501, 502, 577, 578, 587. Buddhaghoṣa, on like as known by like, 605, n. 3. Buddhism, doctrine of, 20, 21, 26, 29, 36, 56, 180, 378, n. 6, 395, 409, 410, 414, 459, 467, n. 1, 484, 485, 494, 495, 497, 500, n. 9, 501, 512, 513, 514, 516, n. 9, 535, 536, 537, 547, 548, 550, 551, 558, 559, 560, 562, 563, 564, 577, 581, 596, 597, 612, 631. Buddhist Canon, date of, 502. Budha, planet, 200. Bull, 62, 68, 95, 140, 155, 168, 191, 254, 280, 353, 364, 365; of Mithra, 406, n. 9, 619. Bull-king, alleged offerings to, 195. Bull’s hide, use in ritual, 386. Bundahišn, 602. Burial mounds, Vedic, 32, n. 1, 421, 422, 629, n. 1. Burial of the dead, 53, 417–24, 626–9. Buriaš, Kassite god, 618, n. 2. Burning of old articles, 389, 390, 628, n. 1. Burning, of self, as essence of consecration, 302; of the dead, 53, 417, 422, 626–9; of widow of the dead, 418, 419, 423.