The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.67

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Confucianism, 470, n. 1. Confusion, *see* Ignorance. Conjuring up of souls, 396. Consciousness, 507, 509, 520, 521, 522, 558, 559, and *see prajñā, buddhi, vijñāna, saṃjña*. Consciousness of sin, 246. Consecration of grove or tank, ceremony, 364. Constellations, worship of, 200–2. Consummation of marriage, delayed, 375, 376. Contact, 271, 272. Contamination of deities, 92, 181, n. 9. Cooking, prohibited after death, 420. Copper, 23; alleged to be introduced into India from Mesopotamia, 26; is gift to evil spirits, 341. Corn spirit, 258, 262, 264, 277. Corpse-eating wolves, of Wodan, 144, n. 2. Cosmogonical hymns, 2, 14. Cosmogonism, as philosophical doctrine, 510, 511, 524, 531, 552, 594. Cosmography, Jain, 503. Cotton, unknown to early India, 631, 632, n. 3. Cough, sent by Rudra, 144. Courtesy, to gods, 460; to Fathers, 465; to others, 585. Covering of head of sacrificer, 281, n. 5, 300, 329, 332, 371. Covetousness, disapproved, 585. Cow, 62, 63, 70, 87, 125, 191, 192, 200, 216, 217, 359, 362, 363, 365, 374, 419, 427, 428, 429; and Iḍā, 270; clouds as, 108, 127, 128, 151, 198; oath by, 395; offerings to, 213; stars as, 623; waters as, 168. Creation of world, 443, 444, 509, 524, 525; *see also* Cosmogonism. Creator gods, 206–10. Creeping of the priests, 329. Cremation, *see* Burning of the dead. Cretan marriage of sun and moon, 377, n. 1. Criminal, veiled before execution, 281, n. 5. Crossways, 145, 239, 322, 414, 426, 428. Cūlikā Upaniṣad, 501. Culture, connected with fire cult, 158. Culture hero, 59, n. 4, 60. Cumuri, a chief or demon, 130, 236. Cup of Tvaṣṭṛ, 206. Cupid, Kāma as, 210. Curse, 394, 395; automatic effect of, 506. Cyavana, demon, 240. Cyavana, Cyavāna, rejuvenated by the Açvins, 115. Cyrus, of Persia, 615, n. 4.