The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.70

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Ea, Semitic deity, 222, n. 8. Eagle, 62, 63, 105, 154, 169, 172, 189, 193, 242. Ear (çrotra), 453, 467, 486, 517, 518, 534, 536, 537. Earth, Pṛthivī, deity, 3, 24, 38, 57, 61, 64, 77, 78, 80, 82, 95, 132, n. 4, 140, 177, 208, 363, 622, 626 ; *see also* Bhauma, Bhūmi. Earth, element, 486, 517, 525. Earth of ant-heap, 397. Earth spirit as snake, 194. East, as place of the gods, 145. East and west, contrast between, 92. Easterners, usages of, 147, 210, 362, 363, 368. Eating, taboos on, 307, 308 ; to secure magic results, 387. Eating of god, 267. Eating of sacrifice by priests and sacrificers, 270, 271. Eckhardt, mysticism of, 599, n. 2, 600. Eclipse, demon of, 130, n. 3. Eclipses, as evidence of date of Rigveda, 4. Edgerton, F., theory of Sāṁkhya philosophy, 543. Egypt, 518. Egyptian influence on India, 26, 624, 628, 630 ; on Greece, 635. Egyptian religion, 47, n. 1, 101. Ekāṣṭakā, mother of Indra, 125. Ekaviñça Stoma, 319, 350, 351. Ekottarāgama, 484. Elb, elf, 38. Eleatic philosophy, 603. Election, doctrine of, *see* Grace. Elemental self (*bhūtātman*), 539. Elements, 486, 525, 527, 537, 554, 557, 565, 566 ; contrast with Greek view, 605, 613. Elephant, 23. Eleusis, 275 ; silent cutting of corn in, 325, n. 4. Eleven, sacred number, 86. Elliot Smith, G., theories of, 26, 630. Elves, 178. Emancipation, 594, *and see* Transmigration. Embryo, offering of an, 152 ; saved on burning of dead mother, 424, 627. Embryos, Viṣṇu as protector of, 109, 110. Empedokles, Greek philosopher (*c.* 495–435 B.C.), 544, 604, 605, n. 4, 611, 620, n. 1. Emperor of Japan, sanctity of, 276. Emūṣa, boar, 111. Enclosing sticks (*paridhi*), 241, 359, 383. Enemies of man, 236–42. Enemies of the gods, 231–6. Enemy, spells to defeat, 388, 389. Energy deified, *see* Çamā. Eniautos Daimon, theory of, 49, 50. Enlil, Semitic deity, 222, n. 8.