Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c33.48

c33.48

Bhūta-Yajña, performance of, 13 *Bhūtas*, 290 ; (Five great elements) how differing from sensory qualities, 292 *Bhuvaḥ*, second stage of creation, 9 *Bikshuṇīs*, women who were, 343,—best example of, 343 Birds as aid to study at Taxila, 485 Birth, marriage, or death, domestic rites at, expounded in *Atharvaveda*, 66 Bloomfield, oldest parts of the Rigveda (quoted), 18 ; on Mantra and Brahmana (quoted) (footnote), 2 Bodhisattva, career of the Buddha as, scenes depicted on wall of temple, 521 Body, dependence upon, for functioning of mind, 113 Bolor, Buddhist monasteries at, 510 Bowl, turning down as sign of boycott against householder, 417 Boycott against householder supplying food, how signified, 417 Boyhood, age marking the end of, 339 Brahma, Creation originating with desire of, 9 ; definition of, 1, 2 ; only knowledge of through Veda, 2 ; rise of conception of, 375 ; (Supreme Being), 7 ; two aspects of, with form and without form, 158 Brahmā (priest), duty and status of, 4, 5 ; responsible for success and efficacy of Yajña, 5 *Brahmachārī*, courses of discipline undergone by, 67, 68 ; general term for pupil, 238 ; *see also* Pupil ; *see also* Students at Upanayana Brahmachārin, begging the duty of, 184 ; service of to teacher, 185 Brahmachārins, rules for, 330 ; rules for, 393 Brahmachāris, Associations of, 343 Brahmachāris secular students in monasteries, 546 *Brahmacharya*, description of in *Atharvaveda*, 67 ; educational discipline for *Brahmavādinīs*, 51 ; evidence respecting contained in *Yajurveda*, 69 ; girls permitted to enter state of, 69 ; institution of expounded in *Atharvaveda*, 67 ; observance of, 394 ; reference to in Sūtras, 280 ; study of Vedic texts under discipline of, 262 ; widening of conception of scope of, 96 *Brahma-language*, name for Sanskrit, 537 Brahman, the, 258, 259 ; caste, right to renunciation not belonging exclusively to, 378; inquiry into, under course of study outlined by Nimbārka, 266; knowledge of, attainment, 262; knowledge of, how differing from knowledge of Dharma, 269,—prerequisites to, 95, 96, 97; ladies, attendance of at learned conferences and discussions, 138; priest of old Rigvedic religion, 61; priests, kind of instruction given by, 138; seeker after knowledge of, how far bound by regulations of social life, 268; study of Vedic texts dealing with, 262