Bhishma Parvan, sixth book of the
Mahābhārata, I.
Bhoktā, meaning of, 142.
Bhutas, demons, 106, 161.
Bonds of action, what, 37 n., 48.
Bossuet, quoted, 35 n.
Brahma, the Supreme Spirit, 5, II,
94, 110, III; may be known, 71;
may be seen everywhere, 79; has
no manifest form, 89.
Brahma, the Supreme Spirit, as
Creator, 95 n., 103 n., 111, 126;
world of, 127 n.
Brahmaćarin, religious student, 77
n., 96, 163.
Brahman, one of the first caste, 60 n.
Brahma-Purana, quoted, 192.
Brahma Sutras, referred to, 141.
Brigu, chief of the rishis, 114.
Brihadarānyaka, quoted, 43 n.
Buddha, referred to, III.
Buddhi, explanation of, 12, 13, 14;
threefold division of, 171.
Buddhi-samyoga, meaning of, 84.
Buddhi-yoga, mental devotion, 10.
Burnouf, Prof., referred to, 16, 53
n., 66, 83, 84, 118.
Calcutta Review, quoted, 199.
Castes, four, 60.
Chandragupta, referred to, 194.
Chārvākas, a very low class, mate-
rialists, 156; fall down to Naraka,
157.
Chekitana, one of the Pāṇḍu chiefs,
Chhandas, meaning of, 141.
Chhandogna Upanishad, quoted, 6.
Childers' Pali Dictionary, referred
to, 69 n.
Chitraratha, chief of the Gan-
Christianity, introduced early into
India, 194, 197.
Chrysostom, St., quoted, 198.
City of nine gates, what, 70.
Claudius, embassy from India in
time of, 195.
Clemens Alexandrinus, referred to,
196.
Clifford, Prof., referred to, 12.
Colebrooke, quoted, 26 n., 77 n.
Commodus, commerce with India in
time of, 195.
Conditions of one born to a divine
lot, 155.
Constancy, threefold division of, 172.
Cosmos Indicopleustes, referred to,
198.
Cow, object of veneration, 70.
Cowherd, Krishna brought up as,
25 n.
Custom, makes unpleasant things
pleasant, 172.
Daityas, an impious race, 115.
Dakshina, meaning of, 163 n.
Dambha, meaning of, 160.
Dānavas, demons of the air, 112.
Dasya, meaning of, 192.
Dathavansa, reference to, 29.
Davy, Sir H., quoted, 14 n.
Day of Brahma, 97 n.
Daytime, dying in, effect of, 98.
Denarii, found near Vellore, 195.
Desire, in living things, from Brah-
Devala, a rishi, III.
Devas, the gods, 161.
Dharma, meaning of, 53 n., 176.
Difference of matter and spirit, 140.
Dion Cassius, reference to, 196.
Dog, object of contempt, 70.
Draupadi, wife of Yudishṭhira, 2.
Draupadi, daughter of Drupada, 2.
Dristaketu, one of the Paṇḍu chiefs,
Dritarashtra, son of Vyasa, I.
Drona, one of the Kuru chiefs, 32,
124.
Drupada, one of the Pāṇḍu chiefs,
Durasadam, meaning of, 57.
Duryodhana, son of Gāndhārī, 1, 19.
Duty, one's own, better than any
other's, 53.
Dwandwa, meaning of, 39 n., 90 n.,
115, 194.
Duāpara-yoga, third age of the
world, 59 n.
Eating much, not the sign of a
Yogin, 77.
Egg, the abode of Brahmā, 49 n.
Emanation, the Hindu term for crea-
Eternal seed, a title of Brahmā, 87.
Ether (Akasa), pervades all things,
Evil, every enterprise surrounded
Faith in Brahma necessary, 133;
is according to our nature, 161;
is threefold, 161.
Fasting excessively, not the sign of
a Yogin, 77.
Fichte, reference to, 4.
Fig-tree, sacred, 150. See Aswattha.
Florus, reference to, 195.
Food, four kinds of, 152.
Freedom, what it is, 72.
Frequency of devotion, commended,
132.
Frequenting lonely places, 137.
Friend, each one of himself, 75.
Fruit of work in after life, threefold,
169.
Gandhari, daughter of Subala, I.
Gandharva-loka, what, 72 n.
Gandiva, name of Arjuna's bow, 25.
Garuda, the bird of Vishnu, 193.
God, not responsible for works, 70;
revealed by knowledge, 70; the
mighty Lord, 72; friend of all,
72.
Gods, nourished by sacrifice, 49;
created beings, 89 n.; they who
go to, go to them, 89.
Govinda, name of Krishna, 33.
Gudakasa, name of Arjuna, 24, 30.
Guna, meaning of, 12, 15, 145.
Guru, spiritual guide, 33 n., 127.
Guyon, Madame, reference to, 10 n.
Hari, name of Vishnu, 121, 177.
Harivansa, quoted, 123 n.
Hastinapura, capital of the Kuru
region, I.
Havis, meaning of, 62 n.
Heart of man, wavering and un-
steady, 78, 79.
Hegel, quoted, 105 n.
Himalaya, range of mountains, 114.
Himavat, name of mountain, 59 n.
Hindu commentators, referred to,
98 n., 105 n., 136 n., 165 n.
Hrid, meaning of, 100; supposed
to be the seat of the soul, 175 n.
Hrishikesa, name of Krishna, 22,
29.
Humboldt, Prof. Von, referred to,
17, 144.
Huta, meaning of, 104 n.
Ikshwaku, son of Manu, 58 n.
Inaction, what, 61.
Indica of Bardasanes, reference to,
196.
Indifference to all things, mark of
a Yogin, 76, 77; restrains the
heart; surmounts the Modes
(gunas), 145 n.
Indra, heaven of, 10, 106; father
of Arjuna, 23 n.
Indraprastha, name of a city, I n.
Indriya, explanation of, 13.
Iswara, the Supreme Spirit (Brah-
ma), 79 n.
Jambu-dwipa, what, 113 n.
Janaka, an ancient rishi, 50 n.
Janardana, name of Krishna, 25,
Japa-offering, what, 114 n.
Jati-dharma, meaning of, 31.
Jayadratha, king of the Sindhavas,
125.
Jivabhūta, meaning of, 4, 7, 153.
Jñana, meaning of, 57, 65, 76.
Jones, Sir William, quoted, 164 n.
Joy, boundless, known to the true
Yogin, 78.
Justinian, embassy from India in
time of, 195.
Kalā, meaning of, 129.
Kali, wife of Siva, 189.
Kalidasa, referred to, 190, 200.
Kali-yuga, the present age, 59 n.
Kalkin, name of the next avatāra
of Vishnu, 59 n.
Kalpa, explanation of, 3, 15, 38 n.,
96 n., 103, 138, 194.
Kāma, the Hindu Cupid, 193.
Kamaduk, meaning of, 49 n., 55,
114.
Kandarpa, name of Kāma, 114.
Kanja-ja, name of Vishnu, 122.
Kapi-dwaja, epithet of Arjuna,
23 n.
Kapila, referred to, 3, 6, 11, 114,
162 n.
Karma, what, 94.
Karma-yoga, meaning of, 10.
Karna, one of the Kuru chiefs, 21,
Kasi, name of Benares, 21.
Katha-Upanishad, quoted, 72 n.
Kavayas, meaning of, 65.
Kesava, name of Krishna, 30, 112,
125, 177.
Kinds of creatures, two, 156.
Knowledge, an ascetic rite, 60; ex-
cellence of, 63, 64; threefold
division of, 171.
Kosa, explanation of, 14.
Kratu, meaning of, 104 n.
Kripa, one of the Kuru chiefs, 21.
Krishna, 3, 7, 101, 177; legend of,
Kritakritya, meaning of, 154.
Krita-yuga, first age of the world,
Kshara, the Divisible, 4, 99.
Kshatriya, name of the warrior-
caste, 60 n.; work of, 173.
Kshetra, meaning of, 136, 141.
Kshetra-jña, a term for the soul,
136.
Kula-dharma, meaning of, 31.
Kulluka, reference to, 193.
Kunti, mother of Yudishṭhira, 23.
Kuntibhoja, one of the Päṇḍu
chiefs,
Kuru, the ancestor of the contend-
ing parties, I.
Kurukshetra, the Kuru region, 19 n.
Kusa grass, 76.
Kūṭastha, meaning of, 83, 134, 154.
Kuvera, the Hindu god of wealth,
103 n.
Lalita Vastara, reference to, III.
Lamp, sheltered, Yogin compared
to, 78.
Lassen, Prof., referred to, 16, 49
n., 53 n., 66, 92, 100, 104 n., 108,
134.
Law, eternal, seat of, 148.
Linga, explanation of, 5, 13.
Linga-sarira, what, 14 n.
Livy, quoted, 26 n.
Lokayatikas, doctrines of, 183.
Lola, meaning of, 155 n.
Lorinser, Dr., referred to, 64 n.,
80 n., 92, 142, 181.
Lotus-leaf, comparison of, 69.
Madhava, name of Krishna, 22 n.
Madhusudana, quoted, 58 n.
Mādkūrya, meaning of, 192.
Madri, second wife of Pandu, 2.
Maffei, reference to, 197.
Mahābhārata, quoted, 1, 30, 50 n.,
87 n., 88 n., 93, 103 n., 110 n.,
154, 190, 198, 199.
Mahabhashya of Patanjali, reference
to, 182.
Mahābhūta, gross element, 12.
Mahāyuga, what, 15.
Makara, a fabulous sea-monster,
Manas, explanation of, 13, 100.
Mandara, a fabulous mountain, 115.
Manomaya, what, 14 n.
Mantra, meaning of, 124.
Mana, Institutes of, quoted, 13,
193 n., 26 n., 35 n., 49 n., 50 n.,
51 n.,
60 n., 62 n., 63 n., 77 n.,
79 n., 85, 95 n., 103 n., 105 n.,
106 n., 107 n., III n., 113 n.,
127 n., 145, 152 n., 163 n., 193.
Manu, progenitor of mankind, 58 n.
Manwantara, what, III n.
Margasirsha, one of the months of
Marici, chief of the Maruts, 113.
Maruts, the storm-gods, 120.
Mātra, meaning of 34 n.
Māyā, illusion, 7, 35 n., 88, 89.
Meditation on Brahma, effect of,
97.
Meru, a fabulous mountain, 113.
Metempsychosis, what, 6, 34, 88,
155 n.
Mīmānsă, the Vedantist doctrines,
6, 168.
Modes, action of, 138; threefold
nature, 12, 145.
Modified forms of matter, 136.
Mohin, meaning of, 109.
Moksha, deliverance, 9.
Molinos, reference to, 10 n.
Moon, heaven of the, 72 n.
Moor's Hindu Pantheon, reference
to, 122.
Muir's Sanskrit Texts, referred to,
29 n., 51 n., 59 n., 88 n., 123 n.,
188.
Mukta, meaning of, 66.
Müller's Sanskrit Literature, re-
ferred to, 59 n.
Muni, a recluse, 9, 11.
Mystery, supreme, what, 176.
Nakshatras, the twenty-seven lunar
mansions, 113.
Nakula, son of Madri, 2, 23.
Nala, references to, 91, 192.
Narada, a rishi, III.
Naraka, the Hindu hell, 80 n.
Nature (Prakriti), without begin-
ning, 138.
Nectar, banquet of, 133.
Nidhāna, meaning of, 129,
Nimittani, explanation of, 30.
Nirasrayas, meaning of, 65.
Nirukta, reference to the, 112 n.
Nirvana, explanation of, 17 n., 71,
43 n., 60 n.
Northern solstice, dying in, 98.
Odour, in earth, is part of Brahmā, 12.
One with Brahma is the Yogin, 78.
Om, meaning and use of; 28, 96.
Organs of action, what, 48.
Orosius, reference to, 196.
Oval eyes, beautiful, 120.
Padma Purana, reference to, 192.
Pairs of opposites, what, 62.
Pañchajanya, name of trumpet, 22.
Pandavas, followers of Panda, 2.
Pantanus, sent by Demetrius, Bishop
of Alexandria, to instruct the
Brahmans, 97.
Para, meaning of, 97 n.
Param, meaning of, 55.
Paramātman, the Supreme Spirit,
7, 82.
Parigraha, meaning of, 83, 179.
Pātāla, section of Padma Purāṇa,
192.
Patanjali, referred to, 3, 8, 47 n., 81
n., 86 n., 94 n., 162 n., 176 n., 182.
Pātra, meaning of, 166.
Paraka, one of the Vasus, 113.
Petersburgh Dictionary, quoted, 30,
66, 74, 83, 103 n., 149.
Phala, meaning of, 10.
Pisachas, demons, 72 n.
Pitris, heaven of, 27 n., 72 n., 106,
Plato, quoted, 42 n., 43 n., 63 n.,
Pleasure, threefold division of, 172.
Pleasures born of worldly contacts,
what, 71.
Pliny, referred to, 195.
Prabāla, meaning of, 153.
Prabhava, meaning of, 141.
Prahlada, chief of the Daityas,
115.
Prajapati, title of Brahma, 55,
130.
Prakrita, meaning of, 178.
Prakriti, explanation of, 6, 11, 13,
15, 34 n., 52, 65, 102, 103, 138,
144.
Prāṇa, breathing, 15, 66.
Pranava, expression for OM, 91.
Prānāyana, meaning of, 63 n.
Pravritti, meaning of, 129, 153, 156.
Pretas, a foul kind of demons, 161.
Priaulx, Mr., quoted, 198.
Pritha, wife of Pāṇḍu, I.
Purāṇas, referred to, 13, 188.
Purujit, one of the Pāṇḍu chiefs, 21.
Purusha, explanation of, 4, 7, 95 n.,
129.
Pyrrhonists of India, who, 183.
Raghavendra, quoted, 79 n., 137 n.
Rajas, the second guna or mode, 12.
Rajarshis, royal rishis, 107 n.
Rajendra-lala, quoted, 117.
Rakshasas, demons, 72 n., 103 n.,
161.
Rāmāyana, references to, 25 n.,
103 n., 112 n., 115.
Ram Krishna Bandarker, reference
to, 182.
Renunciation of works, 68.
Repose, perfect, gained by Yogin, 78.
Reverence to gods and Brahmans en-
joined, 163.
Rig- Veda, quoted, 29, 95 n., 103 n.,
105 n., 112 n., 116 n., 123 n.
Rishis referred to, 71, 110.
Roth, Prof., reference to, 60 n.
Row of pearls, a metaphor of Brahma,
87.
Rudras, storm-gods, 120.
Saivya, one of the Pāṇḍu chiefs, 21.
Sakuni, skilful dice-player, 2.
Sakuntalā, reference to, 30.
Sankara, commentary of, quoted,
17, 50 n., 53 n., 55, 63 n., 66,
80 n., 94 n., 97 n., 104 n.,
106 n.,
107 n., 108, 127 n., 134, 148,
155 n., 160, 164, 167, 170 n.,
173 n., 174 n., 177, 185.
Siva, the god, 53 n., 81 n.
Sloka, explanation of, 16.
Sraddha, meaning of, 26 n., 64 n.
Sridhara, commentary of, quoted,
17, 48 n., 52 n., 63 n., 66, 83, 84,
91, 92, 97 n., 100, 101, 104 n.,
107 n., 119, 127 n., 134, 142, 149,
153, 155 n., 160, 164, 167, 170,
173, 174 n., 177, 178.
Srimat, meaning of, 80 n.
Sruti, meaning of, 40 n., 94 n.
Sudra, name of the lowest caste,
Sukla, meaning of, 100.
Swapāka, a degraded class, 70.
Swetāśwatara Upanishad, quoted,
13, 59 n.
Sacrifice, by various means, 62; of
knowledge, 104; what kind is
vain, 157, 162.
Sadhyas, an order of inferior gods,
123.
Sagamo, a Hindū king, 197.
Sage, ancient, epithet of Brahma, 95.
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