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339

Sautramani, sacrifice in expiation of an
overindulgence in Soma, 163

Savitri, a sun-god, 69-71

Schopenhauer, on Upanishads, 183

Self-defence, right of, 222

Settlements, Aryan, in the Panjab, 4

Settlers, Aryan, earliest home of, 50

Seven jewels of the Buddhist law, 306-307
Rivers of the Panjab, 49

Siam, Buddhism in, about 638 A. D., 321

Siddhartha, see Buddha

Sisupala of Chedi, killed by Krishna, 107

Sita, described as the daughter of Janaka,

116
Originally a goddess of the furrow, 116
Won by Rama at a svayainvara, 119
Accompanies Rama into exile, 120
Stolen by Havana, 121
Proof of purity required of, 123
Exiled by Rama, 123
Mythical character of, 126
Ideal Hindu woman, 125

Death of, 125

Skepticism, Hindu, 171

Sky, the most prominent object of wor-
ship in early India, 62
Social customs, had force of laws in an-
cient India, 99
Soldiers and priests mingle and inter-
marry with the people, 150
Soma, plant, 24

Juice, 24, 76
As a deity, 24
Celebrated in an entire book of the Rig-
Veda, 24
Mixed with milk, 25
Iranian name of, 24
Hymn to, 26
Indra's fondness for, 69
Hymn to, containing an allusion to the

future life, 73-74
Soul, according to Sankhya philosophy,

264-256

In Nyaya philosophy, 263
Nature of, according to Vedanta philos-
ophy, 271

Souls, transmigration of, 308

South Behar, 126

Southern Buddhism, the form prevailing
in Ceylon and Burma, 280, 319
Southern India from the writings of
Baudhayana, 202
Sraddha rite, a monthly offering to de-
parted ancestors, 248
Sramans, Hindu hermits, 279

Translation from Megasthenes concern-

ing, 235

Srautra Sutras, extant, 188

Sravani, a rite performed in the month of
Sravana, 249

Sravasti, new capital of the Kosalas, 284

Stone, uses of, for architectural pur-
poses, 28

Student life, termination of, 241, 247

Students, 186

In Brahmanic period, 144
Marriage of, 146

Duties as householders, 145, 247

Subhadhra, wife of Buddha, 285, 302

Substances, nine, in Vaisesika philoso-
phy, 265
Subtle body, according to Sankhya phi-
losophy, 266-267
Sudas, Vedic king, 37, 132
Hymns to, 38-39
Suddhodana, chief of the Sakyas and the
father of Buddha, 286
Sudra caste, 136

Rise of the, 84
Formed of aborigines, 138
Religious knowledge forbidden to, 234

Oppression of, 276
Sugriva, brother of Vali, 121

Wins Vali's kingdom and widow, 121

Marches his army to Lanka, 121

Suicides, 222

Sumitra, queen of Dasaratha, 119

Sunidha, chief minister of Ajatasatru,
299

Sunita, story of, 309-310

Supreme being, not recognized by San-

khya philosophy, 256
Being, in Yoga philosophy, 266
Being, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Being, according to Vedanta philoso-
phy, 271, 272-273

Deity, Vishnu developed into, 70-71

Surya, a sun-god, 69

Sutras, character of, 185

Human compositions, 186
Schools of, 186

Classes of, 186
Sutta Pitaka, record of sayings and do-
ings of Gautama Buddha, 282
Sutlaj, river of the Panjab, 4, 97
Reached by the Hindus, 82

Suttee, supposed Vedic basis for, 61

Svayamvara, of Draupadi, 104

Svetaketu, story of, 174

Svetambaras, a sect of Jains, 323-324
Existence of, in first century A. D., 325

Syllogism, in Hindu philosophy, 264, 270

T

Taprobane, Greek name of Ceylon, 207

Taxes, 209-210
Some exempt from paying, 209
Teachers, individual, in Brahmanic period
144
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