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________________ 176 DEMONS-DEVADATTA 286 sq.; the Cleaver, a d. causing headache, 29, 350; Rakshas and Pisâkas driven away by the staff of the Snâtaka, 30, 169; the Tongueless One invoked at a rite to gain victory in disputes, 30, 178; Vâyu protects from powerful d., 32, 445; one possessed by a demon cannot be a witness, 33, 88; Agni invoked against the hating d., 41, 229; d. of disease, 42, 1-48, 67, 273, 280-3, 290 sq., 302 sq., 407, 442, 445, 449, 466, 475, 519, 562; Kushtha invoked against female spooks, 42, 5 sq.; d. that seek to devour, 42, 58; imprecations against d., 42, 64-71, 237 sq., 285, 298, 393-404, 458; charm against female d. hostile to men, cattle and home, 42, 66 sq., 298-302; eat raw meat, 42, 69,395; Indra drives away the d. of grudge, 42, 148; invoked with gods, 42, 162; exorcised, 42, 187; Earth invoked to drive away d., 42, 205; goblins and d., shaft and missile, 43, 106; prayer to be preserved from the fiercely-howling d., 44, 266; human sacrifices to d. at the Purushamedha, 44, 413 sq.; Agni invoked against ghouls and sorcerers, 46, 32 sq., 109; Yâtu, a bad demon, 46, 393; evil d. possessing men's bodies, driven out, 48, 168; description of d., the hosts of Mâra, 49 (i), 139-44. See also Asuras, Atrin, Bhûtas, Dânavas, Dasyus, Goblins, Kinnaras, Pisâkas, Rakshasas, and Superhuman beings. (c) IN CHINA. 'The demon regions,' 3, 412, 412 n.; the demon of drought, 3, 421, 421 n. Departed, the, see Ancestors, Ancestor-worship, Death, Fathers, Pretas, Souls, and Spirits. Deposits, see Property. Deshtri, n.d., invoked at the marriage, 29, 278. Desh/rî, n.d., Prâna is, 42, 219. Desiganin, see Kshamâsramana D. Desire(s): giving up all d. the highest happiness, 8, 49, &c., 405; 10 (i), 43, 43 sq. n., 51, 66, 73; 14, 139 sq.; see also Nirvana, and Tranquillity; produced from attachment, and anger produced from d., 8, 50; the foe in this world, 8, 57 sq.; sin is d., 10 (ii), xv sq.; the Tâo requires being without d., 39, 47, 49, 79; 40, 251 sq. See also Pleasures, and Tanha. Destiny or fate, and actions, 4, 267 sq.; is predominant over everything, 5, 396 sq.; 24, 57, 89; d. and divine providence, 5, 397; 24, 55; everybody's augury fastened on his neck, 9, 2 sq.; the infidels predestined not to believe, 9, 162 sq.; what things happen through d., and what through exertion, 18, 214-16; why worldly goods are not allotted so truly as spiritual, 24, 37 sq.; impossibility to contend with d., 24, 54 sq.; it is by d. that a bad man succeeds, and a good one fails, 24, 93 sq.; stars preside over d. of man, 24, 227 sq.; 37, 445; all undertakings depend on fate and human exertion, 25, 249, 249 n.; controlled by self, 37, 342; its influence on men, 40, 268. Determination is fifteenfold, 11, 233, 233 11. Deva, in the sense of God, in the Upanishads, 15, xxiv, xxxvi. Devabhaga Srautarsha, Purohita of the Kurus and Sringayas, 12, 377. Devadatta, recited the Pâtimokkha before laymen, 13, 266; Buddha restores to life an elephant killed by D., 19, xx; hurls a rock against Buddha, 19, 246, 246 n.; lets loose a drunken elephant, to kill Buddha, 19, 246-9; 35, 282 n.; Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Ananda, Bhagu, Kimbila, D., and Upâli the barber, become Bhikkhus, 20, 22833; not honoured with the epithet venerable,' 20, 231 n.; possessed of the powers of Iddhi, 20, 233 sq.; 35, 290; gains over prince Agâtasattu and is greatly honoured by him, 20, 233-8; his ambition to become leader of the Samgha, 20, 234, 238-41; incites Agâtasattu to murder his father, 20, 241 sq.; 49 (ii), 161; his futile attempts to kill Buddha, 20, 243-50; 35, 193, 249, 251; 36, 355; causes a schism in the Samgha, 20, 251-65; 35, 227, 292; Buddha learnt the Lotus of the True Law from D., who is to Digitized by Microsoft®
SR No.007683
Book TitleGeneral Index to Names and Subject Matter
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorM Winternitz
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1910
Total Pages705
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size51 MB
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