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29, 333-6; Kârîreshti, a sacrifice offered to bring about rain, 38, 118, 118 n.; the Âgrayana (Agrayaneshti) or offering of first-fruits, 7, 191 sq.; 12, 369-74; 25, 132 sq., 200; 29, 203 sq., 203 n., 337 sq., 415 sq., 430; 30, 93 sq., 124, 289; 41, 46; 44, 176, 176 n.; harvest offerings, 30, 24 sq.; ploughing, watering, and sowing the ground for the fire-altar, 41, 326-41; ploughing and sowing of the site of the burial ground, 44, 431-3; amulet prepared from a ploughshare, 42, 84 sq., 608 sq.; charm to remove weeds from a field, 42, 465; prayers for success in a., 42, 141 sq., 486, 499, 541;-Parsi prayers when sowing corn, 5, 392; rules about sowing, &c., on defiled ground,4, 67 sq.;-Chinese ceremonies relating to a., 27, 254 sq.,255 n.; worship of Hâu-kî, the Father of Husbandry, 3, 319 sq., 341 sq., 3713, 371 n., 398; 27, 431-4, 432 n.; presentation of first-fruits, 27, 271, 274; spring festivals relating to a., 3, 302; thanksgiving sacrifices for a plentiful year, 3, 323, 331-3, 3713, 371 n.; agricultural sacrifice at the end of the year, 28, 167; sacrifices to heaven and earth, and spirits of land and grain, 28, 265; ploughing of special fields by rulers, 27, 36; 28, 222, 231, 239; the enperor ploughs his field, 28, 338;Arabian (heathen) customs with regard to tilth, 6, 132 sq. (d) DETAILS OF AGRICULTURAL
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People earn a living by gleaning, 17, 117; shape of rice-fields, 17, 207 sq.; list of farming operations, 20, 225 sq.; blight and mildew, 20, 326; simile of the husbandman, 36, 269 sq.; food is threefold: ploughing, rain, seed, 43, 110; implements of husbandmen, 4, 174; buying and selling corn, 18, 174-6, 180-2; irrigation, 24, 338 sq.; see also Irrigation; providing in summer for the winter, reaping, 37, 91 sq.; Yâo's care for a. by having a calendar made, 3, 32-4; Shun appoints a Minister of A., 3, 42 sq.; poetical pictures of husbandry, 3, 331-3, 369-72, 444-6; the or
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dinary man (who does not follow the Tâo) compared to a negligent farmer, 40, 121 sq. Aguna, see Heaven. Ahallika, a term of reproach (ghost?), 15, 148. Ahalyâ, Indra's love affair with, 26, 81, 81 n.; Indra wooed A., 49 (i), 44. Aham, Sk., 'I.' The Atman or Self perceived beyond the A. or Ego, 1, xxx; secret name of Brahman, 38, 216 sq., 246. See also I. Ahamkâra, t.t., the principle of egoity, 34, xxiii, 364 n., 376 n., 440, 441; 38, 81. See Egoism, and I. A-hang, n. of I Yin, 3, 95, 95 n., 118, 118 n. See Î Yin. Ahankâra, see Ahamkâra. Ahar, secret name of Brahman, 38, 216 sq., 246.
Ahåras (food?), pain arises from the A., 10 (ii), 139 sq.. Aharîsvang, Phl. Zd., Ashis vanguhi, 'good rectitude,' the angel of perfect rectitude, 37, 227, 229, 244, 292; 47, 85, 85 n. See Ard, Arshisang, and Ashi Vanguhi. Aharman, or Ahriman, the Evil Spirit (in Parsi religion).
(a) His existence, character, and doings. (b) His relation to Aûharmazd. (c) His antagonism against righteousness and religion, and his love of sin. (d) How to defeat A. (e) Myths and legends of A.
(a) HIS EXISTENCE, CHARACTER,
AND DOINGS.
An older corruption of Angramainyu than Ganrâk-maînôk, 5, 4 n., 112 n.: his existence proved, 24, 150-68; the separate existence of an originator of evil admitted by Christians, 24, 238-42; his is no material existence, 18, 44, 44 D.; different from the evil spirit, 5, 128 n. the co-existent one,' 18, 282; Mânîchaean doctrines about A. as the creator, 24, 243-51; and the Christian devil, 5, lxix sq.; the chief of hell, 18, 58, 87; 24, 25, 31; fabricated hell, 4, 376; in darkness, with backward understanding and desire for destruction, was in the abyss, and it is he who will not be, 5, 4; not omniscient, 5, 5, 7; has more predominance in
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