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bodily marks from a woman, 42, 109; invoked in a cattle charm, 42, 143; invoked with other gods, 42, 160; 44, 385. Aryamna, a demon harassing children, 30, 211. Aryan, the glory of the A. regions, 4, 223, 223 n.; Anaryan, i. e. hostile countries, 4, 347; Hvarenô, or the glory of the A., worshipped, 23, 7, 7 n., 11, 15, 18, 283-5, 358; the A. clans, longing for the gods, praise Agni, 46, 100, 119; Aryans and Dasyus, the pious and impious, the two kinds of men, 46, 182, 183. See also Aryas. Aryanâgilâ Sâkhâ, founded by Nâgila, 22, 288; founded by Vagrasena, 22, 293. Aryans, see Aryas, and Caste (d,f). Aryapadmâ Sakhâ, founded by Arya Padma, 22, 293. Aryapadmila Sâkhâ, founded by Padmila, 22, 288. Aryarishipâlitâ Sâkhâ, founded by Arya Rishipâlita, 22, 293. Aryas, definition of Aryâvarta, 'the country of the A., 14, 2-4, 147 sq.; countries which it is sinful to visit for A., 14, 148; a righteous man shall dwell in a village where A. form the majority, 14, 243 sq.; Miêkkhas do not understand the language of A., 45, 241; some men born as A., some as non-A., 45, 339. See Ariyas, Arya, Aryan, Caste (d,f). Aryasenika Sâkhâ, founded by Arya Senika, 22, 293. Aryatâpasî Sâkhâ, founded by Tâpasa, 22, 288, 293. Aryavagrâ Sâkhâ, founded by Arya Vagra, 22, 293. Aryâvalokitesvara, instructs Sâriputra in the Pragñâpâramitâ, 49 (ii), 147-9, 153 sq. Aryavarta, n. of India, defined, 14, 2-4. See Geography (of India). Arzûr, slain by Gayomard, 24, 58. Asâ, 'Region,' offerings to, 30, 113 sq.; 42, 486.
Asabana, Kara A., and Vara A., Turanians, 23, 71, 71 n. Asabani, wife of Pourudhâkhsti, 23, 225. Asamaratha, is a rainy month, 43,
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Asâm-i Yamâhust, chief in the River Nâîvtâk, 5, 118, 118 n.; 18, 256 n.
Asamvrita, see Hell (a). Asandîvat, Ganamegaya in, 44, 396. Asanhvanvant, n.p., 23, 203. Asani, offering to A. at the Sûlagava, 29, 352; at rites relating to agriculture, 30, 113 sq.; the lightning, 41, 160; n. of Rudra (Agni), 41, 160.
Asâpati, 'Lord of the regions,' offerings to, 42, 486. Asat, Sk., t.t., that which is not, rò un ov, non-being, non-entity, non-existent; in the beginning there was A. only, 1, 54, 93; the origin &c. of the world cannot proceed from it, 34, 17 sq.; not absolute nonexistence, 34, 266-8; denotes 'Being' previous to the differentiation of names and forms, 34, 267; denotes another quality only, 34, 332-4; compared with the son of a barren woman,' 34, 338 sq.; the cause of the world, 34, 341; entity does not spring from it, 34, 415-18; Brahman cannot spring from it, 38, 20; arose from the earth, 42, 71, 398. Asat Pamsava, deity of the place where they throw the ashes from the sacred fires, 12, 338 sq. Asava (Pali) or Asrava (Sk.), the Âsavas, Buddhist t.t., imperfections of the mind, bad influences, 10 (i), 13 sq. n., 25 sq. n.; 11, 293-5; 20, 263, 263 n.; the four streams of sensuality, individuality, delusion, and ignorance, 11, 97 n., 218, 218 n.; 35, 274, 274 n.; Buddha teaches the destruction of A., 11, 296-307;
the Ginas have reached extinction of A., 13, 91; the five Bhikkhus were released from the A., 13, 102; a man becomes a Samana by the destruction of the A., 35, 251 sq.; twenty-five qualities preventing the destruction of the A., 36, 141-3. See Asravas.
Asceticism, badly-practised, leads to hell, 10 (i), 75; Buddha's attitude towards a., 10 (ii), xv n., 67; 11, 146 sq.; 13, 92-4; 17, 111, 113 sq.; 19, 74-6, 79, 143-5, 174 sq., 235, 260 sq.; 36, 60-2; 49 (i), 72-4, 132-4, 174; different kinds of a.,
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