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Azî, or Âzi, see Â7.
A-i Dahâk, see Dahak.
AZI-BALABHADRA
Azi Sruvar, one of the seven heinous sinners, 18, 217, 217 n. AzŎ, see Âz.
Azrâ'il, the angel of death, 6, lxix.
B
Baal, Elias protested against the worship of, 9, 173. Babel, overthrow of the tower of, 6, 253 n.
Bâbhrava, se Vatsanapât B. Bâbhravya, a teacher, worshipped at the Tarpana, 29, 122, 141, 220. Babhru, a teacher, worshipped at the Tarpana, 29, 122, 141, 244. Babhru, the brown one, a demon of disease, 42, 30, 466. Babhrukarna, the brown-eared one, a demon of disease, 42, 30, 466. Babylon, Azi Dahâka in Bawri or B., 23, 60, 6o n. Backbiting, freedom from the habit of, 8, 114, 326, 364; one of the defects of self-restraint, 8, 168; one of the defects of frenzy, 8, 183; is of the quality of passion, 8, 323; punishments in hell for b., 10 (ii), 121 sq. See also Abuse, Defamation, and Slander. Bâd, see Wind. Bâdarayana, his Vedanta - sûtras posterior to Bhagavadgîtâ, 8, 30-3; 34, cxxvi; quoted by Hiranyakesin, 30, 200; the author of the Vedantasûtras, 34, xi; and the chief distinguishing doctrines of Sankara and Râmânuga, 34, lxxxvii-ci; the system of B. had greater affinities with that of the Bhagavatas and Râmânuga than with that of Sankara, 34, c; quoted in the Vedantasûtras, 34, 198, 218; 38, 182 sq., 285, 290, 297 sq., 318, 360, 402 sq., 410, 412 sq.; 48, 326 sq., 336, 626, 694; the foremost among tho. e who understand the Veda, 48, 529; his views opposed to Gaimini's, 48, 686, 689; his view on Brahman as the soul's aim, 48, 752; his view on the released soul, 48, 761, 763. See also Vedanta-sûtras. Bâdari, quoted by Baudhâyana, 14,
85
xl n.; quoted in the Vedanta-sûtras, 34, xix, lxxxii sq., xc sq., 151; 38, 121; 48, 293, 592, 748, 750, 763; thinks that the souls are led to the lower Brahman, 38, 389-92, 39402; asserts the absence of a body and sense-organs on the part of the relea ed, 38, 411 q. Bâdeyiputra, n. of a teacher, 15,
224 11.
Bâdhva, n. of a teacher, 1, 259 sq.
259 n.
Baêshatastira, n.p., 23, 218. Bagaboga, a demon harassing children, 30, 211.
satiated at the
Bahak, n.p., 5, 145-7, 145 n. Bahak, n.p., 5, 145. Bâhavi, a teacher, Tarpana, 29, 220. Bâhikas, n. of a people, call Rudra Bhava, 12, 201. Bahman, see Vohûman. Bahman Pûngyah, his account of the Nasks, 37, 418, 418 n.; his Rivâyat, 37, 451. Bahman Yast, account of its contents, 5, 1-li; and Vohûman Yast, 5, lii sq.; its age, 5, liii-lvi; MSS. and Pâzand and Persian versions of it, 5, lvi-lix; 47, xxiv; B. or Zand-i Vohûman Yasno, translated, 5, 189235; refers to next-of-kin marriage, 18, 399.
Bahram, or Verethraghna, 4, 221 n. See Verethraghna. Bahram fire, see Fire. Bâhuka, n. of a great ascetic, 45,
268.
Bahuputta Ketiya at Vesâli, 11, 40, 58.
Bâhva, when questioned about Brahman by Vâshkalin, explained it to him by silence, 38, 157. Bahvrikas, i.e. the theologians of the Rigveda, 44, 72, 72 n. Bahvrika-Upanishad, see Upanishads (a). Bakht-âfrid, n.p., 5, 194; quoted, 5, 395.
Bakkula, superior to Buddha in bodily health, 36, 8-12, 11 n. Bala (plur. balâni), Sk. and Pali t.t. See Power. Balaam, alluded to, 6, 159 n. Balabhadra, king of Sugrîva, father of Mrigâputra, 45, 88.
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