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CONSANGUINITY-COSTUME
Consanguinity, see Family. Conscience, the righteous souls met by their own c. in the shape of a beautiful maiden, the wicked souls by their own c. in the shape of an old woman, 23, 315-17, 319 sq. n., 343 sq. See also Works (c). Consciousness, pain arises from, 10 (ii), 135 sq.; the cessation of c. stops name and form, 10 (ii), 191; the non-existence of external things cannot be maintained, on account of our c. of them, 34, 418-24; being and c. are one, 48, 33; is self-proved, 48, 33-5, 47-50; is eternal and incapable of change, 48, 35 sq.; there is no real difference between c. and conscious subject, 48, 36-8; being and c. are not one, 48, 47; is not eternal, 48, 50-2; there is no c. without object, 48, 52-4; is capable of change, 48, 54 sq.; the attribute of a permanent conscious self, 48, 56 sqq.; the view that the conscious subject is unreal, owing to the ahamkara, refuted, 48, 61-7; the conscious subject persists in deep sleep, 48, 67-9; c. of the 'I' persists in the state of release, 48, 69-72. Consecration of ponds, wells, tanks, gardens, 29, 134-6; c. of the sacrificer for a sacrifice, see Dikshâ. Consideration (kitta), meditation on it as Brahman, 1, 114. Constellation, see Stars. Contamination, see Impurity, and
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Convents, see Monasteries, and Vihâras.
Converts, see Buddha (c). Corporations, violation of agreements between members of, 25, 253, 293 sq., 293 n.; 33, 346-50; legal assemblies of cultivators, artisans, &c., forming c., 33, 281 sq.; documents to be read before assemblies of c., 33, 308. See also Assemblies. Corpse(s): the earth grieved by c. buried in it or lying on Dakhmas, 4, 24 sq. and n.; he who digs out most c. of dogs and men, and pulls down most Dakhmas, pleases the earth, 4, 26; eating of a c. an abomination, 4, 81, 81 n.; in towns where a c. lies, Veda-study must be interrupted, 14, 64; water, fire, earth contaminated by a c., 18, 229, 229 sq. n.; the ocean will not brook association with c., but throws them out, 20, 301, 303; headless c. dance over the battlefield, 36, 147; pollution through a c., 37, 153 sq., 256 sq.; hideousness of the c., and misery of its consciousness, 37, 200 sq.; fire distressed by carrying a c., 47, 101. See also Death (c), Drug, and Impurity. Cosmogony, World (b). Cosmology, see World (d). Costume of a Brahmana householder, esp. during religious ceremonies, the sacrificial cord (yagñopavîta, prâkînavîta), 1, 285, 285 n.; 2, 54, 108, 110, 180 sq., 278; 7, 114 sq., 117, 119; 8, 359; 12, 228 n., 361, 361 n., 364 n., 365 n., 421, 424, 424 n., 426, 428, 433 sq., 436; 14, 44, 49, 49 n., 165 sq., 181, 186-8, 224, 255, 269, 269 sq. n.; 18, 132 n.; 25, 38, 41; 127; 29, 86, 122, 162, 217, 220, 252, 252 n., 255, 356, 374; 30, 13, 16-18, 16 n., 44 n., 107, 146, 219, 226, 244. 251, 299, 331 sq.; 38, 298; of the Brahmakârin, 2, 9 sq., 23, 176 sq.; 8, 360; 14, 56 sq., 150, 152; 25, 37 sq., 41; 29, 59-62, 67 sq., 82-4, 187 sq., 191, 304 sq., 309 sq., 401 sq., 404; 30, 63 sq., 67, 70 sq., 73, 138 sq., 147 sq., 157, 160, 272, 274 sq.; 32, 232-4; of a Snâtaka, 2, 29, 93, 219, 223; 7, 225, 227; 14, 60, 62, 159, 242; 25, 134, 139; 29, 91 sq., 124, 315 sq., 318,
see Creation, and
Contemplation, see Meditation. Contentment, the devotee is always contented, 8, 60, 101; c. is from Krishna, 8, 86; virtue of c., 8, 325 sq.; better than fame or wealth or life, 39, 87sq.; ambition the greatestguilt, discontent the greatest calamity, 39,89. Contracts, law about, 4, lxxxii, 349, 45 sq., 255; breaking c., a sin against Mithra, 23, 120, 120 n., 149 sq.; c. breakers amongst the creatures of Angra Mainyu, 31, 313; breach of c. of service, a title of law, 33, 131-44; inscribed on slips of wood or bamboo, 39, 121, 133; the Tâoist regards the conditions of a c., 39, 121 sq.; bloody sacrifices offered at the conclusion of c., 40, 164, 164 n.
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