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EASING NATURE-EKÂGRATÂ
prayer for making water, 5, 318; 24, 317; rules of purification, 6, 78, 98; rules about it for the Dikshita, 26, 43 sq.; micturition towards the sun sinful, 42, 214, 668. See also Impurity.
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account of an e. of the sun, 27, 328-30, 338 sq. Economy: Ahura-Mazda does not allow us to waste anything of value, 4, 66, 80 sq.; waste not wastefully, for the wasteful were ever the devil's brothers, 9, 4; Muslims should be neither extravagant nor miserly, 9, 89; in his expenditure the superior man exceeds in e., 16, 344. Ecstasy, see Meditation. Eden, the Garden of, 6, 183, 235, 253; 9, 180, 191. Education, Teacher. Eggidatta, see Kâsyapa. Ego, see I.
see Instruction, and
East, see Quarters. Eater, the, is the highest Self, 34, XXXV, xlii, 116-18. Eating, rules relating to it, 2, 5971, 96, 99 sq., 122 sq., 204, 265-70; 5, 310; 7, 216-21; 10 (ii), 66; 14, 25, 36-9, 146; 15, 312 sqq.; 25, 39 sq., 96; 27, 2-4, 7, 20 sq., 79-83, 83 n.; 29, 86 sq., 191, 320 sq.; 37, 180, 182 sq.; rules of e., for the hermit, 2, 195; 7, 277 sq.; 8, 361 sq.; 14, 45, 259, 292-4; 25, 199-204; for Snâtakas, 2, 223-5; 14, 60-2; 25, 138-41; 29, 123 sq., 409 sq.; 30, 85; for ascetics, 7, 279, 362-4; 14, 46-8, 280-3; 25, 199-201; for Buddhist Bhikkhus, 11, 190 sq., 253, 253 n.; 13, 37-40, 62-5; 17, 67-97, 117 sq., 128 sq., 130-3, 138 sq., 143-5, 220-5; 19, 296, 298; 20, 73-5, 135, 153 sq., 253, 284-9; 35, 272; 36, 9 sq., 98-100, 98 n., 99 n., 281 sq., 330 sq., 339 sq., 349 sq.; for Gaina monks, 22, 71, 88 sq., 103-10, 114 sq., 117 sq.; 45, 5 sq.;-rinsing the mouth before and after e., is dressing the breath with water, 1, 74, 74 n.; 15, 204, 312; 38, 211-14; about e. at night, 5, 346 sq.; the Tathagatas do not accept food with their hands, 13, 82; e. represented as a sacrifice offered by the Self to the Self, 15, 312 sqq.; prayers before and after e., and cleansing the mouth, 18, 133-6; 23, 312; 24, 282-5; moderate e. good for the body, 24, 14; ablution before e., 25, 193; e. together of the newly-married couple, 30, 48 sq.; sin of e. on the road, 37, 129. See also Food, and Meals. Echo meditation on the person in the e. as Brahman, 1, 304. Eclipses of the sun and moon, evil omens, ceremonies to avert them, 3, 82, 82 n., 355; 28, 434; 42, 533; the time of an e. auspicious for a Srâddha, 7, 241; advantages attending an e. of the sun or moon, 7,
Ekadhanâ, see Water (b).
270; ceremonies interrupted on Ekâgratâ, t.t., 'one-pointedness,'
the
Egoism, egoity (ahamkâra): ascetic free from e., emancipated, 8, 52, 313, 326, 332 sq., 366, 368, 370 sq., 389 sq.; deluded by e. a man thinks himself the doer of actions, 8, 55; one of the eight divisions of man, 8, 73 sq.; as part of the creation, 8, 317; a development of the Mahat is e., 8, 333 sq., 382; is of three descriptions, 8, 334 n.; from e. the five great elements were born, 8, 335; eleven organs produced from e., 8, 336; the cause of the whole course of worldly life, and self-consciousness, with Rudra as the presiding deity, 8, 338; the wheel of life is lit up by the great e., 8, 356, 356 n.; the great e., the boughs of the tree of worldly life, 8, 371; understanding and e., the two birds, 8, 371 n.; is of the nature of seed and a product, 8, 383; is above space, the highest element, 8, 385; those who perform actions, full of e., go near Pragâpati, 8, 389; Aniruddha identical with the principle of e., 34, xxiii, 440; accomplishes all actions and enjoys their results, 34, 34. See also Aham, Ahamkâra, and I. Eka, a teacher quoted by Âpastamba, 2, xxvii, 70. Ekâdasinî, t.t., set of eleven stakes, 26, 173, 176 sq., 218 sq., 221; 44, 301 n., 309 sq. and n., 335, 335 n., 404 sq. See also Animal sacrifice (d).
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