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PISANAH-PLANTS
Pisanah or Kaî-Pisân, n, of a king, 5, 136 sq., 136 n.; 23, 222, 222 n. Pisha, i.e. Vaisravana, converted by Buddha, 19, 245, 245 n. Pisina, king of Iran, 23, 303. Pisuna, a name of Mâra, 19, 147 sq. See Mâra.
Pitakas, three, see Tipitaka. Pitâmaha, quoted by Brihaspati, 33, 318.
Pitaona, with the many witches, 18, 370; killed by Keresâspa, 23, 296.
Pitris, see Fathers. Pitriyagña, Sk., 'Sacrifice to the Fathers,' see Fathers. Pitrya, rules for the sacrifices for the ancestors, 1, 109, 110, 111, 115. Pity, see Ahimsâ, Compassion, and Sympathy. Planets, evil influences of the seven, 5, 113 sq.; 24, 34, 38; worship of the p., 7, xxi; the sun is the prince among p., 8, 346; simultaneous occurrence of particular conjunctions of the p., 18, 333-5; seven p. assist Aharman, 24, 55, 76; opposed to the good constellations, 24, 163. See also Stars. Plants.
(a) Origin and nature of p., healing p., p. as (6) Holy and magic p., p. in worship and mythology.
living beings.
(a) ORIGIN AND NATURE OF P., HEALING P., P. AS LIVING BEINGS.
Creation of p., 5, 10, 30 sq.; fire in p., 5, 61 sq.; 43, 184; origin and nature of p., 5, 99-105; 25, 16; barley seed is the first among p., 8, 353, 353 n.; created by Pragâpati, 12, 323; when the light of the moon waxes warmer, p. grow, 23, 90; the best grains and fruit, 24, 46; wheat, the chief of grains, 24, 108; the essence of p. is water, the essence of water are p., 26, 142; are the pith of the earth, 26, 45; created for the kine, 31, 152, 156; grow thrice, in spring, in the rainy season, and in autumn, 41, 340; shoot out a hundredfold and a thousandfold, 41, 340; that which consists of all p. is all food, 43, 224; honey is the essence of p., 44, 90; how all kinds of p. come into exist
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ence, and how they feed, 45, 388-92; see also Parables (e);-healing p. brought by Ahura-Mazda, 4, 225-7, 227 sq. n.; 5, 18; healing or medicinal p., 5, 31, 45, 66, 90, 99-101, 103, 176; 18, 262 sq., 265; 31, 292; 37, 165; 41, 341 D.; 42, 3, 19-21, 30-4, 36, 55-8, 302, 369, 376, 385, 408-10, 419-23, 464-6, 470, 516, 536; five esculent p., 27, 272, 272 n.; gathering medicinal p., 37, 18, 130; created for the subjugation of disease, 37, 116; prayers to the kushtha-plant to destroy fever, 42, 4-6, 441 sq., 414-19, 676-81; dark p. curing leprosy, 42, 16, 267-9; poisonous p. on the mountains, 42, 26, 375, 378;
crime of and penance for cutting trees, shrubs, creepers, &c., 7, 137, 161 sq.; 25, 459, 459 n.; 28, 250; 37, 108; injury done to long-living bodies, i. e. p., 22, 7; sin of injuring p., 22, 9-11; 25, 443; 36, 100; 45, 293; are living beings with reason, &c., 22, 10; 45, 293; experience pleasure and pain, 22, 11; p. destroyed for sacrifices are reborn in higher existences, 25, 175; souls of trees, bushes, creepers, grasses, &c., 48, 198. See also Ahimsâ. (b) HOLY AND MAGIC P., P. IN
WORSHIP AND MYTHOLOGY.
Darbha grass is free from evil. 1, 173; sacred twigs, and other sacred p., 18, 164 sq. and n.; the branch Hadhânaêpata lifted up at the sacrifice, offered to the Fire, 31, 274-6, 316, 320 sq., 350; the Dûrvá grass, 41, 187 n., 379-81; 43, 2 n.; layer of munga-grass in the fire-pan as womb, 41, 251; holy p. mixed with the water at the anointing of a king, 42, 378; see also Âdâra, Arka, Avakâ, Baresma, Barhis, Darbha, Dûrvâ, Kusa, Sacrifice (b), and Trees;-magic p., 42, 40-4, 80, 137 sq., 219, 305, 305 n., 356 sq., 507, 578-82, 675, 702 sq.; charms with p. against demons and sorcerers, 42, 68-72, 77, 393-404, 429, 556; magic p. used against curses, 42, 91, 285 sq.; magic p. bestowing a husband, 42, 94 sq., 325; used with love-charms, 42, 99-103, 107 sq., 354 sq., 513, 534; used with battle
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