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and is ever hasty, 9, 2; neither to be said openly, nor to be murmured, 9, 13; Ishmael used to bid his people p. and almsgiving, 9, 31; the name of God to be mentioned over cattle when slaughtered, 9, 60; prayer forbids sin and wrong, 9, 122; Solomon's remorse for neglecting his evening p., 9, 178 n.; Muslim are to leave off traffic, to say p., 9, 283 sq.; woe to those who pray and who are careless in their p., 9, 342; invocations to God against the evils of the night, witches, and devils, 9, 344 sq. Preachers of the law of Buddha have to be honoured even more than Buddha himself, and they are always helped by Buddha, 21, xxx, 213-26, 326 sq.; to abuse a p. is a graver sin than to abuse Buddha himself, 21, 216, 218, 225; rules of conduct for p. of Buddha's law, 21, 262-73; coquetry of p., 21, 264; how the (Buddhist) p. is to be dressed and to appear personally, 21, 269 sq.; reward of the p. of Buddha's law who follows all the precepts of Buddha, 21, 274-80, 336-53; incantation against those who attack a p., 21, 374 sq.; Samantabhadra promises to protect the P., 21, 431-5; qualities of p. of the Lotus of the True Law, 21, 437 sqq. See also Arahat. Preaching: persons to whom a Bhikkhu should not preach the Dhamma, 13, 65-7; Bhikkhus should recite the Dhamma when assembling on the Uposatha days, 13, 241; monks who are entitled to preach, 13, 262; 45, 313, 319, 419; discourse delivered by an Arhat in the presence of Buddha, 17, 10-13; the Dhamma may be intoned, but must not be sung, 20, 72; great meritoriousness of hearing and accepting the p. of the law, 21, xXX, 328-35; Gaina monk should preach the law to all creatures, 22, 60 sq.; thanksgiving discourses by Buddhist friars at the end of meals, 35, 16, 16 n., 25; the Bhikkhu's duty to preach Dhamma, 36, 345; a monk should preach the law for no other motive than the annihilation of Karman, 45, 354; how a monk should preach the Law, 45, 410-13; p. the Law more
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meritorious than gifts to Buddha, 49 (ii), 119, 124, 126, 129 sq., 139, 144. See also Buddha (f). Precious things, see Jewels. Predestination, doctrine of, inculcated by Islâm, 6, lxxv. See Fate. Pregnancy, see Woman (b, e). Presents, see Gifts. Pretas, i. e. the ghosts, the departed spirits, find no rest and return to visit relatives, as long as these remain impure, 7, 80; worship of P. is of the quality of darkness, 8, 118; are hungry and thirsty, 19, 92; sufferings of beings in the state of P., 19, 158-60; a tear shed on Srâddha food sends the food to the P., 25, 118; sinners reborn as P., 25, 497, 499, 499 n.; 36, 261-4; four kinds of P., 36, 151; ghosts of evil-doers, 36, 165; beings born in the P. world cannot attain to insight into the Truth, 36, 176 sq.; no pretaloka or realm of P. in a Buddha country, 49 (ii), 12, 33, 97 n. Pride is of the quality of darkness, 8, 320; act virtuously, but do not pride yourself on your virtue, 40, 41. See also Humility. Priests.
(a) Number and classes of p. in India. (6) Functions, duties, and qualifications of Indian p.
(c) Rights and privileges of p. in India, honour due to them.
(d) Position (authority, fees, &c.) of Parsi p. (e) Duties and functions of Parsi p. N.B. For Chinese p. see Officer of prayers under Prayers (g), and Society. (a) NUMBER AND CLASSES OF P. IN INDIA.
The different offices of the Brahman, Adhvaryu, Hotri, and Udgâtri p., 1, 2 sq., 3 n., 12, 284; 12, 8; 41, 141 sq.; office, duties, and knowledge of Udgâtri p., 1, 14 sq., 18-21, 33 sq.; 38, 194 sq., 197, 321; 44, 305 sq., 305 n., 579; the Brahman priest performs the sacrifice in his mind, the Hotri, Adhvaryu, and Udgâtri priests by words, 1, 69, 69 n.; rank, knowledge, duties, office of Brahman p., 1, 71 sq., 259; 41, 22, 24, 141; 43, 192; 44, 45, 104, 135, 211 sq., 213 n., 277, 391, 459, 483, 503; the Purohita or domestic p. of a king, the king's duty to chose one, his rank, &c., 2, 125, 235 sq.;
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