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and the quarters, 15, 338-40; 41, 91, 120 sq.; where the demon of winter is most predominant, 24, 86; six s. worshipped together with the manes, 25, 115; sacrifices at the end of s., 25, 133; on the last nights of the s. Veda-study must be interrupted, 25, 148; the s. ascended with the sun to heaven, 26, 309 sq.; Ritu-grahas, or Soma libations to the s., 26, 318-24, 319 sq. n., 407 sq.; regulations for spring, 27, 249-67; 'the inauguration of spring,' 27, 253-5, 253 n.; regulations for summer, 27, 268-81; 'inauguration of summer,' 27, 269; the four s. and the four cardinal points, 27, 281 sq.; regulations for autumn, 27, 283-95; 'inauguration of autumn,' 27, 284; regulations for winter, 27, 296-310; inauguration of winter,' 27, 297 sq.; invoked as divine beings, 29, 206 sq., 339; 42, 162; the cow with the five names, the five s.,' 29, 342 sq.; sacred to Pragâpati, 30, 97; beings produced by the s., 36, 103, 107 sq.; number of s., 36, 112 sq., 113 n.; ruled over by Savitri, 41, 40 n.; Prayugâm havîmshi by which the anointed king yokes the s., 41, 123 sq.; seven s., 41, 249, 254, 295, 358; 43, 63, 65 sq., 96, 163, 177, 205, 211, 277, 314, 320; by the six s. the year is linked to the moon, 41, 269; the All-gods are the s., 41, 311; the gods are the s., and from them the herbs grow in spring, rainy season, and autumn, 41, 339 sq.; consist each of two months, 41, 386; 43, 29, 48 sq., 70 sq., 1058, 126 sq.; Madhu and Madhava, the spring, which is the earth, 41, 386; by s. the age of embryo and man is computed, 41, 386 sq.; origin of s., s. created, 43, 4, 6, 8, To sq., 14 n., 74, 125; 44, 13; summer is the part between earth and atmosphere, 43, 29; by union with the s., Pragâpati produces creatures, 43, 32; rainy season and autumn are the air-world and the middle of the year, 43, 49; winter is the space between air and heaven, between waist and head, 43, 70 sq.; bricks of the fire-altar identified.
with s., 43, 90 sq., 125-9; come and go, 43, 91; in each s. is the form of all s., 43, 126; the year is joined and everything fits in by means of the s., 43, 126; Tapas and Tapasya, the two dewy s., 43, 126; are on this side of the sky and the sun, upwards from the earth, 43, 128; are deranged for him who dies, 43, 129; ten s., 43, 165; dying man changes to the s. he dies in, 43, 244 n.; priests mystically identified with the s., 44, 38, 44 sq.; forest fires occur in spring, in winter cattle waste away, 44, 45; the sun is the light of the S., 44, 149; all the s. are first, all of them intermediate, and all of them last, 44, 248; the year is the bull among the s., 44, 276; different birds sacrificed for spring, summer, and rainy season, 44, 382 sq., 383 n.; animal sacrifice of the s., 44, 402; sepulchre to be made in autumn or summer, 44, 423. See also Festivals, Rainy Season, Sacred times, Sacrifice (j, ), Time, and Year. Sebâ, Solomon and the queen of, 9, 101-3; ruin of the town of S., 9, 150 n., 152 sq., 153 n. Secret doctrines, mentioned after the Vedas, as connected with Brahman, 1, 40; Brahma-upanishad, the s. d. of the Veda, 1, 44; the gods love what is mysterious, 1, 242; 15, 159; 41, 144, 146 sq., 149, 270, 365, 367, 380, 395; 43, 156, 158, 175, 179, 363 sq., 372, 398; he who recites to another that self which consists of sight, &c., has no luck in what he has learnt, he does not know the path of virtue, 1, 260; 'Brahmana' in the sense of s. d., 1, 264, 264 n.; restrictions as to teaching the Samhitâ-upanishad, 1, 266, 266-8 n.; secret ordinances, 7, 11, 11 n.; (Buddha says:) I have preached the truth without making any distinction between exoteric and esoteric doctrine: for in respect of the truths, Ananda, the Tathagata has no such thing as the closed fist of a teacher, who keeps some things back, 11, 36; 35, 204; teaching the secret penances, 14, 124, 322; only to be taught to a son or a pupil, 15, 267, 326; special ob
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