General Index to Names and Subject Matter

Author(s): M Winternitz
Publisher: Oxford

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ALIKHAT-AMERETÂT
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Alikhat, n. of a demon harassing is the best place of the carth, the
place of I/â,'46, 287 sq.; is a woman, Allâh, chief god of the tribes in 12, 63, 86 ; 26, 120; etymology of
Arabia, 6, xii; his supremacy vedi, 12, 60; the altar-ground, is merely nominal, 6, xiv; the unity the world of the gods, 43, 118; is of A. preached by Mohammed, 6, firefold, Sevenfold, 43, 308 sg.; xxiv; called Ar-Ra'hmân, the whatever good deed man does that merciful one,' 6, Ixi; angels and is inside the a., whatever evil decd deities, daughters of A., 6, Ixi; he does that is outside the a., 44, 45; Muslim belief in A., 6, Ixvi-Ixviii; the Vedi is the Gâyatrî, 44, 56; the ninety-nine attributes or good the high a. (uttaravedi) is the nose names' of A., 6, lxvii sg.; had of the sacrifice, 26, 113; the sky, Too names, 23, 21. See God. 41, 349; the air, 44, 248; the sacriAllakappa, n.pl., the Bulis of A. fice, 14, 498. See also Fire-altar, and
11, 132; Dâgaba at A., 11, 134. Holy places. Allât, chief idol of an Arabian tribe, Altars, five, see Fires, five; to be 6, xji sg.; the divinity of A. recog- erected by the king and ofhcers, 28, nized and again denied by Mo- 206 sq. hammed, 6, xxvi sq.; favourite Ama, n. of Prâna, breath, 1, 76. idol of Tâ'if, 6, xliii; feminine Amagandhabrâhmana, 1. p., 10 forin of Allâh, 6, 160 n.; the idol of (ii), 40. the Thaqif, 9, 9n.
Amagandhasutta, t.c., 10 (ii), 40-2. Allegory, allegorical sacrifice, sense- Amara, the faithtul wife of Mahoorgans being the priests, sense- sadha, 35, 294-6. objects the oblations, &c., 8, 261; Amaravati, city of the gods on Brahman (or knowledge of Brahman) Mount Meru, 12, non. described as a forest, 8, 284-8; alle- Ambâ, her son Ganta, 19, xxvii. gorical explanation of Buddhist Amba-gâma, n.pl., Buddha at, 11,66. stanzas, 10 (i), 70 sqq. n. See also Ambalatthikâ, n. pl., Buddha at, Parables.
11, 12; the Brahmagala spoken at All-gods, see Visve Devâh.
the royal rest-house at A., 20, 376. All-Sacrifice, see Sarsamedha. Ambapali = Sk. Amrapâlî, n, of a Alms, see Begging, Charity, and Gifts, famous courtesan, who invites Altar, Sk. Vedi, the altar-ground, Buddha together with his Bhikkhus or sacrificial ground, its preparation, to a meal, and presents her mansion 12, 47-94, 422-5; 26, 1--3; measur- to the order of mendicants, 11, 30-3; ing of it, 12, 62 sq. ; 43, 30 sq., 17, 105-8; 19, 266; her grove at 306-11; enclosing the a., 12, 423; Vesâlî, 11, 28-34; Vesâlî flourishing construction of two altars (vedi and through her fame, 17, 171 sq. ; sees uttararedi), 12, 392 sq. and n., 417; Buddha and is converted by him, 19, 26, 115 sq.; 44, 225, 225 n.; 43, 232-6. 121, 182 sq.; preparation of the Ambarisha, verses sung of old by Soma a. with the high a.(uttaravedi), king A., 8, 301-3; having dwelt in 26, 111-20; Uttaravedi, or northern the forest, returned to the royal (or upper) a. not required for Vais- office, 19, 107; 49 (i), 100 sq. vadeva, 12, 388, 388 n.; plan of Ambâs, Ambâyavîs, and Ambayâs, sacrificial ground, 26, 475; the in the world of Brahman, 1, 276. Vihara or sacrificial ground, 30, 331; Ambassadors, see War. how to step past it, 44, 57 sq.; Ambhini, teacher of Vâk, 15, 226. Barbis spread on it, 46, 198; specu- Ambhrini, the voice of thunder, lations on it, 43, xvii, xviin.; as wife of the Maruts, 32, 275. great as the a. is, so great is this Ambikâ, sister of Rudra, 12, +40 ; earth, 12, 60; 26, 175; the Vedi is is the dispenser of happiness, 12, this earth, 41, 345, 349; 43, 171, 441. 235; 44, 248 ; this a.-ground is the Ambrosia, see Amrita. farthest end of the earth, 44, 390; Ameretât, see Amerôdad.
avedi, or no. Vais- ofices Ambayar
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