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Three, see Numbers (b). Three Jewels, see Jewels. Threshold, Buddha's room to be entered without crossing it, 17, 137; the mother of a new-born child must not step on a th. in the dwelling, 24, 277, 339; an officer should enter the palace without treading on the th., 27, 71; bride shall not stand on the th., 30, 193, 263. Thrimithwant, son of Spitâma, 23,
204, 204 n.
Thrit, son of Aêvo-saredha-fyaêsta, 23, 218.
Thrita, the inventor of the herbsmedicine, 4, 225-7; one of the first priests of Haoma, 4, 226; the Sâman, father of Keresâsp, 18, 369; 31, 233 sq.; 47, 136 n.; son of Sâyuzdri, 23, 71, 212; 47, 78 n. Thritak, n.p., 5, 134; 47, 34. Thriti, daughter of Zarathustra, 23, 204 11., 224.
Thunder, meditation on the person in the, as Brahman, 1, 303; th. and rain symbolical of political disorder, 16, 215 sq., 216 n.; the emblem of great power, 16, 309, 309 n.; th. and rain symbolical of forgiveness on the part of a conqueror, 16, 316, 317 n.; Indra is th., and th. is thunderbolt, 44, 116. See also Omens. Thunderbolt, chief among weapons, 8, 89; the prâna is a raised th., 34, 229-31; used to denote 'cause of fear in general,' 34, 230 sq.; is fifteenfold, 41, 413; 43, 37, 62, 85 sq.; 44, 300 sq., 350, 384; drives off the evil-doer, 43, 37; strength means th., 43, 64; 44, 384; is wielded by the sun, 43, 85 sq.; Indra drives off the Asuras with it, 43, 193; Indra is the th., 44, 116. See also Indra (b). Thunderstorm, shooting arrows at, 32, 400, 404 sq.; how it arises, 40, 132; Agni in the th., 46, 103. See also Storm.
Thûpas, see Stûpas. Ti and Shang Tî meaning God, 3, xxiii-xxix; 16, xix sq., 51 sq.; 39, 202 n.; as title of Chinese sovereigns, 3, xxiii, xxv-xxix; the title T. and Hwang Tî, 3, 256, 256 n.; the relation of the Tâo to T. or God, 39, 16, 18 sq.; Tîs and Kings regard Heaven and Earth as
their Author, 39, 333. See also God (b), and Kings (c).
Tî, behaved rudely in mourning, 27,
177.
Tidasapura, see Gods (j). Tides, see Ocean. Tiger, see Animals (k). Tî I consults 3ze-hsiâ about mourning, 27, 151.
Tî Khû, deserves ancestor worship, 28, 208.
Time, Wǎn of Wei praised for his regard to auspiciousness of, 3, 436 sq., 436 n.; boundless T. invoked, 4, 213 sq.; 23, 10, 18, 34, 334, 352; the departed soul enters the way made by T., 4, 218; produced by Aûharmazd, 5, lxx, 160; reckoning of t., year, months, and seasons, 5, 23 sq., 91-7 and n., 149-51; names of angels ascribed to the thirty days of the Parsi month, 5, 103 sq. n.; the decree of appointing T., 5, 165; Hâsar, measure of t., 5, 308, 308 sq. n.; beginning of the morning watch determined, 5, 371; lengths of midday and afternoon shadows, 5, 397-400; days of the Parsi month, 5, 406 n.; divisions of t., 7, 77 sq.; 15, 316 sq.; 25, xii, lxxxiii sq., 19 sq.; 44, 168 sq.; is without either beginning or end, 7, 78; highest self unlimited by t. and space, 8, 45, 45 n., 186; day, bright fortnight, six months of the northern solstice on the path to Brahman, 8, 80 sq.; night, dark fortnight, six months of southern solstice, on the path to the moon, 8, 81; Krishna is T. (Kâla, king of death), 8, 89 sq. and n.; Mârgasírsha, chief among months, 8, 90, 91 n.; day, night, months, half-months, years, seasons, conjunctions, are all threefold (of the three Gunas), 8, 330; is threefold, past, present, and future, 8, 331; the wheel of t. which rotates in this world, 8, 343, 355 n., 356; day was first, then night, months have the bright fortnight first, of Nakshatras is Sravana, of seasons the winter first, 8, 352; some say both t. and space exist, others deny it, 8, 375; who knows the morrow of man? 12, 291; considered by some as the cause of everything,
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