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the V. with a guest, 2, 116; renowned teacher of the V.honoured as a guest, 2, 120 sq.; 30, 279: daily recitation of the V. enjoined for the ascetic, 2, 154; 14, 46, 283, 283 n.; abandoning the V., the ascetic shall seek the Atman, 2, 154 daily recitation of the V. enjoined for the hermit, 2, 155, 157; 7, 277; 8, 362; sacred learning more important than other good qualities, 2, 210 sq.; teaching and studying the V., the duty of Brâhmanas, 2, 215; 8, 182, 359; 25, 24 sq.; Snâtaka shall take pleasure in the study of the V., 2, 226; 25, 134; punishments for the Sûdra who listens to or recites or teaches
IIO.; 8, 367; 15, 11, 40; 48, 527, 617; study of V. or knowledge of V., the first step towards obtaining knowledge of, or the world of, or union with Brahman, 1, 144; 8, 147, 171-4, 185, 369; 15, 300 sq.; 25, 34, 165, 507; 34, 10; 44, 99; 48, 3; rules about the study of the V., 1, 268; 2, 32-51, 97 sq., 111-13, 183-5, 259-65; 7, 123-8; 14, 63-7, 120 sq., 208-11, 245; 25, xxxix n., xlvi-xlviii, 43, 49, 60 sq., 143-9, 193 sq.; 29, 66-73, 119 sq., 191-3; 44, xv; the Gâyatrî is learnt for the sake of all the Vs., 2, 2; whatever else besides the V. a student learns from his teacher brings the same reward as the V., 2, 19; Upâkarma and Utsarga (Utsargana) ceremonies, solemn opening and closing of the Brâhmanic term, 2, 32, 32 n., 33 n., 41, 41 n., III, 111 n., 259 sq., 259 n., 264; 7, 123, 125; 14, 63, 185 sq.; 25, 143 sq. and n., 148; 29, 112-15, 221-3, 321-3, 325, 413 sq.; 30, 77-9, 79 sq. n., 161, 241-6, 266 sq.; 42, 487 sq., 510, 553, 606; causes of interruption of the study of the V., 2, 36, 36 n., 264; 14, 121 sq., 208; 25, 110, 144-9; 29, 81, 114-18, 141 sq., 220, 244 sq., 323 sq., 357, 414 sq.; 30, xxxiv sq., 78-81, 242, 325; Svadhyaya, or Brahmayagña, one of the 'five great sacrifices,' the daily recitation of a portion of the V., 2, 42-9, 201, 201 sq. n., 221 sq.; 7, 193; 8, 61, 61 n.; 14, 224, 245, 256 sq.; 25, 87 sq.; 29, 19 sq., 19 n., 217-20; 30, xx, 246; 44, 95-101; the daily recitation of the V. procures as much merit as austerity, procures imperishable worlds, 2, 45; 44, 96; Vedic texts to be studied with a vow of obedience, except the Tribsrâvana and Tribsahavakana texts, 2, 49, 49 n.; he who learns the V. from his son, an unworthy person, 2, 69; one who neglects the (daily) study of the V. loses caste, is not to be invited to a Srâddha, and his food must not be caten, 2, 69, 74, 258; 14, 46; 25, 103, 103 n., 107, 107 n.; reciting the entire Sâkhâ of his V. purifies a man from sin, 2, 87; repeating
the V., 2, 239; 33, 356; 34, 228 sq.; reciting the V. as a penance, 2, 275; 8, 119; 14, 30, 109, 116, 125 sq., 129, 311, 316 sq., 327; 25, 445 sq., 471, 477, 479, 482; one who divulges the V. to be cast off, penance for it, 2, 278; 14, 77; 25, 471, 471 n.; forgetting the V., a minor offence, penance for it, 2, 281; 7, 135, 176; 14, 4, 104; 25, 441 sq., 442 n.; penance for employing Vedic texts for unworthy people, 2, 286; sin of, and penance for, neglecting the daily recitation of the V., 2, 287; 7, 179, 253; 25, 442, 470; he who performs the three Krikkbras becomes perfect in all the Vs., 2, 299, 299 sq. n.; he who, not having studied the V., applies himself to another study, will degrade himself, and his progeny with him, to the state of a Sûdra, 7, 119; should be taught only to worthy people, not to scorners and unworthy men, 7, 119-22; 14, 10 sq., 155 sq.; sin of teaching the V. for wages or learning it from a paid teacher, 7, 126 sq. and n., 137, 253; 25, 442; acquiring sacred knowledge, without his teacher's permission, from another constitutes theft of the V., 7, 127; 25, 51; he must not recite the V., while unclean, 7, 220; study of V. an obstacle to the attainment of the summum bonum, 8, 16 sq., 355; fruit of study of the V., 8, 81; 25, 27, 27 n.; Krishna cannot be seen in his divine form by the power of
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