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GENERAL INDEX.
Release, final, the death of the body is the term of the attainment of, ii, 357 seq..
- works if joined with knowledge may effect it, ii, 359.
is something not to be effected at all, ii, 359.
-- is a fruit like other fruits, ii,
405.
-in so far only as it is a cessation of all bondage, not as implying the accession of something new, ii, 406.
when the released has a body and senses, the state of f. r. is analogous to the waking state, ii, 413; when he has no body and no senses, it is analogous to that of a dream, ii, 413.
what Scripture says about absence of all specific cognition refers either to deep sleep or to f. r., not to that abode which is the result of qualified knowledge, ii, 414 seq.
see also Emancipation. Released, the. See Soul, released. Religious acts, their performance has for its fruit transitory felicity, i, II. --see also Works, and Sacrifice. - duty, the enquiry into it carried
on in the Gaimini-sûtra, i, 26. --the possession of supernatural powers depends on the performance of it, i, 293. - is characterised by injunction, i, 293, 293 n.
--in the case of r. d. we entirely depend on Scripture, i, 299. -hunter, i, 228.
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merit, different degrees of pleasure the mere effects of it, i, 27. -final release not the effect of
it, i, 27 seq. --is what brings about the fruits of actions, as Gaimini thinks, ii, 182.
Retractation (of the world into Brahman). See Pralaya, and World. Rig-veda, the lower knowledge com
prises the, i, 137, 138. -the pranava belonging to the R. is connected with the udgîtha belonging to the Sâma-veda, ii,
282 n.
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Rik, the highest Self is, i, 79. -meditation on the earth as R.,
and fire as Sâman, ii, 345-349. Rinsing of the mouth with water before and after eating is enjoined with reference to the act of meditation on the water viewed as the dress of prâna, ii, 211-214.
Rishi, knowledge of the R. necessary for the performance of a sacrificial action, i, 213 seq. -the Tantra (Sankhyasâstra) composed by a, i, 291, 292. Rishis cannot perform sacrifices, hence are not entitled to the study of the Veda, i, 197 n. - are entitled to acquire knowledge, i, 199.
-the Vedas were seen by R., men of exalted vision, i, 213, 223. - cannot be qualified for medita
tions connected with, i, 217. - we have no right to measure by our capabilities their capability, i, 223.
- create many things by their mere intention, i, 347 seq. Rivers, simile of the, i, 277 seq.,
279.
Road of the gods. See Path of the g.
of the fathers. See Path of the f. Rudra, in consequence of a boon
being granted to R., Sanatkumâra was born again as Skanda, ii, 235.
Rudras, class of gods, i, 202, 216. Ruler within, or the internal r., is Brahman, i, pp. xxxv, xlii seq., cxiii, 130-135.
- is not the pradhâna, i, 132 seq. cannot mean the embodied soul, i, 133-135.
Sabara Svâmin, ii, 268.
Sacrifice must be preceded by the knowledge of the Rishi of the mantra used, i, 213 seq. Sûdra unfit for it, i, 224. - is accomplished by means of speech and mind, ii, 57. -water is intimately connected
with, ii, 105, 108, 109. -though involving harm done to animals, &c., is not unholy, ii, 130 seq.
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