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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
divine, immortal body, 779; consists of couples, 284; consists of five mortal parts (hair, skin, flesh, bone, marrow) and five immortal parts (mind, voice, breath, eye, ear), 290; the immortal parts are the vital airs, 292; body (fifteenfold, 309; fivefold, 309); consists of 101 parts and has as many vital airs, 325, 326; parts constituting (Pragapati's)body, 347; of thirty parts, 383, 387; body of dead man how to be treated, V, 201 seq.; body of man is of
three parts, 261. bone,-bricks are Agni's bones, IV,
20; bones run both lengthwise and crosswise in the body, 135; in wings and tail of birds no transverse bone, 135; is one of the mortal parts of the body, 178; bones are the 'sri' (goodness, strength) of men, 326; are the enclosing-stones, hence 360 of them, 387; V, 169; bones of fat and lean persons are alike, V, 20; bones of dead man are collected, 117, 443 n.; brought home,arranged on black antelope skin and burnt, 200; buried, 433; arranged like bird's
body, 435. boon, choosing of, III, 105. bow, strung, III, 87; is the Råganya's
strength (virya), 89; with three arrows given as sacrificial fee, V, 11; Vishnu's bow and three
arrows, 442. brahmahatya, redeemed by Asva
medha, V, 328; atonement for
it, 340, 341. Brahmakårin, not delivered to Death,
V, 48; cuts off a night from his life by not bringing firewood, 48, 49; his life a sacrificial session, 49; begging alms, 49, 50; brings firewood to teacher, 53, 54, 85; initiation of Brahmakârin, 86 seq.; teacher, by laying his right bandon him, becomes pregnant with him, and in the third night he is born as a Brahmana with the Savitri, 88; whether allowed to eat honey or not, 90; may initiate the Unnetri, 137.
brahmatarya, religious studentship,
V, 86 seq. Brahman (n.), is Brihaspati, III, 3,
21.; IV, 192; (prayer), III, 31; (priesthood) connected with the east, Gayatri, Rathantara, Trivrit, spring-season, 91; the Brahman (trayi vidya) first created, 145, 146; is the foundation of everything, 145; is Agni's mouth, 146; Pragapati is the whole Brahman, 353; constitutes the fourth layer of altar, IV, 59; (priesthood) delivered from death through the trivrit-stoma, 67; Brahmanaspati itslord, 73; is Agni, 85; Agni created as the Brahman, 342; the firstborn Brahman, the Rishis, 100; the Brahman, the Yagus, its power in the other world, 173; (holy writ) seven-syllables (rik, yagus, sâman, brahman), 314; (mystic science) the greatest, 338; established as the vis, V, 41;- is the highest of gods, IV, 59;. upholds heaven and earth, 59; is the vital airs, 59; is Pragàpati, 59, 60; is the Gåyatri, and the sun's disk, 94; is the universe, 315; the imperishable) akshara, the one brick (of) Agni into which all beings pass, 343; the true Brahman is the Purusha, 400; the universe in the beginning was the Brahman who created the gods, V, 27; the Brahman, having placed the deities in the three worlds and in the higher worlds, went to the sphère beyond these, whence it descended again by means of its manifestations Form and Name, 27; only on being possessed of the Brahman the gods became immortal, 28; delivers creatures to Death, except the Brahmakârin, 48; six doors to the Brahman, 66 seq. ; sacrifice to Brahman (study of the Veda), 95 seq.; is a light equal to the sun, 388; the ultimate thing of the universe, 409; Brahman Svayambhu, performs austerities, 417; offers himself up in the
, 388 $ a light of the nice to
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