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THE QUESTIONS OF KING MILINDA.
Eye, the Divine, 26. "Eye of the Truth,' 25.
Cotton stuffs, 159. Counting. See Arithmetic; by the
finger-joints, 91. Courtesan, story of, 183 foll. Courts of justice, 291. Criminal, the condemned, similes of,
165-6, 211. Crops, estimation of growing, 91. Cymbals, simile of, 93.
Dacoits, 33. Dart, simile of the perfect, 159. Dead body, always cast up by the
sea, 259. Death, the fear of, 206-313, 278, 279. Death of the Buddha, the legend of,
explained, 242 foll. Delusion of self, 207, 226. Dependents, kindness to, 138. Dice-playing, 103. Digestion, 193, 236. Diseases, ninety-eight kinds of, 152;
caused in ten ways (one of which is medical treatment), 192;
cured by Pirit, 225. Divination, practised by Brahmans,
247. Divine Ear,' the, 11. • Divine Eye,' the, 26, 179. Divining other people's thoughts,
. 18, 23. Dreams, interpretation of, 247. Drugs, five kinds of, 69. Drum, simile ot, 149. Dryads, 242.
Fairies, 38. Faith, 52, 56. Fans, 148. Finger-joints, used to count with, 91. Fire, similes of, 73, 146, 188, 234,
244. Fire-extinguishing apparatus, 68. Fire-stick apparatus, 85. Flame, simile of, 64. Flavours, the six, 88. Flood, simile of 2, 56. Floor coverings, 267. Food, Indian idea of, 26. Fossil bones, 130. Future life, the craving after, con
demned, 174, 200. Garlands, habit of wearing, 19. Gayal, kind of buffalo, 211. Gems, various kinds of, 177. Generosity, the mighty power of,
173-5. Gestation, period of, is ten months, 16. Ghee, 65, 75, 161, 349. Gold and silver, 3, 59, 267. Grammar, 17. Granary, 65, 161. Guilds of traders, 3.
Ear, the divine, 11. Earth, the broad, similes of, 52, 150,
194, 258, 299. Earthquakes, 170 foll. Eclipses, 247. Education, 17, 50, 63. Egoism, delusion of, 207, 226. Elements, the four, 194. Elephants, 3, 38, 126, 211, 267, 272. Embroidery, 134. Embryo, four stages of the, 63, 105. Esoteric teaching, none in Buddhism,
138, 142, 267. Estimating growing crops, 91. Eunuchs, cannot keep a secret, 141. Evil, origin of. See Pain. Conquest
of, by good, 174. Excitement, condemned, 143. Exorcism, 38.
Hair, the sixteen impediments of
wearing, 19; hair-dyeing and
shampooing, &c., ibid. Head-splitting, belief as to, 222. Heads of houses, 309. Health and wealth, explained, 97. Hell, none in Buddhism, See Pur
gatory. Hen and eggs, similes of, 76, 77, 80. Highwaymen, 32, 222. Honey, the man in the trough of, 88;
the drink of, 95; slips through
the fingers, 249. Horripilation, 38. Horses, 3; the swift, simile of, 199. House-building, 57, 83; house of
life, 207. Humours, the three, in medicine,
168, 191. Husbandry, 215, 235, 247, 285.
Iddhi, powers of, 261. Ideas, mark of, 94; association of,
89-92.
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