724 INDEX
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Aum,' the mysterious word, 141, 533, G17. Avatars, or incarnations, 74, 113, 121, 144, 145, 271, 420, 515, 010,
018, 080. Ayodhya, 021.
Ayuda-puja sacrifice, 570.
Baal-peor, 031. Babylonians, 590. Badari-aranya, 124. Badra-kali, 020, 032. Bahirava, 047. Baiders, the, 501. Baines, J. A., xxvii, 085 n. Bairagis, the, 112, 120, 334, 519-
20, 002. Bala-Badra, 271. Bala-rama, 010, 020, 095, 090, 714. Bala-vasu-devatas, 095, 090.
Bali, 510, 007. Bana, 030. Banasura, King, 020. Bangaru-nadi, 145. Baramahl, 93. Barbers, 02. Bartolommeo, Paolino de S., vi. Basava, or bull, worship of the, 20, 120, 038-9.
Basil plant, worship of the, 049-51.
Bassinam ceremony, 228. Bathing, rules as to, 185, 195,
241-2. Battus, caste of, 278. Beef, Hindu repugnance for, 190-1. Beggars, religious, 113-14, 117. Belgola, temple at, 099, 700. Bellapuram, 531. Bellarmin, Cardinal, 300. Benares, 101, 124, 222, 310, 300, 599. Benevento, Council of, 525 n. Bengal, xxvii, 280 n., 357 n. Bentinck, Lord William, vii, xiv, xv, 357 n. Bhagavata, 2, 109, 121, 401, 410, 550, 010, 024, 073. Bhagavat-gita, 053 n. Bhairava,' 250, 035.
Bhali bhakravarti, 271. Bharadwaja, 98.
Bharata Varsha, 223, 024. Bhasmasura, 517. Bhavani, 410 n. Bhima, 035. Bhootams, or evil spirits, 044-5. Bhoota-sastram, 124. Bhrigu, 017. Bhuta-karma, 250. Bhuta-Karta, 250. Bikshukas, 527. Binota, 701.
Birth ceremonies, 157 et seq.
Birth divination, 382. Birth-rate, increasing, 94. Bishana, 250.
Bodily cleanliness, 200.
Bolu-Jangama «, the, 122. Bombay, xiv.
Bookbinding, Hindu, 431. Bossuet, 31 n., 298. Bouddha-avatar, GIG.
Bouddha sect, 405, 410.
Boyas, the, 501. Brachmanes, 501. Brahma, history and attributes of, 013-5; 47, 98, 103, 144, 108, 172,
198, 207, 219, 221, 224, 230, 241-3, 248, 251-3, 256-7, 259, 264-7, 270, 387, 425-6, 478, 481, 503, 518, 525 n., 533, 540, 542-3, 545-6, 549, 552, 554,566,612, 616, 624-5, 627-9, 633, 636, 690, 694, 710-15. Brahmachari, 151, 179, 236; rules followed by the, 160 et seq., 170
et seq.
Brahman, 613 n. Brahmana, 384 n. Brahmanas, 687. Brahmins, abstinence from intoxicating liquors, 282; begging by, 176; ceremonies of, 23, 143 et seq., 151, 160 et seq., 701; characteristics of, 12, 304, 316 et seq., 322; chief caste, 14, 15, 22, 24, 88, 90; chronology of,
415 etseq.; clothing, their, 323; customs, 275 et seq., 302 et seq.; degeneration of, 104; different kinds of, 108 et seq.; doctrinal disputes, 121, 122; domestic