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Dīghī´ti, p., Dīrghe´ti, skt., literally "suffer-long," Name of a mythical king, father of prince Dīghā´vu.—104–108.


Ganges, the well known river of India.—14, 21, 224.

Gava´mpati, p., Gavā´mpati, skt., literally "lord of cows," a friend of Yasa.—61.

Ga´yā Kassapa, brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvelā.—64.

Go´tama, p., Gau´tama, skt., Buddha's family name.—7, 48, 49, 62, 65, 71, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 151, 160, 195; Gotama denies the existence of the soul, 151; Gotama is gone, Buddha remains, 247; Buddha not Gotama, 160; Gotama the samana, 246; Gotama Siddhattha, 110, 165, 253.

Gotamī, name of any woman belonging to the Gotama family. Kisā Gotamī, 16, 209, 210, 211.


Hīnayā´na, skt. the small vehicle, viz., of salvation. A name invented by Northern Buddhists, in contradistinction to Mahāyāna, to designate the spirit of Southern Buddhism. The term is not used among Southern Buddhists.—Pp. ix–x.

Hira´ññavatī, p., Hiran´yavatī, skt. a river.—241.


I´ddhi, p., Ri´ddhi, skt., defined by Eitel as "the dominion of spirit over matter." It is the adjusting power to one's purpose and the adaptation to conditions. In popular belief it implies exemption from the law of gravitation and the power of assuming any shape at will. (See Iddhipāda.)

Iddhipā´da, p. Riddhipā´da, skt., the mode of attaining the power of mind over matter, four steps being needed: (1) the will to acquire it, (2) the necessary exertion, (3) the indispensable preparation of the heart, and (4) a diligent investigation of the truth.—177.

Indra, one of the principal Brahman gods.—141, 198.

Indriyā´ni or panc'-indriyāni, the five organs of the spiritual sense. (See Balāni.)

I´si, p. Ri´shi, skt., a prophet or seer, an inspired poet, a hermit having acquired wisdom in saintly retirement, a recluse or anchorite.

Iś´vara, skt., Ī´ssara, p., (lit. independent existence) Lord, Creator, personal God, a title given to Shiva and other great deities. In Buddhistic scriptures as well as in Brahman the skt. Iśvara (not the p. Issara) means always a transcendent or extramundane God, a personal God, a deity distinct from, and independent of nature, who is supposed to have created the world out of nothing.—72, 73.

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