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Teaching of the Golden Mean, 290

Temples, unknown in the Vedic period, 6
Not mentioned in the Rig- Veda, 62, 76

Ten fetters, Buddhist, breaking of the,

307

Kings, battle of the, 37, 38

Theft, punishment of, 221

Tibet, Buddhism in, in the seventh cen-
tury A. D., 280

Tissa, son of Moggali, 319

Tonsure, ceremony of, 247

Towns, stone-built, 27

Plan of, in Brahmanic and Epic peri-

ods, 150

Transmigration of souls, 308

Doctrine of, 179
Extract concerning, in the Brihadaran-
yaka Upanishad, 179-180
According to Sankhya philosophy, 256-
267
In Nyaya philosophy, 263-264

According to Vedanta philosophy, 271

Travel, maritime, not forbidden in an-
cient India, 50

Treta age, 136

Triad of the Buddhists, 299

Tribes, chiefs of, as kings, 5

Five, of the Panjab, 50
Indian, number of, one hundred and

eighteen, 216

Trisaa, mother of Mahavira, 323

Tura, son of Kavasha, 132

Twice-born men, caste of, 136-137

U

Udgatris, Vedic priests, duties of, 87

Ugrasena, father of Yudhamsraushti,
132

Uma Haimavati, a female theologian,
170

Universal soul, doctrine of, in the Upan-
ishads, 172-176

Upali, convert to Buddhism, 293-295

Upanishads, 172

Compilation of, 85
Number and enumeration of principal,
96
Contain religious speculations of the
warrior caste, 114
Doctrines of, 172
Pantheism in, 173
Passage of Schopenhauer on, 183
Continued by Vedanta philosophy, 271

Basic concept of, 276

Uruvela, place of Buddha's residence for
six years, 289

Ushas, goddess of dawn, 75
Hymn to, in the Rig- Veda, 76-76

Uttara Kurus, 98

V

Vaidehas, Hindu nation, explained as a
caste, 231

Vaisali, capital of Lichchhavis, 284
Buddhist council at, 318-319

Vaisya caste, 136

Rise of the, 84
Undivided in Philosophic period, 232

Occupations of the, 232-233

Vali, king among the non-Aryans, 121

Brother of Sugriva, 121

Killed by Rama, 121

Valabhi, council of, records the scriptures

of the Svetambaras in writing about

467-67 A. D., 325

Valmiki, the reputed author of the Rama-

yana, 120

Instructor of Rama's sons, 124

Varanavata, place of exile of the Pandava
princes, 103

Varuna, Hindu deity, 20

The sky-god, 63
Three hymns to, 63-65

An Aditya, 69

Vasishtha, Hindu legislator, 132, 222

Dharmasastra of, translation from,

230-231

Vassakara, chief minister of Ajatasatru,
299

Vayu, god of air, 72

Puraua, describes the beginnings of the

caste system, 135

Vedangas, 192-193

Vedanta philosophy, 270-273

Vedas, compilation of, 86-86
Indexes of, 193-194

Vedic hymns, study of, 1-2

Period, 4
Religion, decline of, 86, 274
Age, Hindu Aryans a united body in,
136

Religion, reaction against, 274-276

Vegetable food, 21

Vibhishana, brother of Ravana, 122

Videhas, rise of kingdom of, 82, 112-114

Most prominent kingdom of Northern
India, 114

Court of the, 143

Vijaya, conquers Ceylon, 207

Vinaya Pitaka, record of minute rules
for Buddhist monks and nuns, 282

Virata, king of, taught by the Pandava
princes, 108

Vishnu, Hindu deity, 11

An Aditya, 69
Developed into a supreme deity, 70-71

Legends of, 170

Visvamitra, hymn of, 3
First a warrior, then a priest, 37