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Aditi, the Vedic Universal Mother.

Adityas, Sons of Aditi, the months deified.

America, alleged existence of Buddhism in ancient America, chap.

203.

xii.

Amitayas, the Buddha of immortal life, 145. Amrita, Pali Amata, immortality, "bread of
sacrifice after consecration.

life,"

the food of the

Arhat, one emancipated from rebirths, an Adept. Arupaloka, the heavens where form ceases.

Asoka on "God," the future life, prayer, mysticism, his attitude towards Buddhism, 114 et seq.
Avichi, the
' '

etc.,

114

et

seq.;

rayless place, " hell, purgatory.

Baptism, the Buddhist rite of, 170, 185. Bhagavat, lord, God, a title applied to Buddha, Vishnu, and iva. Bhikshu, beggar, one who has adopted the religious life. He is called

Muni (silent one), Sramana (vile one), Son of Buddha, Son of Sakya, Son of Dharma, Man of Pure Life, Smasanika (dwelling amid tombs), Houseless one, etc. Bigandet, Bishop, on the Buddhist hierarchy, 132. Bimbisara, advised to destroy the infant Buddha, 30. Bodhi, gnosis, knowledge of the laws of spirit, annihilation of the ego, and mystical union of the soul with the non-ego, or God. Bodhisatwa, one about to obtain the Bodhi in his next rebirth. Brahma, the Great Spirit, the ineffable. Brahma, the anthropomorphic god. Brahmacharins, Seekers of Brahma, name for Buddha's early disciples. Brahmajnani, an Adept.
also Parivrajika (wanderer),
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Buddha, esoterically God, exoterically S&kya Muni. See Sakya Muni. Buddhaghosa and the atheism of Ceylon, 111 his history of the convocations, 111.
Burnout', Emile, derives Christianity from

Buddhism,

160.

Carpet (kusa mat) of Brahma, a mystic state. Ceylon, vast pretensions claimed for scriptures
Chaitya, sepulchral mound, dolmen.

of,

126.

Chakravartin

(lit.

"he who

turns in the Zodiac"), a king of kings.

Clement of Alexandria, on India, 105. Colebrooke, Henry, on the burial of calcined remains, 13 Vedism a monotheism, 14 Nirvana not annihilation, 19 derives the philosophy of Pythagoras from Buddhism, 154.
; ; ;

Convocations,

first,

106

second, 111

third, 127.

Crozier, Dr., announces that

Buddha discarded

"Supreme

Soul," 7

'

condemns Buddhism and other Indian

religions, 209.

Dagoba (from Dhatugarbha),

Davids, T.

relic shrine.
;

Ehys, considers early Buddhism an atheism, 7 affirms that Buddha denied the existence of the soul and a future life, 144 affirms that the Buddhism of the Little Vehicle was Agnostic, 126 his translation of the Tevigga Sutta, and its great importance, 52 ; his Life of Buddha from the Birth Stories 96, 126 supports the authenticity of the first convocation, 126 bases his views of Buddhism on the alleged fact that the Mahayana never reached Ceylon, 126. Dharanis, prayers. Dharma, the laws of spirit, the "Wisdom of the Other Bank," 49;
;

W.

personified as a divine

woman,

116.

Dhyana, the trance of

Elephant,
its

extasia.

meaning, 27

Buddha's descent as an, 27.

Essene

rites, 164.

Fa Hian

cited, 134.

Fasting, Buddha's forty-seven days', 78.

Fergusson, James, on the Sattapanni cave, 109. Foucaux, Philippe Edouard, his translation of the Lalita Vistara cited, 26 et passim.

Gandharva, a cherub. Gatha, a poem, a verse.

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Goldstucker, Professor, denies that Nirvana means annihilation, 19. Grueber, Father, on the similarity of Buddhist and Christian rites,
191.

Guru, a spiritual teacher.

Hue, the Abbe, on the similarity of Buddhist and Christian

191.

rites,

Hwen

138,

Thsang, states objections of earlier Buddhism to Agnostic school, 139; on the Convocation of Kaniska, 138; Buddhism of

Ceylon belongs to the Greater Vehicle, 127.

Isana, God, on the

Asoka

stones, 279.

Jina, a conqueror of his lower nature, a

Buddha.

Karma, the

effects of sins or

good deeds, which are supposed to land

the doer in the hell Avichi or the heavens of the Devaloka, and He is then detain him until the said Karma is exhausted.

born once more into the world, his Karma influencing the new
birth.

Kellogg, Professor, on the Metempsychosis, 176.

Lama, the high priest of Tibet, descended most probably from the Acharya of Nalanda. Lightfoot, Bishop, of Durham, considers Christ's movement anti-Essene,
162, 165.

Mahadeo, a monolith or menhir, " Great God," a name of Siva. Mandala, mystic ring. Mantra, prayer, charm. Manushi (mortal), Buddhas, seven, 103. Mara, the Buddhist Satan. Megasthenes on India, 101, 105.
Nairanjana, the Buddhist Jordan.

Nirvana, heaven.

Norway, Buddhism

in,

chap.

xii.

199.

Oldenburg, Dr., rejects second convocation, 125.

Palasa, Butea frondosa.

Paramitas, the ten, the "qualities of the Other Bank."

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See Bhikshu.

Parsvika, a leader in the Agnostic the "Great Vehicle," 138.

Prajfia Paramita,

revolution in

Buddhism

entitled

the

"Wisdom
116.
;

of the Other

Bank"; wisdom

per-

sonified

hy a woman,

Pyrrho-Buddha,

set up, 135

dethroned, 145.

Rajendra Lala Mitra shows that the " Greater Vehicle" was plagiarised from the Brahmin Sunyavadi, 140.
Rishi, prophet,

man

of

God

his religion,

9.

Rosny, Leon de, derives Christianity from Essenism and Buddhism,

159.

Sakya Muni,

results of his
;

movement, 212

comes down to earth as a

;
;

white elephant, 27 miraculous birth, 26 marriage, 36 the four presaging tokens, 35 leaves the palace, 46 sits under the tree on the Brahma religion, 52 his reform, 56 ; of knowledge, 47 the historical Buddha, 56 death of, 94. begins to preach, 48
;
;
;

Siladitya introduces Agnostic

Buddhism, 138.

Skandhas, the five (lit. "bodies"), usually applied by Buddhists to the animal nature of man. Southern account of Buddha's movement, 96. St. Matthew an Essene, 167. St. James an Essene, 167. Stambha, upright monolith, menhir. Sunya, the void, the "Great Nowhere.' Sunya pushpa, the "Carriage that drives to the Great Nowhere," a nickname for the Agnostic or innovating school of Buddhism, the

Buddhism
Swayaihvara,
choice").

of the

"Great Vehicle."
by
athletic

Sutra, discourse.

marriage

competition

(lit.

"her

own

Tapas, self-torture (swinging on hooks, etc.) to gain magical power.

Tathagata.
See Buddha.
Tirthas, tanks, shrines. Tope, a dolmen, or sepulchral

mound.

Tusita, the highest heaven to be reached

by unemancipated

spirits.

Vaitarani, the

Brahmin River of Death. Varsha, the rainy season, the Buddhist Lent. Vihara, a monastery.

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Williams, Sir Monier, pronounces Buddhism atheistic, 7 it ignores all "spiritual aspirations," 50 general denunciation, 118.

Wilson, Professor, Vedic gods represent halting-places on the zodiac, in the sun's annual course, 15.

Yoga

(lit.

"union"), the conjoining of heaven and earth,

spirit,

and

matter, the annihilation of the ego and merging of one's will with the divine will. Magical powers were conceived to be a result of
this

"union."

Hence Yoga

also

means white magic.