Sautramani, sacrifice in expiation of an
overindulgence in Soma, 163
Savitri, a sun-god, 69-71
Schopenhauer, on Upanishads, 183
Self-defence, right of, 222
Settlements, Aryan, in the Panjab, 4
Settlers, Aryan, earliest home of, 50
Seven jewels of the Buddhist law, 306-307
Rivers of the Panjab, 49
Siam, Buddhism in, about 638 A. D., 321
Siddhartha, see Buddha
Sisupala of Chedi, killed by Krishna, 107
Sita, described as the daughter of Janaka,
116
Originally a goddess of the furrow, 116
Won by Rama at a svayainvara, 119
Accompanies Rama into exile, 120
Stolen by Havana, 121
Proof of purity required of, 123
Exiled by Rama, 123
Mythical character of, 126
Ideal Hindu woman, 125
Death of, 125
Skepticism, Hindu, 171
Sky, the most prominent object of wor-
ship in early India, 62
Social customs, had force of laws in an-
cient India, 99
Soldiers and priests mingle and inter-
marry with the people, 150
Soma, plant, 24
Juice, 24, 76
As a deity, 24
Celebrated in an entire book of the Rig-
Veda, 24
Mixed with milk, 25
Iranian name of, 24
Hymn to, 26
Indra's fondness for, 69
Hymn to, containing an allusion to the
future life, 73-74
Soul, according to Sankhya philosophy,
264-256
In Nyaya philosophy, 263
Nature of, according to Vedanta philos-
ophy, 271
Souls, transmigration of, 308
South Behar, 126
Southern Buddhism, the form prevailing
in Ceylon and Burma, 280, 319
Southern India from the writings of
Baudhayana, 202
Sraddha rite, a monthly offering to de-
parted ancestors, 248
Sramans, Hindu hermits, 279
Translation from Megasthenes concern-
ing, 235
Srautra Sutras, extant, 188
Sravani, a rite performed in the month of
Sravana, 249
Sravasti, new capital of the Kosalas, 284
Stone, uses of, for architectural pur-
poses, 28
Student life, termination of, 241, 247
Students, 186
In Brahmanic period, 144
Marriage of, 146
Duties as householders, 145, 247
Subhadhra, wife of Buddha, 285, 302
Substances, nine, in Vaisesika philoso-
phy, 265
Subtle body, according to Sankhya phi-
losophy, 266-267
Sudas, Vedic king, 37, 132
Hymns to, 38-39
Suddhodana, chief of the Sakyas and the
father of Buddha, 286
Sudra caste, 136
Rise of the, 84
Formed of aborigines, 138
Religious knowledge forbidden to, 234
Oppression of, 276
Sugriva, brother of Vali, 121
Wins Vali's kingdom and widow, 121
Marches his army to Lanka, 121
Suicides, 222
Sumitra, queen of Dasaratha, 119
Sunidha, chief minister of Ajatasatru,
299
Sunita, story of, 309-310
Supreme being, not recognized by San-
khya philosophy, 256
Being, in Yoga philosophy, 266
Being, in Nyaya philosophy, 263
Being, according to Vedanta philoso-
phy, 271, 272-273
Deity, Vishnu developed into, 70-71
Surya, a sun-god, 69
Sutras, character of, 185
Human compositions, 186
Schools of, 186
Classes of, 186
Sutta Pitaka, record of sayings and do-
ings of Gautama Buddha, 282
Sutlaj, river of the Panjab, 4, 97
Reached by the Hindus, 82
Suttee, supposed Vedic basis for, 61
Svayamvara, of Draupadi, 104
Svetaketu, story of, 174
Svetambaras, a sect of Jains, 323-324
Existence of, in first century A. D., 325
Syllogism, in Hindu philosophy, 264, 270
T
Taprobane, Greek name of Ceylon, 207
Taxes, 209-210
Some exempt from paying, 209
Teachers, individual, in Brahmanic period
144