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