328; Solar and Lunar dynasties, 329; abduction of the Kanouj princess by the Delhi king, 330; the tragic end, 322; intense antagonism of Rajpoots towards Mussulmans, 333; reflex of the struggle in existing ruins, 334; capture of Chittore by Allá-ud-deen, 335; Rajpoot war of independence under Hinir, 333; Hamir inveigled into a widow marriage, 337; Chittore recovered by Hamir, 333; revival of Chittore, ib.; marriage of Lakha Rina, 339; jealousy of the queen- mother, 310; murder of the Rio of Mirwar, 311; murder of Rana Mokul, 311; value of Rajpoot traditions, 312; feud of the three sons of Riemul Rana, ib.; punishment of a barbarous husband, 311; Mogul invasion, ib.; custom of the bracelet, 315; murder of Bikramajeet, 316; usurpation of Bunbeer, ib.; accession of Oody Sing, ib.; policy of Akber towards the Rajpoots, 317; capture of Chittore by Akber, ib.; Pertab Sing, the hero of Rijpoot independence, 319; Jeypore and Marwar discarded by the Rana, 350; restoration of Chit- tore to the Rina, 351; the shadow of submission, ib.; political system of the Rajpoots, ib.; Rajpoots and Teu- tons, 352; Rajpoot states and early English kingdoms, 352; Rajpoot con- stitutions, 353; civil administration, 354; civil ad .ninistration of Ava or upper Burma, ib.; two great councils, 355; The Hlot-dau, or supreme coun- cil, ib.; The Byadeit, or privy coun- cil, 356; substitution of officialism for feudalism, ib.
Rikshasa, the hereditary minister of the Nandas, represented in the Hindú drama of the " Signet of the Minis- ter," 309.
Ráma, Raja of Benares, legend of his marriage with the princess of Kosala, 103.
Rima, son of Dasaratha and Kausalya, marries Sítá, 42; appointed Yuvaraja, 43; superseded by Bharata, 45; his exile, ib.; route to Chitra-kúta, 47; closing scenes and return to Ayodhya, 50; mythical account of his exile, 51, note; his birth as an incarnation of Vishnu, 371; his exile, 373; his grief at the abduction of Sítí, 375; slays Rávana, 376; conception of, compared with that of Krishna, ib.
Riminand of Benares, taught the wor- ship of Vishnu through his incarna- tions, 355.
Riminuja Achirya, the apostle of the Vaishnavas, 365. Rámiyana, 5; its Brahmanical charac-
vourite queen, 45; the Maharaja suc- cumbs to the favourite, ib.; Rima's exile, ib.; route of the exiles, 47; death of the Mihiraja, 48; the great council, 49; funeral rites for the Mahiraja, ib.; closing scenes and return of Rimi, 50; represents Rima and Sítí as incarnations of Vishná and Lakshmi, 371; abduction of Sítu by Ravana, 374.
Ranas of Chittore. See Meywar. Rivana, Rakshası king of Lanká or Ceylon. oppresses the gods, 371; carries away Siti, 374; killed by Ráma, 376. Relics, alleged commemoration of, by Gotami Buddha, 140; mythical of their distribution after the death of Gó- tama, 143; worship of, in Udyána and the Swat country, 250. Religion, the Dravidian, 13; the Aryan, 15; worship of the Rishis, 16; ideas of death and immortality amongst Rishis and Kshatriyas, 25; worship of the Ganges and Jumna, 47; popular religion of the Bráhmans, 67; animal sacrifices, 68; origin of the doctrine of the atonement, 69; secret religion of the Brahman sages, 70; creation of the universe by the supreme spirit Brahmi, 70; pantheistic idea of the supreme spirit pervading the universe, 72; dogma of the metempsychosis or transmigrations of the soul, ib. ; life- less character of the conceptions of a creation and creator, 73; antagon- ism between the metempsychosis and the old theology, 74; profound signi- ficance of the dogma of the metem- psychosis, 75; a revolt against the popular worship of the gods, 76; melancholy of Gótami Buddha at the three terrors-old age, disease, and death, 107; the way of deliverance, 103; twofold character of the law of Bud lha-religion and discipline, 120; general depravity of religious idea at the advent of Gotama Buddha, 125; probable origin of the idea of Bud- dhism, 147; Buddha as a moral and religious teacher, 148; absence of deity in the conception of Dharma, 237; worship of Siva as the supreme being, 352; worship of Vishnu as in- carnate in Rima and Krishna, 356; worship of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva as the Trimúrti, 333; miscellaneous deities, 334; religious usages as de- scribed by the old European travellers,
Rishis, their religious worship, 16; dis- tinguished from the Kshatriyas, 19; marriages, 23; disappearance from India, 51.
Ryots, Hindú, described by Megasthe- nes, 185; review of the Greek accounts,
ter, 6; main tradition of, 40; royal family at Ayodhya, or Oude, 41; marriage of Rimi and Sítá, 42; appointment of "Little Raja," or heir-apparent, 43; intrigues of the first queen, 44; violence of the fa-Sakuni, the gambler, 33; plays a gam
Sacrifices, animal, 68; abolished by Priya larsi (Asɔkt), 216. Sih kings of Guzerat, 240.
bling-match with Yudhishthira, 37. Sakúntalá, or the "Lost Ring," drama of, 313.
Sikya Muni. See Gótama Buddha. Sakya Rajas, descent of Gótama from, 101.
Saliváháná, era of, 240.
Samasthanaka, the wicked prince in the drama of the "Toy-cart," 288. Sandrokottos, the Hindú Chandragupta, Greek accounts of, 175; hostility to- wards Aggrammes, the reigning king of Magadha, 176; exasperated Alex- ander, ib.; establishes an empire over Hindustan and the Punjab, ib.; forms an alliance with Seleukos Nika- tor, 177; his marriage with a Greek princess, 178; possibly a convert to Buddhism, ib. ; his palace and zenana, 181; his duties and amusements, 182; his yearly assembly, 187; reign of, a transition period, 188; absence of literary culture at his court, 201; represented in the play of the "Signet of the Minister," 308.
Sanga, son of Raemul, his feud with
his brother Pirthi Raj, 312; becomes Rana of Chittore, 344. Sangala, a city of the Kathæi, captured by Alexander, 165. Sangháráma, or Buddhist college, at Khotan, 246; at Kanouj and Kosala, 254; splendid university at Nálanda,
Sankha Acharya, life and career of, 364. Sanskrit drama. See Drama. Santanu, Raja, legend of, 29. Saraswatí river, worship of, 16; the fron- tier between the Punjab and Hindu- stan, 53.
Sárnáth, destruction of the Buddhist Sangháráma at, 359.
Sátí, absence of, in Vedic traditions, 26; its connection with the Bráhmans, 88; origin of the rite of Sátí, or Suttee, 89; the Scythic and the Aryan usage, ib. ; Scythian Sátí modi- fied by Aryan culture and worship, ib.; spread of the rite over Rajpoot and Brahmanical India, 91; song connected with the rite, ib., note; attempted Sátí in the drama of the Toy-cart, 305; Sátí of the widow of Pirthi Raj of Delhi, 332.
Satruniya, mountain, Jain temples of, 362.
Scinde, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 281. Scythians, Tochari, their empire, 239; defeated by Vikramaditya, ib. Seleukos Nikator founds the Græco- Bactrian empire, 177; forms an alli- ance with Sandrokottos, ib. ; sends Megasthenes as ambassador to the city of Patali-putra, ib. Serpents, or Nágas, legends of, 56; phallic character of the worship, 57. Sesodian Chohans, descended from the Sun, 328.
Siguet of the Minister, Hindú drama of, 303.
Sílabhadra, superior of the great Bul-
dhist university at Nálanda, 271, 272. Síláditya, empire of, including Patali- putra, Prayága, and Kanouj, 265; inability to conquer the Mahrattas (Rajpoots), 265; orders a public disputation between the great and little Vehicles, 273; cultivates the field of happiness at Prayága, 275; his tributary kings, 276; his royal liberalities, ib. ; his public protestation at the conclusion of the ceremony, 278. Sítá, daughter of Janaka, married to Ráma, 42; shares his exile, 47; vows to Ganges and Jumna, ib. ; an incar- nation of Lakshmí, 371; carried away by Rivana, 374.
Siva, worship of, 67; identified by the Greeks with Dionysos, 63; triumph over Buddhism at Benares, 358, 362; conception of, as Iswara, 363; worship of, the religion of good works, 381; worshipped in the Trimurtí, 383. Smárta, sect of, 365.
Solar race, or children of the Sun, 329, 329; antagonism of the Solar and Lunar races identified with the antag- onism between the Bráhman and the Buddhist, 330.
Srámans, or Germanes, described by the Greeks, 188; practised as phy- sicians, 192, 212.
Stolen Marriage, Hindú drama of, 319. St Thomas, shrine of, near Madras de- scribed by Marco Polo, 389; by Faria y Sousa, 428.
Suddhodana, Raja of Kapila, father of Gótama Buddha, 101.
Sugra, brother of Pertab Sing, his desertion and death, 351.
Sugríva, the monkey chieftain, helps Ráma to recover Sítá, 375. Sunderbunds, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 279.
Sun-god, worshipped as Súrya, 366; identified with Vishnu, ib. Súrya, the sun-god, 16. Súryavansa, the Solar race, 328. Susíma, murdered by Asoka, 233; re- tirement of his widow amongst the Chandálas, ib.
Swat country, worship of Buddhist relics at, 250.
Swayamvara, or "self-choice" of the
maiden, 24; traces amongst the Raj- poots, ib.; of Draupadí, 34.
Tamil country described by Marco Polo, 387.
Tamluk, kingdom of, visited by Fah- Hian, 258; visited by Hiouen-Thsang,
Tanesar, visited by Hiouen-Thsang,
Tantras, religion of, 364.
Taxiles, his submission to Alexand er, 159; appointed with Eudemos to t he government of Taxila, 174. Telinga country, described by Marco Polo, 390.
Teutons compared with the Rajpoots, 352. Tirthakaras, their teaching, 125; their opposition to Gótama Buddha, 134. Tirthankaras, the twenty-four, 361. Tochari Scythians, their empire, 239; defeated by Vikramaditya, ib. Tod, Colonel, compares the Rajpoots with the Teutons, 351; his results, 352.
Toy-cart, Hindú drama of, 285.
Trade, government supervision of, in the kingdom of Sandrokottos, 195; cha- racter of, 203.
Transmigrations of the soul, dogma of, 72; its antagonism to the old mytholo- gy, 74; its profound significance, 75; a revolt against the popular worship of the gods, 76.
Travancore, described by Marco Polo,
Trimúrti, worship of the three forms of, 383.
Turks, expeditions of, against the Por- tuguese in India, 415, 430. Udaipore, Ranas of, the blue blood of
the Rajpoot aristocracy, 328; founda- tion of the city, 348.
Udyána, worship of Buddhist relics at, 250; visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 268. Ujain, visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 281; scene of the Hindú drama of the Toy- cart, 285, 307.
Umra Sing, Rana of Udaipore, recovers Chittore, 351; his shadow of a sub- mission to the Mogul, ib.
Universe, creation of, by Brahma, 70; by Siva, 363.
University, Buddhist, at Nálanda, 270. Ushas, deity of dawn, 16.
Vaikuntha, the heaven of Vishnu, 367. Vaisali, visited by Fah-Hian, 269. Vallabi, kingdom of, 276; visited by Hiouen-Thsang, 281. Vámana avatára, 369.
Varuna, or water, conception of, 16. Vasanta-séná, the chief courtesan in Ujain, her character in the play of the Toy-cart,' " 289; her amour with Charudatta, the Brahman, 296; her supposed murder, 299; marries the Brahman, 306. Vasudeva, alleged father of Krishna, 377.
Vedas, the four, 65, note.
Vedic Aryans, their origin, 14; religion, 15; deities, 16; forms of worship amongst the Rishis, 17; Rishis and Kshatriyas, 19; disappearance of the
Vedic hymns, 5; English translations of, 16, note, spirit of, 17; earlier and later conceptions, 18; multiplicity of deities, ib.; the Rishis and the Ksha- triyas, 19.
Vedic period distinguished from the Brahmanic period, 4; materials for the history, 5.
Vehicle, distinction between the great and little, 245; great public disputa-
tions between, 273; association of the little Vehicle with the Jains, 361. Vijayanagar, or Narsinga, Hindú empire of, 418, 419, 434.
Vikramaditya, era of, 239. Village communities resembling those of the Teutons, 59; officials and artisans, 62; groups of villages formed into provinces, 63.
Vimbasara, Raja of Magadha, built a Vihára in the life-time of Gótama Buddha, 128; breach with his son Ajatasatru, 136; starved to death, 137.
Vishnu, worship of, 67; identified by the Greeks with Herakles, 68; revival of his worship, 365; originally a per- sonification of the Sun, 366; his heaven Vaikuntha, and wife Lakshmí, 367; his ten Avatáras, ib.; three referring to the deluge, 368; six referring to Buddhism, 369; incarnations as Ráma and Krishna, 370; worship of the religion of faith and devotion, 381; worshipped in the Trimúrti, 383. Vyása, the mythical ancestor of the Pándavas and Kauravas, 31. Wheel, law of. See Nirvána. Women, reluctantly admitted as nuns by Gótama Buddha, 136.
Xavier, Francis, his missionary opera- tions in India, 445.
Yama, judge of the dead, conception of, 25.
Yasodhará, wife of Gótama Buddha, 106.
Yavana women, 315.
Yogis, fanatical teachings of, in the life- time of Gótama Buddha, 125. Yudhishthira, the eldest Pándava, 33; his losses at the gambling-match, 37. Yuvaraja, rivalry for the appointment, 34, 43.
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