77.

[=A]tm[=a], 42, 47 (soul), 56, 220 ff., 232,
249, 354, 396, 398, 442.

[=A]tm[=i]ya Sabh[=a], 516.

atonement, 376.

Avadh[=u]tas, 502.

avasthas, 412.

avatar, 162, 196, 215, 340, 389, 393, 404, 424,
430;
number of, 444, 468;
Vishnu's last avatar, 522.

Avesta (see Iranian), 12, 16, 422.

avy[=u]ha 442.

Ayenar, 464.

axe (see Paracu R[=a]ma), 527.

Aztecs, 557.

B[=a]b[=a]l[=a]ls, 514.

Baber, 437.

Babrius, 558.

Babylon, 543.

Bacchic rites, 414, 427, 528.

Bactria, 32, 33, 434.

B[=a]dar[=a]ya[n.]a, 495, 497.

B[=a]la Gop[=a]la, 503.

Balar[=a]ma, 442, 469.

bali, 540.

Bali, 478.

bamboo (see pole-rite), 536.

bandana, 533.

banian, 540.

Bardesanes, 561.

Barlaam, 557.

Basava, 482, 547.

basil, see tulas[=i].

Baskets, see Tripi[t.]aka.

Beh[=a]r, 435.

bel-tree, 453, 536, 541.

bell, 557.

Bella Pennu, 530.

Bellerophon, 530.

Benares, 459.

Bhaga, 41, 50 ff.;
bhaga, 490.

Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a], 389 ff., 399, 400, 401, 447.

Bhagavat, 303, 389.

Bh[=a]gavatas, 447, 497.

Bh[=a]irava, 464, 491.

Bh[=a]ktas, 447.

bhakti (see faith), 429, 503, 519.

Bh[=a]rata, 349 ff., 438, 457.

Bh[=a]rs, 534, 535 ff.

Bh[=a]ts, 479.

Bhava, 462, 464, 548.

Bhav[=a]n[=i], 494.

bhik[s.]u, 258, 281, 303, 310, 374;
bhik[s.]uk[=i], 426.

Bhils, 533.

Bh[r.]gu, 168, 397, 423.

bicycle, used to make converts, 570.

bigotry, 445.

bila, 12.

bilva, see bel.

bird (of the sky) 45, 49, 113, 124, 140, 164;
birds as spirits, 432.

birth-impurity, 541.

Birth-stories, see J[=a]takas.

birth-tree, 540.

Blavatskyism, 562.

Blessed One, 19, 388 ff.

blood-money, 162.

blood-revenge, 375.

bloodless sacrifice (see ahi[.m]s[=a], Thugs),
528.

boar, 404, 407, 445.

Bodhisat, bodhisattva, 303, 564.

Bhodhi-tree, bo-tree, Bodhi Gay[=a], 304, 308,
540.

boundary-god, 529.

brahma, 156, 178, 195, 217, 220 ff., 231 ff.,
381, 389, 393 ff., 398, 403, 419, 420, 474,
496, 518.

Brahm[=a], 195, 218, 332, 346, 372, 403 ff.,
407, 412, 421, 446, 451, 458 ff.,
464 ff., 487, 492, 499, 518, 534.

Br[=a]hma Dharma, 517.

Brahmaloka, 256.

Brahmamaha, 371, 411.

Br[=a]hma[n.]as, 4, 5, C^ 22, 23, 174, 219, 502.

Brahmanism, 24, 176 ff.