Preaches his doctrines in the vernacu-
lar, 283
Marries Subhadhra, 286
Son born to, 286
Leaves home to study philosophy and
religion, 286, 289
Converts his former disciples, 291
Sends his sixty followers out to preach,
291
Wife of, a convert, 292
Residence in Veluvaua, 292
Guest of Bimbisara, 292
Son of, a convert, 293
Stepmother and wife admitted to order
of Buddhist nuns by, 296
Temptation of, 289-290
Work of, in the seventeenth, eighteenth,
and twentieth years of his ministry,
297
Still preaching at the age of eighty, 297,
298
Resides on Vulture's Peak, 298
Wanderings of, 296-300
Seized with fatal illness at Pava, 800
Death of, at Kusinagara, 280, 301-302
Cremation of, 302
Body of, said to have been divided into
eight portions, 302-303
Partial resemblance to Sankhya philos-
ophy, 263
Opposed by Mimamsa philosophies, 270
Prevailing faith of Asia, 276
Spread of, to Tibet, in seventh century
A. D., 280
Spread of, to Japan, in sixth century
A. D., 280
Becomes state religion in China in
fourth century A. D., 280, 322
Divided into two sects, 280
Essentially a system of self-culture and
self-restraint, 304
Distinguishing features of, 313
Ten prohibitory rules for monks, 312-
313
The precepts of benevolence and love,
313
State religion of India, 319
Early missionary activity of, 319-320
In Ceylon, 320
Introduced into Burma about 460 A. D.,
321
Spread of, throughout Asia, 322
Introduced into Siain about 638 A. D.,
century, 322
Law, seven jewels of, 306-307
Monastic system, antiquity of, 311
Missionaries visit Java about 638 A. D.,
Triad of the, 299
166
Customs in the White Yajur-Veda, 165
Hymn on, 60
Practised by the ancient Hindus, 165
Building, art of, 28
321
C
Cakes, preparation of, from grain, 21
Canons, Jain, codification of, 326
Carpentry, 26
Hindus, 6, 60
Unknown in Rig- Veda, 51-52, 143
No priestly, in Vedic period, 76
Brahmanic, rise of the, 83-84
Kshatriya, rise of the, 84, 186
Vaisya, rise of the, 84
Sudra, rise of the, 84
Aborigines formed the Sudra, 84
Reaction against, 84
Among priests, 134
System, beginning of, 186
Brahmanic, 136
Vaisya, 136
Sudra, 136
Not distinguished in the Brahmanic
age, 138, 141-142
Developed in Brahmanic and Epic
times, 143
Brahmans allowed to marry outside
their own, in Brahmanic period, 164
Vaisya, undivided in Philosophic
period, 154
Translation from Vasishtha concerning,
233
Vaisya, translation from Megasthenes
concerning, 236-237
Kshatriya, translation from Megas-
thenes concerning, 236
Buddha's teaching on, 309
No distinction of, recognized by Bud-
dhism, 310
Laws varied in severity according to,
220-221
Theoretic origin of, according to Va-
150
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