An outline of the religious literature of India / by J.N. Farquhar.

  • John Nicol Farquhar
Date:
1920
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Credit: An outline of the religious literature of India / by J.N. Farquhar. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vijndna-gitd, 373. Vijndndmr it a, 287, 368. Vijnanavada Buddhism, 273, 274 ; liter¬ ature, 397. Vikhanas, 29. Vikramdrjuna Vijaya, 282, 404. Vikramasila, a Tantrik Buddhist Univ¬ ersity, 225, 272. Vimala A., 193. Vimala Suri, 165, 400. Vimdnavatthu, 392. Vinisakdrikdprakarana, 398. Vina-venba, 258, 386. Vinaya Pitaka, the Discipline basket of the Buddhist canon, 66, 67, 68, 391; source of, 69; Buddhaghosha’s comm, in Chinese, 155, 392 ; Vinaya of many schools, 207. Vinayavijaya, 403. Vindhya mountains, 149. Vindhyachal, 283 n. 1. Vipdka, one of the Jain Aiigas, 400. Virabhadra, 120, 400. Virachandra, 309, 311. Viracharita, 401. Virakta Jangamas, 262. Viraktas, an order of Dadupanthi asce¬ tics?, 342. _ Vtra-Saiva-achara-kaustubha, 387. Vira-Saiva-debar a-pradipikd, 387. Vira-Saiva-chandrikd, 387. V ira-Sa iva-dha rm a - /iro ?n a ui, 387. Vira- Sa iv a - in ata-prakdsik d, 387. Vira-Saiva-mata-sahgraha, 387. VIras a ivd riir it a, 387. Vira-Saiva-pradipika, 387. Vira £aivas (A), 191, 259, 386; mean¬ ing of the name, 261 ; called also Lingayats, 191, 259 ; call themselves Mahesvaras, not Pasupatas, 191 ; use Agamas, 191 ; donpt accept doctrine of incarnations of Siva, 191 ; rise of the sect, 259 ; their monasteries, 259, 260 f.; gurus, 261, 262; theology, 261, 264; temples, 262; the six sthalas or stages, 261, 264 ; worship, 261 ; linga, 261 ; reliquary, 261 ; ashtavarna, 261 ; meditation, 261 ; padodaka, 261 ; social organization 262 f., 264; marriage, 263; dining, 263; burial, 263 ; vegetarians, 263; abstainers, 263; child-marriage, 263; widow-remarriage, 263; release, 263 ; literature, 264, 353, 386; Vachanas, 264; Puranas, 264. 449 Vira Saivas (B), of the Right-hand ^akta/ movement, 358. Vira - Saiva - sarvotkarsha -pradipikd, 3§7- Virasena, 217. Vlrastava] 400. Viresvara, 373. Viresvara Pciddhati, 373. Virupaksha Pandit, 353, 387. Vis a mvadasataka, 403. Visesha, t. t. of Vaiseshika system, 134. Vishnu, a Vedic god, io, 21, 22, 32, 47, 48, 58, 97 ; in second stage of Epic, 83 ; in Rdmdyana, book I, 84 ; in the Trimurti, 148 f. ; centre of the first real sect, 81, 84; identified with Brahman and with Krishna in the Gild, 86, 97; his thousand names, 97 ; a panegyric, 97 ; a hymn of praise, 97; conjoined with Sesha and Brahma in didactic Epic, 98 ; his incarnations, 84, 85, 86, 98, 145 ; has four forms, 102 ; adored by Bhagava- tas as equal with £iva, 142 f., 175, 181,182 ; one of the Five Gods, 179; often represented in worship by the Salagrama, 293 n. 2 ; sometimes by a tortoise, 294 n. 1. Vishnu-bhakti, taught by all the bhakti sects to Sudras and Panchamas, 244, Vishnu-Brahman, 149. Vishnukranta, 356. Vishnu P., 139, 372; date, 140, 143; is a Pancharatra Vaishnava work, 140, 143, 144 ; contains much £ cos¬ mic’ material, 137; best represents the old Puranas, 144; life of Krishna appended to royal genealogies, 138 ; gives much space to Krishna-legend, 143 f., 15t ; theology, 144; relation to Gita, 144 f. Vishnu Purl, 229 n. 1, 302, 375. Vishmirahashya, 305, 375. Vishnusinha, 354. Vishnusmriti, 141 f., 366. Vishnusvami, founder of VishnusvamI s<fct, 222, 234, 235, 238, 287; a dualist, 236; his works, 238, 287, 375. Vishnusvami sect, 235; recognize Rad- ha, 237 ; their mantras, 235, 239 ; their literature, 238, 304, 375; Sam- pradaya, 327; their sect-mark, 304; their monasteries, 304; influence, 307, 312; hold the samuchchhaya doctrine, 221 ; decline of the sect, 304 ; a few ascetics left, 304. Vishnutaitva S., 184.