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A-CHA-LI-YA, 399. See Achârya, A-je-li, and O-che-li-ye.
Achârya (A-che-li), 35, 399. See A-je-li, A-cha-li-ya, and O-che-hi-ye.
Ach‘obhya, 234, 236, 279, 281.
Adam, 14.
Adam's Peak, 38.
Ænesidemus, 312.
Afghanistan, 21, 60, 61, 91, 117, 135, 322. See Getæ.
Agama period, 51.
Age of Wise men, 222. See Hien kalpa, and Mahabhadra-kalpa.
Ajatashatru, 15, 31, 52, 64, 215.
Ajeli, 133.
A-je-li, 291, 292. See Achârya, A-cha-li-ya, and O-che-li-ye.
Akanit’a, 224.
Alabaster, Mr. H. 249.
A-la-han, 311, 401, see Arhan, Arhans, Lo-han, and Lo-hans.
Aleni, Julius, 121. See Ngai Ju-lio.
Alexander the Great, 67, 249, 322, 342, 414.
Alexius Comnenus, 117.
Aliyin, 145.
Alopen, 117.
Altai mountains, 214.
Amida Buddha, 171-174, 208. See Amitabha Buddha.
Amitabha Buddha, 198, 208, 209, 233, 234, 236, 246, 261, 262, 273, 279, 281, 414. See Amida Buddha.
A-mi-to Fe, 171. See Amida Buddha.
A-mo-ga bad-ja-ra, 399. See Amogha and O-mo-k‘ia po-che-lo.
Amogha, 125, 132, 399, 419; also called Amogha Vajra. See O-mo-k‘ia po-che-lo and A-mo-ga bad-ja-ra.
Amoy (dialect), 413.
Amravati, 287.
Anagam, 182, 311, 401. See Anagamin.
Anagamin, 69, 311. See Anagam.
Anagamins, 225.
Ananda, 13, 36, 37, 42-45, 49, 52-54, 57, 64-66, 68, 70, 71, 106, 168, 232, 241, 243, 248, 276, 291-300. See O-nan.
Anáthapindada, 296. See Anáthapindika.
Anáthapindika, 295, 296. See Anáthapindada.
Anaxagoras, 342.
Anaximander, 342.
Anaximenes, 341.
An-fu (Palace of darkness), 353, 357. See Naraka.
An-hwei, 139.
An-lo-yen-sheu-tang, 254.
An-shï-kau, 280.
An-si, 108, 150, 280. See Arsæ.
Antony, 257.
An-tsien (Secret arrow), 338.
Apsaras, 216.
Arabians—Arabs, 117, 405. See Ta-shah.
Aranya, 20. See Aranyaka.
Aranyaka, 231. See Aranya.
Arara, 24.
Aratan, 92.
Arhan, 28, 29, 32, 53, 58, 66, 69, 79-81, 182, 184, 264, 276, 290, 311. See A-la-han and Lo-han.
Arhans, 28, 31, 58, 64, 65, 68, 76, 138, 184, 185, 214, 241-245, 248, 263, 264, 291, 297, 304, 311. See A-la-han and Lo-hans.
Aristotle, 342.
Arsæ, 108. See An-si.
Aryan personification, 355.
Asengha, 132, 169, 278, 279. See Wu-cho.
Ashôka, 13, 22, 31, 58, 59, 69, 83, 104-107, 215, 273, 277, 278, 282, 283, 404. See A-yo.
Ashwagosha, 74, 278. See Ma-ming.
Asiatic countries, 90, 409; fetishism, 41; monkish establishments, 110; speculator, 166; world, 60.
Asita, 71.
Acura, 115, 419. See Sieu-lo (Su-la).
Asuras, 77, 156, 195, 206, 214, 215, 227, 220, 310.
Augustus, 257; of the East, 118.
Avalokite, 262. See Avalôkitêshwara.
Avalôkitêshwara, 139, 208, 262, 266, 414. See Avalokite and Kwan-yin.
Avatars, 156.
Avebury, 419.
Avichi naraka, 45, 196, 225. See O-pi ti-yü.
A-yo, 104, 105, 107. See Ashôka.
Babylonia, 211.
Babylonian region, 418; view of nature, 341.
Bactria, 343.
Baga, 192.
Ba-ga-vam, 120. See Bhagavat.
Bahar, 19, 31, 137, 215, 289, 416. See Magadha.
Bai-sha-li, 403. See Vaishali.
Baishevu, 14.
Ba-la-men, 102. See Brahman.
Balkh, 415.
Banban, 104.
Baschpa, 147. See Pa-ho-si-pa.
Baur, 166.
Beal, Rev. S., 3, 33, 107, 283, 287, 408, 410.
Benares, 4, 22, 24-28, 30, 42, 51, 75, 94. See Paranai.
Bengal, Bay of, 145.
Bengali, 362.
Berar, 42. See Kosala.
Bhadra, 109.
Bhadra-kalpa, 71. See Kalpa of the Sages.
Bhagavat, 120. See Ba-ga-vam.
Bhâishajyaguru Buddha, 208, 235. See Yo-shï Fo.
Bhâishajyarâja, 210. See Yo-wang p‘u-sa.
Bharhut, 287.
Bhikkhu, 417. See Bikshu.
Biba Buddha, 14.
Bi-ch'u, 120. See Bikshu and Bi-k‘u.
Bigandet, Bishop, 202.
Bi-ha-la-pa-la, 399. See Viharapala and Pi-ho-lo-po-lo.
Bikshu, 4, 17, 18, 35, 276, 315, 401. See Bi-ch‘u and Bi-k‘u.
Bikshuni, 35.
Bikshus, 20, 21, 28, 30, 36, 45, 51, 54, 81, 214, 276, 277, 290, 292, 297, 307, 314, 417.
Bi-k‘u, 120, 401, 417. See Bi-ch‘u and Bikshu.
Bimbasala, 31. See Vimbasâra.
Bimbisara, 15. See Vimbasâra.
Bindupala, 106.
B‘ing-an, 263.
Birmah, 171, 200-202, 211, 228, 370, 402.
Birmese, 202, 217, 419; chronology, 15; peninsula, 104, 145.
Bit-ch‘u, 417. See Bikshu.
Black river, 255.
Black warrior, 337.
Blue dragon, 337.
Bod, 202.
Bodhi, 21, 37, 52, 53, 64, 401, 412, 413; tree, 14, 20, 22, 23, 104.
Bodhidharma, 85, 86, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 116, 129, 130, 140, 142, 152, 155-160, 170, 179, 198, 209, 247, 263, 373, 418. See Ta-mo.
Bodhiruchi, 131, 280, 399. See Bo-di-lu-chi and P‘u-t’i-lieu-chi.
Bodhisattwa, 7, 12, 22, 23, 39, 51, 97, 128, 132, 182, 133, 195, 196, 208-210, 226, 227, 229, 233, 235, 236, 241-243, 246, 247, 263, 264, 279, 287, 310, 364, 396, 415. See Bosat and P‘u-sa.
Bodhisattwas, 19-22, 25, 36, 39, 43, 51, 128, 132, 135, 138, 139, 162, 169, 172, 186, 193, 197, 206-208, 211, 214, 223, 229-232, 234, 236, 237, 241, 244, 248, 254, 258, 261, 264, 265, 282, 290, 291, 384, 396, 405, 415.
Bo-di, 401. See Bodhi.
Bo-di-lu-chi, 399. See Bodhiruchi and P‘u-t‘i-lieu-chï.
Bokharia, 322.
Bonpa deities, 63.
Bosat, 5-7. See Bodhisattva and P‘u-sa.
Bowring, Sir John, 107.
Brahma, 24, 36, 55, 185, 215-217, 224, 243, 248, 285, 292, 293, 402. See Fan-t’ien and Fan-t’ien-yang.
Brahma heaven, 71, 79, 221, 264, 340. See Brahma-loka.
Brahma-loka, 217. See Brahma heaven.
Brahman, 27, 62, 78, 79, 85, 285, 286, 303; caste, 145, 225, 226; family, 61; maiden, 17, 225-227.
Brahmanical arithmetic, 123; books, 289; ideas, 402; literature, 118; mythology, 21; persecution, 99; rules of purity, 32; use of a word, 216; wisdom, 232.
Brahmanism, 84, 132, 145, 315.
Brahmans, 2, 17, 31, 73, 77, 86, 88, 190, 213, 285, 355, 402, 409; of pure life, 83. See Fan-hing.
Bread sect, 378. See Man-t‘eu-kiau.
Brilliant vapour, 347. See Yau-k‘i.
Brown, Dr., 313.
Budanandi, 111.
Buddha of wisdom unmoved, 231.
Buddha's bone, 58, 127, 135; chair, 118; father, 44; footstep, 135, 256; hair, 104, 135; heart, 412; image, 256; law, 39, 43, 48, 103; moustaches, 59; nature, 48; Northern biographers, 38; power, 385; statue, 118; teaching, 47, 65, 79; tooth, 58, 135, 250, 256; true words, 41.
Buddhas of the ten regions, 37.
Buddhayasha, 110.
Buddhistic character of embassies, 147; classics, 114; doctrine, 97; inscriptions, 265; system, 2; thought, 204; views, 356.
Buddojanga, 89, 108, 168. See Fo-t‘u-cheng.
Bunam, 104. Sec Siam.
Burger, Dr., 167.
Burnouf, Eugène, 2, 3, 12, 99, 100, 106, 107, 214, 229, 277, 278, 283, 315, 402, 404, 410, 412, 416.
But, 120, 399, 401, 413. See Fo.
CABUL, 42, 277, 322, 415. See Cophen and Kipin.
Cadmus, 114.
Cambodia, 145.
Candahar, 67, 83-85, 100. See Getæ and Kipin.
Canton, 100, 114, 150, 289, 367, 409, 410; province, 126.
Cashmere, 72, 73, 83, 144, 256, 277, 290, 404, 415, 416. See Ka-shi-mi-lo.
Caspian Sea, 91.
Caucasus, 20.
Central Asia, 91, 190, 337; China, 400; India, 4, 44, 63, 70, 82, 84, 85, 88, 91, 195, 280, 289, 399, 401, 403; kingdom, 44; philosophy, 184. See Madhyamika.
Ceylon, 15, 36, 38, 39, 88, 91, 94, 111, 132, 171, 189, 211, 228, 244, 248, 249, 277, 287, 402, See Lenga Island.
Chai-tang, 328.
Chai-wang, 269. See Prince of Fuel.
Ch‘a-kiau, 378. See Wu-wei-kiau.
Chakravarti, 22. See Wheel king.
Chaldeans, 332.
Chandaka, 54.
Chandra, 214.
Chandragupta, 106, 256, 282. See Yue-hu.
Chang K‘ien, 88.
Chang Kung-kung, 374.
Chang Sien, 392.
Chang Tau-ling, 387-392; also called Chang T‘ien-shï.
Chang T‘ien-ti, 391, 392. See Chang Yi, Yü-hwang, Yü-hwang shang-ti, Yü-hwang ta-ti, Yü-hwang-ti, and Yü-ti.
Chang Yi, 360. See Chang T‘ien-ti.
Ch‘ang-an, 89-91, 108, 109, 117, 119, 131, 410. See Si-an fu.
Chang-king sï, 125.
Chang-pi-mo-wang, 159.
Ch‘ang-ts‘ien monastery, 105.
Ch‘an-hio, 102. See Ch‘an-men.
Ch‘an-men, 102, 179, 418. See Ch‘an-hio.
Ch‘an-shï, 129.
Ch‘au kingdom, 89, 90. See Pe-chi-li and Shan-si.
Chau-cheu, 126.
Chan-chitin, 255.
Che-kiang, 137, 178, 255, 275, 372.
Chen-cheu, 165. See Chen-ting fu.
Ch‘eng-tu, 390.
Ch‘eng-hwang-ye, 358.
Chên-jên fu, 388.
Chen-sing (planet Saturn), 211.
Ch‘en-sing (planet Mercury), 211.
Chen-ting fu, 165. See Chen cheu.
Chen-tsung, 136.
Cheu, 407. See Dharani.
Cheu dynasty, 16; emperors, 93, 129; family, 233; kingdom, 107.
Cheu Hing, 391.
Chi Fa-ling, 110.
Ch‘iau-ch‘en-ju, 401. See Godinia.
Chï-che, 172, 209. See Chï-k‘ai.
Ch‘ï-cheu fu, 139.
Ch‘ih-ch‘eng (a hill), 175.
Chï-hiü, 190.
Chï-k‘ai, 41, 140, 156, 160, 170, 176-182, 184, 186, 187. See Chï-che.
Chï-kian, 280.
Chï-kio, 171.
Chï-kung-ming, 108.
Chï-kwan system, 140, 172, 179, 182. See T‘ien-t‘ai-kiau.
Ch‘ï-kwo, 239. See Dhritarashtra and T‘i-to-lo-to.
Chi-li, 165. See Pe-chi-li.
Chi-lu-ka-ts‘an, 280.
Chi-meng, 109.
Chin dynasty, 107.
China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 107, 120.
Ch‘ing-ch‘ia, 121, See Ganges, Gang-pa, and Heng.
Chï-p‘an, 58, 72, 73, 85, 157, 160.
Chitsin, 108.
Chï-tun, 168.
Chi-yau, 180.
Chosroes I., 116, 117. See K‘u-sa-ha and Nushirvan.—II., 117. See Jen-ki.
Chu Fo, 261. See Kwan-yin.
Chu fu-tsï, 38, 325, 361. See Chu Hi.
Chu Hi, 152, 288, 360-362. See Chu fu-tsï.
Chu Sï-hing, 109.
Chu-dharma-lan, 280.
Chu-dharmaraksha, 280.
Chufahu, 109.
Chu-fa-lan, 107, 168, 280, 400.
Chu-hung, 171.
Chu-liü-yen, 280.
Chü-men (a moving star), 346.
Chunda, 50.
Chung-tsung (emperor), 275.
Chun-ti, 208.
Church Missionary Society, 377.
Chusan, 239; archipelago, 267.
Chwang Cheu, 381.
Colebrooke, H. T., 2, 308-310, 313.
Comte, 141.
Confucian, 97, 98; classics, 112; doctrine, 194, 319, 323; element of feng-shui, 339, 345; historian, 99, 105, 111, 129; mandarins, 125, 130, 131; memorialists, 151; prejudices, 136; reasoning, 98; religion, 152; system, 200, 325; worship, 393.
Confucianism, 201, 203, 320, 386, 389, 393, 396, 397.
Confucianist, 200, 202, 326, 351, 352, 355, 357; commentary, 125; criticism, 201; historian, 148; mountain, 159; opposition, 419; view, 200.
Confucianists, 95, 116, 122, 127, 194, 202, 203, 288, 321, 325, 345, 355, 360, 370, 379, 381.
Confucius, 37, 55, 96, 98, 114, 131, 143, 153, 200, 202, 258, 269, 270, 318-320, 323-325, 333, 350-352, 361, 400, 411.
Conqueror of the Dragon, 171. See Lung-sheng and Nagarjuna.
Constans II., 117. See Pa-ta-lik.
Constantine, 397.
Constantinople, 116.
Cophen, 42, 110, 150, 280. See Cabul and Kipin.
Corea, 114, 132, 146, 178, 357.
Corean letters, 115; river, 357; transliteration, 400.
Coreans, 114.
Council of Cashmere, 229, 274; fourth do., 404; Pataliputra, 273, 282.
Csoma Körösi, 230.
Cyrus, 32.
DABADARA, 280.
Dahæ (Dai-he), 88, 89. See Ta-hia.
Dalai Lama, 266.
Daluchi, 123.
Da-la-ni, 132. See Dharani and To-lo-ni.
Dan, 129, 155, 401, 418. See Dhyana.
Dâna (Charity), 417.
Dardu, 256.
Dasaratha, 287.
Daughter of the Dragon king, 242. See Lung-nü.
Deer garden, 51. See Lu-ye-yuen and Mrigadava.
De Guignes, J., 117.
Demon, 75, 76, 115, 217, 226, 347, 356.
Demons, 39, 52, 53, 93, 206, 217, 219, 227, 228, 255, 270, 310, 335, 338, 343, 350, 355-357, 377, 382, 383, 387-390, 395, 396.
Deva, 17, 23, 53, 77, 115, 190, 192, 206, 207, 214, 225, 240, 279, 362. See T‘ien—paradises, 18, 21.
Deva-loka (Deva world), 362.
Devans, 419.
Devas, 24, 25, 28, 39, 40, 56, 58, 70, 77, 115, 158, 172, 190, 194, 197, 206-208, 214-217, 220, 223, 225, 243, 244, 248, 285, 310.
Devatas, 226.
Dharani, 53, 100, 132, 142, 399, 407. See Cheu, Da-la-ni, and To-lo-ni.
Dharma, 28, 54, 56, 58, 64, 65, 69-73, 77, 81, 85, 86, 189, 260, 267, 377, 417. See Fa and Law.
Dharmaguptas, 118. See Fa-mi-pu.
Dharmakakala, 108.
Dharmanandi, 110.
Dharmapara, 279. See Hu-fa.
Dharmati, 280.
Dharmayagama, 110.
Dhritarâshtra, 216, 239, 285. See Ch‘ï-kwo and T‘i-to-lo-to.
Dhyana, 129, 156, 414, 417, 418. See Ch‘an, Dan, Dian, and Djan.
Dhyana Buddhas, 132.
Dian, 401. See Dhyana.
Dipankara, 12, 210. See Jan-teng.
Discipline, 108, 109, 118, 147, 190, 209, 281, 287. See Lü and Vinaya.
Disraeli, B., 415.
Djan, 129. See Dhyana.
Do-nothing sect, 372. See Wu-wei-kiau.
Dragon, 76, 133, 216, 263, 323, 328, 329, 333-335, 343, 347-349, 390, See Lung and Naga.
Dragon kings, 58, 215; palace, 230, 279; tower, 347. See Lung-leu.
Dragon-horse, 323.
Dragon-king, 207. See Lung-wang and Naga-raja.
Dragon-tree, 170, 210. See Lung-shu and Nagarjuna.
Dragons, 39, 40, 216, 218, 261, 373, 391. See Nagas.
Dravida country, 279.
Druids, 419.
Duk‘a, 27.
Dura, 256.
Durga, 220.
Dzin dynasty, 93. See Ts‘in dynasty.
Dzin-ba-da, 159.
Dzinlon, 108.
EASTERN ASIA, 419; Asiatics, 341; Buddhas, 281; continent, 216; India, 82, 85, 144; Paradise, 279; Persia, 90, 108; provinces, 371; Thibet, 109; Ts‘in, 89-91; Turkestan, 35.
Eight-faced Kwan-yin, 262.
Eitel, Dr. E. J., 6, 20, 31, 35, 39, 71-73, 125, 143, 160, 169, 170, 266, 278, 403, 412-414, 417-419.
Elburz mountain, 20. See Sumeru.
English critic, 313; language, 336, 355, 383, 388, 408, 419.
Ephesus, 341.
Esoteric branch, 158, 373; Buddhism, 142, 159; Buddhists, 231; deposit, 418; doctrine, 43, 63; element, 158; school, 141, 155, 160, 166; system, 162; tradition, 162. See Tsung-men.
Europe, 3, 123, 211, 325, 330, 340, 356.
European accounts, 355; astronomers, 348; criticism, 417; fashion, 253; governments, 201; kings, 131; moralists, 193; schoolmen, 184; speculation, 166.
Exoteric branch, 373; Buddhism, 142, 168; Buddhists, 168; doctrine, 43; school, 141, 170; sects, 167; teaching, 25. See Kiau-men.