B.
Baling-cakes, [25]. [59]. [74]. [181]. [359]–60.
Ballabhi-Gupta dynasty, [245].
Banig, [367].
Banjan, Banyan, [329] (note), [368].
Barss-Irbiss, [388].
Bartholomew (S.) in India, [339].
Behar, [328]. [344] and note, [373]
(see also under Magadha).
Bengal, vii., [394].
Beowulf, the Lay of, [384].
Betting forbidden in the Manu, [375].
Bhadrashri, [367].
Bhâgavata, [396].
Bhakti, [339].
Bhârata, viii.
Bhâratavarsha, viii., x.
Bhâratides, viii.
Bhartrihari, [245].
Bhavishja-Purâna, [246].
Bhilsa (see Bidisha).
Bhismarck, [393].
Bhîxu, mode of life, [199] et seq.;
nickname of Buddhists, [330]. [332]. [381].
Bhoga, [393]–5.
Bhogadeva, [394].
Bhogakaritra, [394].
Bhogaprabandha, [394].
Bhota, Bhotan, Bhotanga = Tibet, [344] et seq.
Bhri, viii.
Bhug, [393].
Bhugji, [368].
Bidisha, [250].
Bodhiruma, Boddhi-tree, [329].
Bodhisarma, [358].
Bodhisattva, [253]. [261]. [271]. [275]. [342]. [346];
definition of, [366].
Boudhan, Tibetian for Buddha.
Brahmâ, named in Sûtra, [334];
first temple to him as chief of Trimurti, [340];
curious doctrine of later Buddhists concerning his creation, [346];
mode of addressing him in Mongolia, [347];
shrine on the Jumna, [373];
Visvâmitra’s penance for offending him, [403].
Brahmans, [135];
why their order produced no historians, [236]–8;
Buddha, allied to, [327];
disciple of, [328];
their allegory of the ficus religiosa, [330] (note);
attend Buddha’s obsequies, [332];
their sacred books quoted in the Sûtra, [334], [335];
friendliness with Buddhists and subsequent persecution, [335]–6 and note;
fall in with Christian teachers, [339]–40;
discourage serpent-worship, [355];
creation of their caste, [367];
their teaching on transmigration, [403].
Brandy, mare’s milk-, [363];
rice-, [11]. [14]. [77]. [131]. [166]. [199]. [362].
Brizi, [362].
Buddha, [248]. [256]. [266]. [245]. [327] et seq. [343]. [345]. [348]
(see also under Skâkjamuni).
Buddhism, its contributions to history of India, [238]–40;
religion of the Kalmucks, [325];
its origin, [327];
first followers, [330]–1;
its spread and organization, [332]–3;
its sacred writings, [333];
adoption of Brahmanical mythology, [354]–5;
persecution and banishment from Hindustan, [336];
its spread south and east, [336];
present numbers, ib.;
admixture of Christian doctrines, [337]–9;
temporary resistance to Brahmans’ persecution, [343];
Nâgârg′una’s modifications of, [343];
the tripitaka, [343];
introduction into Tibet and Mongolia, [344]–6;
fresh developments there, [346]–50;
the triratna, [375]
(see Ceylon, China, Japan, Mexico).
Bürte-Tschinoa, [401].
Butter-sacrifice, [375].