India: What can it teach us? / A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge

by F. Max Müller

• A.
• Abba Seen river, [192].
• Abraiaman, [74].
• Abu Fazl, on the Hindus, [75].
• Active side of human nature in Europe, [120].
• Aditi, meaning of, [215].
• Âditya, [158].
• Âdityas, [215].
• Adrogha, [83].
• Aerial gods, [168].
• Afghanistan, [159];
  • inhabitants of, [189].
• Agni, god of fire, [167].
• Agni-ignis, fire, [41];
  • as a terrestrial deity, [195].
• Aitareya Brâhmana, on heaven and earth, [175].
• Alexander the Great, [37];
  • changes the name of a river, [191].
• All-Sacrifice, the, [85].
• Alphabet, the, whence derived, [86];
  • Ionian and Phœnician, [222];
  • two used in Asoka's inscription, [225].
• Amitâbha worship, [106].
• Anaxagoras, his doctrine, [177].
• Ancestors, spirits of, [238];
  • worship of, [239].
• Animism, [130].
• Aurita, [83].
• Archæological survey of India, [26].
• Arrian, on the Hindus, [73];
  • rivers known to, [191].
• Aryans, the, our intellectual relatives, [33];
  • seven branches of, [41];
  • found in Sanskrit literature, [116];
  • religion of, [161].
• Asmi, I am, [43].
• Asoka, king, [96];
  • adopts Buddhism, [106];
  • author of the first inscriptions, [225];
  • language of the same, [234].
• Astronomy, ancient, in India, [114];
  • in the Veda, [150];
  • in China, [151].
• Âtman, the Self, [265].
• Avatâras of Vishnu, three, [153].

• B.
• Babylonian division of time, [36];
  • influences on Vedic poems, [145];
  • on Vedic astronomy, [147];
  • zodiac, [158].
• Barzôi, [114].
• Bastian, on the Polynesian myths, [169].
• Bengal, the people of, [55];
  • villages of, [65];
  • schools in, [80].
• Bengali, [161].
• Bhagavadgîtâ, [272].
• Bhagavat, supreme lord, [272].
• Bimetallic currency, [37].
• Bhîshma, death of, [83].
• Bible, the, Sanskrit words in, [28];
  • and the Jewish race, [140].
• Bibliographical survey of India, [102].
• Books read by ancient nations compared with modern, [137].
• Bopp, his comparative grammar, [46].
• Brahma sacrifice, [249].
• Brahma Samâj, of india, [163].
• Brâhmana, [162].
• Brâhmanas, on truth, [84];
  • as a class, [256].
• Buddha and the popular dialects, [96].
• Buddhism, chief source of our fables, [27];
  • striking coincidences with Christianity, [108];
  • its rise, [234].
• Burnouf, [115].

• C.
• Cabul river, [192].
• Cæsar, on the Druids and their memorizing, [233].
• Canaan, [140].
• Carlyle, his opinion of historical works, [xvi].
• Caste, origin of, [117];
  • in the laws of Manu, [117];
  • in the Rig-Veda, [117].
• Cat, the domestic, its original home, [42].
• China, origin of the name, [151];
  • chronicles of, [104];
  • lunar stations of, [150];
  • aspects of religion, [264].
• Christian religion, the, and the Jewish race, [35].
• Civil service examinations, Indian, [20].
• Climatic influences on morals and social life, [120].
• Coins of India, [26].
• Colebrooke's religious ceremonies, [247].
• Commercial honor in India, [82].
• Commerce between India and Syria in Solomon's time, [28].
• Commercial writing, [225].
• Confucius, a hard student, [230].
• Conquerors of India, [30].
• Coulanges, Professor, his opinion on religious beliefs, [245].
• Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India, [192].
• Cylinders of Babylon, [139].

• D.
• Dacoits, [79].
• Darwin, [141].
• Dawn, the, [173].
• Dayânanda's introduction to the Rig-Veda, [104].
• Deluge, the, [153];
  • in Hindu literature, [154];
  • not borrowed from the Old Testament, [157];
  • its natural origin, [159].
• Departed spirits, [237];
  • honors paid to, [240];
  • ceremonies to, [246].
• Deva, [159];
  • the meaning of, [236].
• Devapatnîs, wives of the gods, [164].
• Devâpi's prayer for rain, [204].
• Development of human character in India and Europe, [118].
• Dialects in Asoka's time, [106].
• Diphthera, [222].
• Divi Manes, [240].
• Donkey, in the lion's skin, [27];
  • in the tiger's skin, [28].
• Druids, their memory, [233].
• Dyaus and Zeus, [213].

• E.
• Êabânî, [158].
• East, the, our original home, [49].
• Ecliptic, Indian, [153].
• Education of the human race, [107].
• Education in India, by training the memory, [232].
• Egyptian hieroglyphics preserved in the alphabet, [36].
• Elphinstone, Mountstuart, his opinion of the Hindus, [77].
• English officers in India, [69].
• English oriental scholars, a list of, [22].
• Eos and Ushas, [201].
• Esthonian prayer to Picker, the god of thunder, [211].
• Euripides, on the marriage of heaven and earth, [177].
• Examinations, work produced at, [20].

• F.
• Fables, migration of, [27].
• Falsehood, no mortal sin, five cases of, [89].
• Fathers, Hymn to the, [241].
• Finite, the, impossible without the infinite, [126].
• Fire, names for, [41];
  • as a civilizer, [195];
  • a terrestrial deity, [195];
  • why worshipped, [196].
• Five nations, the, [117].
• Five sacrifices, religious duties, [249].
• Fravashis, in Persia, [240].
• Frederick the Great, [34].
• Friar Jordanus, opinion of Hindu character, [75].
• Funeral ceremonies, [248];
  • an earlier worship, [252];
  • striking coincidences, [253];
  • burial and cremation, [253].

• G.
• Gainas, language of, [97].
• Galileo, his theory, [135].
• Ganges, sources of, [96];
  • its tributaries, [187].
• Gâtaka, [30].
• Gâthâs, [107].
• Gautama allows a lie, [88].
• Germany, study of Sanskrit in, [22].
• Gems, the nine, [114].
• Gill, Rev. W., myths and songs of the South Pacific, [169];
  • savage life in Polynesia, [233].
• Gods in the Veda, their testimony for truth, [83];
  • the number of, [164];
  • river gods and goddesses, [167];
  • made and unmade by men, [182];
  • growth of a divine conception in the human mind, [198].
• Golden Rule, the, [92].
• Goethe's West-östlicher Divan, [22].
• Gokulaji, the model native statesman, [271].
• Grassman, translation of Sanskrit words, [183].
• Greek alphabet, age of, [221].
• Greek literature, its study and use, [23];
  • when first written, [222].
• Greek deities, their physical origin, [129].
• Greek philosophy our model, [38].
• Greek and Latin, similarity between, [40].
• Grimm, identification of Parganya and Perûn, [210].
• Growth of ancient religions, [128].
• Grunau on old Prussian gods, [210].
• Guide-books, Greek, [223].
• Gymnosophists, Indian, [123].

• H.
• Hardy, his Manual of Buddhism, [97].
• Hastings, Warren, and the Darics, [216];
  • opinion of Hindu character, [79].
• Hebrew religion, foreign influences in, [145].
• Heber, Bishop, opinion of the Hindus, [79].
• Heaven and Earth, [169];
  • Mâori legend of, [173];
  • Vedic legends of, [175];
  • Greek legends of, [176];
  • epithets for, in Veda, [178];
  • as seen by Vedic poets, [178].
• Henotheism, [166].
• Herodotus, [223].
• Hindus, truthful character of, [52];
  • the charge of their untruthfulness refuted, [53];
  • origin of the charge, [54];
  • different races and characteristics of, [55];
  • testimony of trustworthy witnesses, [55];
  • their litigiousness, [60];
  • their treatment by Mohammedan conquerors, [72];
  • reason for unfavorable opinion of, [76];
  • their commercial honor, [82];
  • their real character transcendent, [126];
  • their religion, [127];
  • sacrifices and priestly rites, [148];
  • knowledge of astronomy, [153];
  • first acquainted with an alphabet, [224].
• Hindustani, [95].
• Hiranyagharba, [164].
• History, its object and study, [34];
  • its true sense, [44].
• Hitopadesa, fables of, [110].
• Hottentot river names, [188].
• Homeric hymns, [140];
  • heaven and earth in the, [176].
• Human Mind, study of, India important for, [33].
• Humboldt Alexander von, on Kâlidâsa, [110].
• Hydaspes, [192].
• Hydraotis, or Hyarotis, [191].
• Hypasis, or Hyphasis, [191].

• I.
• Idâ, [156].
• Idrisi, on the Hindus, [74].
• Ijjar, April-May, [158].
• India, what it can teach us, [19];
  • a paradise, [24];
  • its literature a corrective, [24];
  • past and present aspects of, [25];
  • its scientific treasures, [25];
  • a laboratory for all students, [32];
  • its population and vast extent, [142].
• Indra, god of the wind, the Vedic Jupiter, [83];
  • the Aryan guide, [116];
  • the god of the thunderstorm, [168];
  • as creator, [180];
  • the principal god of the Veda, [198];
  • peculiar to India, [201].
• Indus, The river, [167].
• Infinite, The, [126].
• Inner Life, Influence of Indian literature upon our, [24].
• Inscriptions in India, [225].
• Ionians, The, their alphabet, [222];
  • first writing, [223].
• I-tsing, his visit to India, [229];
  • his account of Buddhist priests, [229];
  • of education, [230];
  • of perfection of memory, [231];
  • of Brahmans, [231].
• Izdubar, or Nimrod, the poem of, [158].

• J.
• Jehovah, [200].
• Jews, The, as a race, [36];
  • their religion as related to Oriental religions, [36];
  • necessary to a study of the Christian religion, [35];
  • the beginning and growth of their religion, [128].
• Jones, Sir William, his voyage to India, [49];
  • his dreams become realities, [50].
• Joshua's battle, [200].
• Journals, Sanskrit, now published in India, [98].
• Judgment of Solomon, [30].
• Junâgadh, [271].
• Jupiter, [201].
• Jumna, the river, [190].
• Jurisprudence in India, [30].
• Justice of the Indians, [74].