Seventh day, the, ii. 286–289. See Sabbath

Sexual impulse, the, in males, i. 657, ii. 435 sq.;
in females, i. 657 sq., ii. 435;
connection between religious feelings and, ii. 375 n. 3;
regarded as sinful in the unmarried, ii. 432;
associated with affection, ii. 439 sq., see Conjugal affection

—— intercourse, between man and beast, i. 253 sq., ii. 409, 749;
manslayers temporarily prohibited from, i. 375, 377;
abstinence from, with women who are pregnant or who suckle a child, i. 399, ii. 388, 391;
with strangers, i. 575, 593, ii. 444–446;
with holy persons, i. 593 n. 1, ii. 444, 488;
abstained from after a death, ii. 306;
abstained from during the month of Ramaḍân, ii. 313;
abstinence from, a means of propitiating or pleasing the deity, ii. 358, 420 sq.;
as a magical or religious rite, ii. 395, 443–446, 488;
between a man and a married woman, ii. 397, 447–455;
between a married man and a woman, ii. 397, 451–455;
forbidden to priests and priestesses, ii. 405–409, 412–414, 418–421;
to monks and nuns, ii. 409, 412;
considered impure, ii. 410, 411, 414–420, 752;
regarded as a consequence of Adam’s sin, ii. 411;
supposed to have been originally free from all carnal desire, ii. 411 n. 4;
supposed to take place between gods and women, ii. 412 sq.;
the future state of persons who have refrained from, ii. 414 sq.;
danger attributed to, ii. 415, 446;
prohibited in sacred places, ii. 416, 752;
abstained from in connection with religious observances, ii. 416–420, 736, 752;
admission into priesthood preceded by abstinence from, ii. 419;
regarded as a transmitter of hereditary sin, ii. 421;
between unmarried persons, ii. 422–446, 675, 747;
between persons of the same sex, ch. xliii. (ii. 456–489), 752 sq.;
between animals of the same sex, ii. 456, 466, 475 n. 2;
temporarily forbidden to men who have eaten human flesh, ii. 575.
See Adultery, Incest, Jus primæ noctis, Sodomy

Sexual inversion, congenital, ii. 465–467;
acquired, ii. 467–470

Shame, putting offenders to, i. 170;
a cause of suicide, ii. 233

Shaving, as a means of purification, ii. 294 sq.

Sheep, stealing of, i. 187 sq., ii. 14;
abstinence from killing, for food, ii. 330.
See Mutton

Shipwrecked persons, sacrifice of, i. 467;
treatment of, ii. 25, 37 sq.

Sick persons, killing or abandoning of, i. 391–393, ii. 542;
kind treatment of, i. 546–548;
suicide committed by, ii. 232;
unkindness to, punished by the supreme being, ii. 672.
See Disease

Sin, collective responsibility in the case of, i. 48–57, 61–72;
prayers for remission of, i. 49, 54, 55, 228 sq., ii. 654, 655, 702, 707;
materialistic conception and transference of, i. 52–57, 61–65, 70, 71, 85, 86, 407, ii. 256 n. 2, 654 sq.;
committed accidentally or unknowingly, i. 227–231, 233–235;
the sense of, ii. 361;
sexual intercourse regarded as a transmitter of hereditary, ii. 421

Sister, the elder, respect for, i. 605, 606, 614;
swearing by, i. 606;
curses of, i. 626, ii. 703

Slander, ii. 96, 98, 140–142, 700

Slavery, ch. xxvii. (i. 670–716);
as a punishment for crime, i. 45, 46, 494, 518, 675, 676, 681, 682, 685, 688–691, ii. 7, 8, 12, 13, 74;
a cause of suicide, ii. 233, 235, 241;
produces contempt for manual labour, ii. 272, 273, 278

Slaves, sacrificed to gods, i. 66, 452, 455, 456, 467 sq.;
to dead persons, i. 472, 474, 486, ii. 234;
killing of, i. 378, 421–429, 696, 707;
of free men by, i. 429, 430, 491 n. 5;
refuge denied to, i. 427;
granted to, i. 690, 692, 696, ii. 637;
not allowed as witnesses, i. 429, 697;
bodily injuries inflicted upon, i. 515–518, 524, 677, 707;
upon freemen by, i. 516–518;
corporal punishment inflicted upon, i. 522– 524;
children sold as, by their parents, i. 599, 607, 609, 611, 612, 615, 675, 681, 682, 684, 685, 689, 691 sq.;
curses of, i. 716;
proprietary rights and incapacities of, i. 677, 684, 688, 690, 697, ii. 28, 31–33, 57;
rules of inheritance relating to, i. 679, ii. 46 sq.;
addicted to falsehood, ii. 113, 129 sq.;
insults offered by, ii. 142 sq.;
offered to, ii. 143;
marriages between free men and, ii. 379;
treatment of the dead bodies of, ii. 527, 549;
eaten, ii. 559 567;
cursed by their masters, ii. 703

Snakes, abstinence from eating, ii. 324.
See Serpents

Social affection, i. 94, 95, 112–114, 559, ii. 197, 198, 226–228

—— aggregates, the evolution of, ii. 198–226

Socialism, ii. 69–71

Society, the birthplace of the moral consciousness, i. 117–123

Sodomy, i. 188, ii. 460, 465 n. 2, 474–476, 479–483, 486–489.
See Homosexual love

Solstices, fasting at, ii. 309 sq.
See Midsummer customs

Soma, ii. 591, 592, 707 sq.

Son, sacrificed to save the life of his father, i. 455 sq.;
the parents’ or father’s consent required for the marriage of the, i. 607–609, 613, 615–618, 624 sq.;
mother committing suicide on the death of her only, ii. 244 n. 3;
allowed to eat only certain foods after the death of his father, ii. 301 sq.
See Children, Firstborn, Primogeniture, Ultimogeniture

Sorrow expressions of, ii. 283, 308, 316, 528

Soul, the immateriality of the, ii. 595 sq.
See Annihilation, Dead, Future Life, Future state, Transmigration

Spiders, prohibition of killing white, ii. 490

Spirits, evil. See Evil spirits

“Spiritual relationship,” a bar to inter-marriage, ii. 369, 377

Spitting, superstitions relating to, i. 588, 594, ii. 65, 151, 209, 322, 546 n. 2, 636 sq.

State, the, as a social unit, ii. 221–226;
its influence on the smaller units of which it was composed, i. 627 sq., ii. 222 sq.;
suicide regarded as a wrong against, ii. 248, 253, 259, 263;
celibacy regarded as a wrong against, ii. 404

Stealing, ii. 1–27, 57–69;
of horses, cattle, or sheep, i. 187 sq., ii. 14;
from houses, i. 187 sq., ii. 15, 16, 58, see Burglary;
of letters, i. 188;
of food, i. 286, 287, 676, ii. 14, 15, 57 sq.;
at night, i. 289, ii. 16, 58;
self-defence in the case of, i. 289 sq.;
persons who are caught, i. 293. 294. 311, ii. 8, 13, 17–19, 58;
punishment inflicted on the offending member in the case of, i. 311, 312, 521 n. 1, ii. 9, 13;
from relatives, ii. 53 sq. n. 4;
punished by supernatural beings, ii. 59–69, 669, 675–677, 679, 684, 686, 699, 700, 705, 714, 717, 732;
curses pronounced to punish or prevent, ii. 62–69, 703;
adultery regarded as a form of, ii. 449 sq.;
from tombs, ii. 518, 519, 540 sq.;
of property belonging to gods, ii. 626 sq.

Stimulants, religious veneration of, ii. 591

Storks, abstinence from killing, ii. 490

Strangers, protected by the chief or king, i. 180, 181, 338;
killing of, i. 331–334, 337–34, 370, 371, 373;
sacrificed, i. 467 sq.;
infliction of bodily injuries upon, i. 519;
kindness to, i. 556–558, see Hospitality;
blessings of, i. 581–584, ii. 446;
regarded as semi–supernatural beings, i. 583 sq.;
supposed to be versed in magic, i. 584;
the evil eye of, i. 584, 591–593;
curses of, i. 584–594, ii. 715, 732;
reception of, i. 590–592, ii. 621;
gifts of, i. 593 sq.;
sexual intercourse with, i. 593, ii. 444–446;
enslaving of, i. 674, 675, 689, 690, 691, 714 sq.;
respect for the proprietary rights of, ii. 2, 11, 59;
robbery committed upon, ii. 20–25, 58 sq.;
reduced to serfdom, ii. 24;
rules of inheritance relating to, ii. 49;
deceiving of, ii. 87, 88, 90, 94, 97, 112, 126–129;
politeness to, ii. 152;
duties to, ii. 166;
despised, ii. 171–174, 532;
disregard of their interests, ii. 176;
antipathy to, ii. 227;
marriages with, ii. 378, 381 sq.;
treatment of departed, ii. 525, 548 sq.;
eaten, ii. 554;
sacrilege committed by, ii. 648.
See Hospitality