Index 529 JGanges 164
Mahabharata 268
Bhubaneshwar 84–85
Bhunvaneshvari 119–120
bija mantra 85
bindu 85
yantra 509
Sri Yantra 510
Birla Mandir 85–86, 86
Bishnois 146, 147
BJP. See Bharatiya Janata Party
BKWSO. See Brahma Kumaris
World Spiritual Organization
Black Yajur Veda xix
Brahmana 91
Taittariya Upanishad 435
Veda(s) 481
Yajur Veda 508
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna
Hahn xxxiic, xxxiiic, 86–87
Alice Ann Bailey 65
Annie Wood Besant 71,
72
Sri Krishna Prem 246
Theosophical Society 444,
445
Katherine Tingley 447–
448
United States 466
Blue Mountain Center for
Meditation 144
Bodhi tree 96
Boghaz Valley, Turkey xxviic
Bonder, Saniel 87
Boota Singh 313
Brahma 87–88
Agni 15
Allahabad 22
Anasuya Foundation 35
apsaras 42
Ardhanarishvara 43
Bali, Hinduism in 66
Bhairava 74
brahman 91
Cauvery River 101
Daksha 117
Dasha Mahavidya 120
Durga 139
Elephanta 149
Gayatri Mantra 167
goddess 168
Hanuman 177
Haridvar 180
Himavat 184
hiranyagarbha 188
ISKCON 199
Kali Yuga 223
kalpa 223
Karttikeya 228
Krita Yuga 246
Kubera 250
Kumbhakarna 251
Mahashivaratri 269
Manu 278Meru, Mount 287
muladhara chakra 297
myths of creation 297
Narada 305
Narasimha avatar 305
Natya Shastra 308
om 319
Pancharatra 321, 322
Prajapati 332
Pushkara 339
Ramanuja 352
Rati 362
saptamatrika 385
Sarasvati 387
Sati 388
shakti pithas 401
Thailand 444
time in Hindu tradition
447
Treta Yuga 453
trimurti 453
United States 465
Vishnu 491
brahmacharya 88
Sri Madhava Ashish 49
ashramas 50
Guyana 175
Laws of Manu 259
Satguru
Subramuniyaswami 424
yama 509
Brahma Kumaris World
Spiritual Organization
(BKWSO) xxxiic–xxxivc,
88–91, 90, 463
brahman (brahma) 91, 482
adhyasa 6
Adishesha 8
advaita 9
antiiconic view xxiv
avidya 57
Bhagavad Gita 73
Bhartrihari 81
brahmacharya 89
Brahmana 91
Brahmin 92
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
93
Isha Upanishad 202
jnana 215
Katha Upanishad 231
Kena Upanishad 233
Mandukya Upanishad 275
mantra 277
maya 282
moksha 292
Swami Muktananda 296
myths of creation 297
Nachiketas 299
namarupa 301
om 319, 320
origins of term xix
sadhu 373
sannyasi/sannyasini 381sat-chit-ananda 388
Shakta 398
Shakti 399
Shankara 402
Shankaracharya Order
402
Shatapatha Brahmana 405
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
410
states of consciousness
422
Taittariya Upanishad 435
Upanishads 472
Vallabha 476
Veda(s) 481
Vedanta 483
Vedanta Sutra 485
Videha 486
Vidyaranya 487
Vindhyavasini 489
Vishishtadvaita 490
Swami Vivekananda 495
Yajnavalkya 507
Yama 508
Brahmana xix, xx, 91
Aranyaka 42
Chandogya Upanishad
103
Isha Upanishad 202
Kena Upanishad 233
Nachiketas 299
Prajapati 332
reincarnation/rebirth 364
Rig Veda 365
samsara 380
Sanskrit 382
shruti 409
Upanishads 471, 472
Veda(s) 481, 482
Vishnu 491
Yajur Veda 508
Brahmin (Brahman) 92
Adipurana 7
Agastya 13
agnichayana 16
ahimsa 18
ancestor worship 36
Arjuna 44
ashramas 50
Bali, Hinduism in 67
Bhairava 74
brahmacharya 89
brahman 91
Caribbean region 99
caste xxii, 100
dana 118
funeral rites 154
Gayatri Mantra 167
gotra 170
Guyana 174
International Society of
Divine Love 200
Kabir 219
Kapila 227Kathasaritsagara 231
Jiddu Krishnamurti 242
U. G. Krishnamurti 244
Swami Krishnananda
244–245
Kshatriya 250
Lalleshvari 258
Laws of Manu 259
Madhva 266
meat-eating 283
Nayanmars 310
Neem Karoli Baba 310
Swami Bhagawan
Nityananda 315
pancha makara 321
papa 323
pipal tree 329
pollution/purity 329, 330
Pongala 330–331
priest 92
punya 336
Pushan 338
Sri Ramakrishna 349
Rama Navami 352
Ramanuja 352
Swami Rama Tirtha 353
Sri Maharaj Ram Chandra
355
rishi 366
Raja Rammohun Roy 368
sacred thread 372
Sai Baba of Shirdi 374
Sambanathar 378
samskara 380
sannyasi/sannyasini 381
sapta rishi 385
Sri Sarada Devi 385
Savitri (Vedic divinity)
390
Ramprasad Sen 395
Shankara 402
Shatapatha Brahmana
404, 405
Singapore 416
Soma 419–420
Sri Vidya 422
Sundarar 426
tantrism 437
temple 441
Thailand 443
Trinidad 454
Tukaram 455
tulsi 456
Tulsidas 456, 457
United States 469
untouchability 471
Vaishya 475
Vallabha 475
vanaprastha 478
varna 478, 479
Veda(s) 481
vegetarianism 485
vows 496
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