K 532 Encyclopedia of HinduismDrona 138
Agastya 13
Bhagavad Gita 73
Mahabharata 268
dualism 141
Duce, Ivy O. 138–139
Durga 139, 139, 140
Annapurna 39
Bali, Hinduism in 67–68
Caribbean region 99
Chamunda 102
Chandi 103
Dasha Mahavidya 119
goddess 168, 169
ISKCON 199
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati 214
Kali 221
Kanya Kumari 227
Mahabalipuram 268
Navaratri 309
saptamatrika 385
Ramprasad Sen 395
Shaivism 396
Shakta 398
Shakti 399, 400
vehicles of the divinities
486
Vindhya Mountains 488
Durvasas 140–141
Kalidasa 222
Kurma Avatar 253
Duryodhana 141
Draupadi 137
Kathakali 230
Mahabharata 268
Pandavas 322
the Dutch 66
dvaita 141
Madhva 266
Vedanta 483
Dvapara Yuga 141–142, 517
Dvaraka (Dwaraka) 142
Benares 70
Kedarnath 232
math 280
pilgrimage 328
Rameshvaram 359
Shankaracharya Order
402–403E
earth 148
East Africa 10
East India Company xxxic
Easwaran, Eknath 143, 143,
144
Eckankar (ECK) 144–146, 384
ecology and Hinduism
146–147
economy 335
education
Diaspora 132
and immigration xxv
ego 17ekadashi 147
Elan Vital
Prem Rawat 363–364
Sant Mat movement 384
elements, five 148, 148
prithivi 335
tanmatra 435–436
vishuddha chakra 492
Elephanta 148, 149
Ellora xxixc, 149, 149–150
Badami 63
Buddha 96
Mahabalipuram 267
Emerson, Ralph Waldo xxxiic
ends of life, four 150
Arthashastra 45
moksha 292
England. See United Kingdom
ether/space 148
Europe xxv–xxvi, xxxviic,
150–151. See also specific
countriesF
facial markings 85, 153
farmers xxii
feminism 500–501
festivals
Chittirai festival 112–113
Divali 135–136
Holi 190
Jain festivals 207–208
Kumbha Mela 252
Nagapanchami 299–300
Navaratri 308–309
Pongal 330
Pongala 330–331
vows 496
Fiji xxxivc, xxxvc, xxxviic
Adi Da Samraj 6, 7
Diaspora 131, 132
fire
Agni 15
elements, five 148
Indus valley civilization
xviii
pipal tree 329
Pongala 330
Shatapatha Brahmana xix
Forum on Religion and
Ecology 147
Foundation of Revelation
153–154
Franklin, Benjamin 465
funeral rites 154–155
Bali, Hinduism in 67
Haridvar 180G
gandharvas 157
apsaras 42
heaven 182
Meru, Mount 287Gandhi, Indira xxxvic
Sri Anandamurti 34
Sikhism 414–415
Gandhi, Mohandas
Karamchand (Mahatma)
xxxiiic, xxxvc, xxxvic,
157–161, 158
Africa, Hinduism in 11
ahimsa 18
Bhagavad Gita 73
Swami A. C. Prabhupada
Bhaktivedanta 78
Vinoba Bhave 82, 83
Birla Mandir 85
Gurudev Sri Chitrabhanu
112
H. Jay Dinshah 135
Eknath Easwaran 143,
144
ecology and Hinduism
146
Hindu nationalism 186
karma 228
Jean Klein 235
Lakshmanjoo 257
Mauritius 281
Mother India 294
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
343
Sahaja Yoga Center 373
Self-Revelation Church
of Absolute Monism
394
Sunyata 427
Rabindranath Tagore
435
untouchability 471
view on spiritual
corruption xxiii
yoga 511
Paramahansa Yogananda
514
Gandhi, Rajiv xxxvic
Ganesha 161, 161–162
bija mantra 85
Birla Mandir 86
Caribbean region 99
goddess 168
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
214
Kamakhya 224
Karttikeya 228
Mahabharata 268
mantra 277
Mauritius 281
Parvati/Uma 326–327
Saiva Siddhanta Church
376
Shiva 406
Tevaram 443
vehicles of the divinities
486
Vindhyavasini 489
Vyasa 496
Gangaji 162, 331Ganges (Ganga) xxviic, xxxc,
xxxviic, 162–164, 163
Allahabad 22
Badrinath 64
Benares 69, 70
Bhima 83
Bhishma 84
Cauvery River 101
Elephanta 149
Gangaji 162
Gaudiya Math 165
Haridvar 180
Himalayan Mountains
184
Himavat 184
International Yoga
Fellowship 201
Swami Amar Jyoti 216
Kailash, Mount 220
Karttikeya 228
Mahabalipuram 267
Matsya avatar 280
Meru, Mount 287
muladhara chakra 297
Naga sect 301
Parvati/Uma 326
pilgrimage 329
Ramanuja 352
Swami Rama Tirtha 353
Yogi Ramsuratkumar
359
Rishikesh 367
Sri Sarada Devi 386
Ramprasad Sen 395
Shanti Mandir 403
Shiva 406
Swami Shivananda
Saraswati 407
Guru Gobind Singh 416
Sunyata 427
Temple of Cosmic Religion
442
Vallabha 476
Vindhya Mountains 488
Vindhyavasini 489
Yamuna River 509
Garuda 164
vehicles of the divinities
486
Vishnu 492
Gaudapada 164, 275
Gaudiya Math 165
Swami A. C. Prabhupada
Bhaktivedanta 78
Jagad Guru
Siddhaswarupananda
411
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Mandal 420
World Vaishnavite
Association 504, 505
Gaudiya Vaishnavite Society
165–166
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