Index 539 Jcaste 100
Diaspora 132
pancha makara 321
pollution/purity 330
sacred cow 371, 372
vegetarianism 485, 486
yoga 512
medicine. See Ayurveda
meditation xxxivc, 283, 284.
See also mantra
American Meditation
Society 24
American Yoga Association
24
Amritanandamayi Ma 26
Ananda Ashram, Monroe,
New York 29
Ananda Ashrama and
Vedanta Centre 30
Ananda Marga Yoga
Society 30
Sri Anandamurti 34
Sri Madhava Ashish 49
atman 51
Bhagavad Gita 73
Yogi Bhajan 75
Brahma Kumaris World
Spiritual Organization
90
chakra 102
Master Charles 104
Swami Chetanananda 107
Sri Chinmoy 111
Roy Eugene Davis 122
Indra Devi 130
Eknath Easwaran 143,
144
Gangaji 162
Grace Essence Fellowship
170
Baba Hari Dass 179
Healthy, Happy, Holy
Organization 182
Himalayan International
Institute 183
International Babaji Kriya
Yoga Sangam 198
International Meditation
Institute 198
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
214
Swami Amar Jyoti 216
Kamadeva 223
Gopi Krishna 241
Jiddu Krishnamurti 243
Swami Krishnananda 245
Krita Yuga 246
kriya yoga 248
Kriya Yoga Tantra Society
249
Kundalini Research
Foundation 252–253
Lahiri Mahasaya 255, 256
Lakshmanjoo 257Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
273
Ma Yoga Shakti
International Mission
282
Ramamurti Mishra 290
Nammalvar 302
Swami Narayanananda
306
Nisargadatta Maharaj 314
Swami Bhagawan
Nityananda 315
prakriti 333
Swami Shivananda Radha
342
Radhasoami Movement
344
Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh
346
Sri Ramakrishna 349
Ram Dass 357
Prem Rawat 363
reincarnation/rebirth 364
sacred cow 372
samadhi 377
Samkhya 379
Scandinavia 391
Self-Realization Fellowship
392
shanti 403
Shanti Mandir 403
Swami Shivananda
Saraswati 407
Sikhism 412
Satguru Subramuniyaswami
424
tantrism 438
Temple of Cosmic Religion
442
Temple of Kriya Yoga 443
Vimalananda 488
yantra 509
yoga 511
Yoga Sutra 514
Meenakshi Temple, Maduri
284, 284–285
Chittirai festival 113
temple 441
Meera, Mother 285
Meghaduta xxixc
Meher Baba xxxivc, 286,
286–287
Paul Brunton 95
Ivy O. Duce 138
Sai Baba of Shirdi 375
Menninger Foundation
Research Project 183
merchants xxii
Meru, Mount 287
Agastya 13
Bali, Hinduism in 67
gandharvas 157
Kailash, Mount 220
Milk Ocean 288Metamorphosis League for
Monastic Studies 287–288
migration
Diaspora 131–133
Sikhism 415
Singapore 415, 416
spread of Hinduism xxv
Trinidad 454
Milk Ocean 288
Adishesha 7
Airavata 18
amrita 25
Brahma 89
Durvasas 140
Kurma Avatar 253
Mahashivaratri 269
Mohini 291
myths of creation 297
nagas 300
Patanjali 327
Tirupati 450
Vishnu 491
Mimamsa xxviiic, 289
adrishta 8–9
pramana 333
Vedanta Sutra 485
Minakshi xxi, 289–290
Chittirai festival 112,
113
goddess 168
Meenakshi Temple,
Maduri 284, 285
puranas 338
temple 440
Mirabai xxxic, 290
Mishra, Ramamurti 290–291
Mishra, Vachaspati 291
Mitra xxviic, 291
Aditi 8
Adityas 8
Rig Veda 365
Varuna 479
Veda(s) 480
Mohenjo-Daro 196
Mohini 291
Ayyappan 58
Milk Ocean 288
moksha 292
Arthashastra 45
bhajans 76
ends of life, four 150
Jainism 210
Rama Navami 351
reincarnation/rebirth 364
yoni 517
Monier-Williams, Sir M.
xxxiiic
Moozumdar, P. C. xxv
Mother, The 292, 292–293
Sri Aurobindo 53, 54
Auroville 54–55
Haridas Chaudhuri 106
Sri Chinmoy 111
sadhaka 372Savitri (mythic princess)
390
Judith M. Tyberg 458–
459
Mother India 293–294, 468
Mother Teresa 261
Mount Abu. See Abu, Mount
Mount Kailash. See Kailash,
Mount
Mount Meru. See Meru, Mount
mudra 295
abhaya mudra 1
amrita 25
Anandamayi Ma 32
Bharata Natyam 79
Kathakali 230
Natya Shastra 308
tantrism 438
varada mudra 478
Mughal Empire xxii–xxiii,
xxxic, xxxiic
Muktananda, Swami xxxivc,
295, 295, 296
Abhinavagupta 3
Adi Da Samraj 6
Master Charles 104
Haridas Chaudhuri 106
Swami Chetanananda
106
Swami Chidvilasananda
108–109
Roy Eugene Davis 122
Kashmiri Shaivism 229
Swami Bhagawan
Nityananda 315
Swami Rudrananda 369
shaktipat 400
Shanti Mandir 403
Siddha 411
swami 429
tantrism 438
Judith M. Tyberg 459
muladhara chakra 102, 297
Müller, Max xxxiiic, xxxivc
Mumford, John 56
muni 179, 297
Munshi, K. M. xxxvc
Murugan xxi, 450
music
Alain Danielou 118–119
Datta Yoga Center 121
gandharvas 157
Muslim-Hindu relations
xxxvic
Ayodhya 57
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi 160
Gujarat massacre xxv
Hindu nationalism
185–187
and Hindu nationalism
xxv
post-independence
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