K 540 Encyclopedia of HinduismMuslim-Hindu relations
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Rashtriya Swayam Sevak
Sangh 361, 362
separate electorates for xxiv
Muslims xxixc–xxxiic, xxxvic.
See also Islam
Ayyappan 58
and Sufism xxiii
myths of creation 297N
Nachiketas 299
Katha Upanishad 231
Yama 508
nadi 299
Gorakhnath 170
hatha yoga 181
kundalini 252
yoga 512
Nagapanchami 299–300
nagas 300
Arjuna 44
Bhima 83
Mahabalipuram 267
Naga sect 301
Naga sect 301, 301, 403
namarupa 301–302
namaste 302
Nambi xxxc, 450
Nammalvar xxxc, 302
Alvars 23
Vishishtadvaita 490
Nanak, Guru xxiii, xxxic,
302–304, 303
guru 174
Sant Mat 383
Sikhism 412, 414
Guru Gobind Singh 416
Nandi 304, 304
Tirumular 449
Tulsidas 457
vehicles of the divinities
486
Narada 305
Annapurna 39
Kanya Kumari 227
Rati 362
Valmiki 477
Vithoba 494
naraka 182
Narasimha avatar 305
Badami 63
Hiranyakashipu 188
Hiranyaksha 189
Prahlada 332
temple 441
Narayan, R. K. 305–306
Narayanananda, Swami 306–
307, 391
Nataraja 307
abhaya mudra 1
Chidambaram 107Meenakshi Temple,
Maduri 284
Shiva 407
temple 441
Nathdwara 307, 421
Nath Yogis xxxc, 308
Aghori sadhus 15
avadhuta 56
Gorakhnath 169–170
hatha yoga 181
Kabir 220
Sri Mahendranath 272
Radhasoami Movement
344
Shaivism 397
national identity xxv
nationalism. See Hindu
nationalism
naturopathy 263, 515
Natyashastra 482
Natya Shastra 107, 308
Navaratri 140, 308–309
Nayanmars 309–310
Periya Puranam 327
Saiva Siddhanta 375
Sundarar 426
Tevaram 443
Tirumurai 450
Nazis 47
Neem Karoli Baba xxxvic, 310,
310–311
Hanuman Foundation 178
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
213
Ram Dass 357–358
Sunyata 427
Nehru, Jawaharlal xxxvc,
xxxvic, 160
Neminatha 311
Neolithic times xvii
goddess 167–168
Indus Valley civilization
196
Nepal 96
the Netherlands xxxvic, 150
neti, neti 94
new moon/ full moon
ceremonies 311–312
Nigama 13
Nilgiri Press 144
Nimbarka xxxc, 312
acharya 5
bhedabheda 83
Vaishnavism 474
Vallabha 476
Nirankari movement 312–
313, 414
Nirmala Devi, Sri Mataji 373,
374
nirvana 313–314
Neminatha 311
reincarnation/rebirth 364
Nisargadatta Maharaj 49,
314–315Nityananda, Swami Bhagawan
315, 315–316
Swami Chidvilasananda
108
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati 213
Swami Muktananda 295,
296
Swami Rudrananda 369
Shanti Mandir 403
Nivedita, Sister (Margaret
Noble) 316–317, 495
Nobel Prize xxxiiic, 433, 434
Noble, Margaret. See Nivedita,
Sister
North America. See also
Canada; United States
Diaspora 131
Hindusim in xxv–xxvi
Nyaya-Vaisheshika 317–318
anumana 40
Hemachandra 183
Vachaspati Mishra 291
pramana 333
Vedanta Sutra 485
nymphs 41–42O
Olcott, Henry Steel
Annie Wood Besant 72
Helena Petrovna Hahn
Blavatsky 87
Theosophical Society 444,
445
Katherine Tingley 448
Old Vedanta temple (San
Francisco, California) 464
om 319, 319–320
Gayatri Mantra 167
Mandukya Upanishad 275
shanti 403
Omkarananda, Swami 320
oral tradition xix
Osho. See Rajneesh, Bhagwan
SriP
Pakistan xxixc
Hindu nationalism 186
Indus Valley civilization
xviii
Islam xxv
partition of xxiv–xxv
Persians xvii
Pallava dynasty xxixc
pancha makara 321
kaula 231–232
tantrism 438
Pancharatra xxviiic, 321–322,
474
Pandavas 322
Arjuna 43
Bhagavad Gita 73Bhima 83–84
demonic beings 124
dharma 131
Draupadi 136
Drona 138
Durvasas 141
Duryodhana 141
Kauravas 232
Krishna 238, 240
Kurukshetra 253
Mahabharata 268
Vayu 480
Yudhishthira 517
pandits
Sanskrit 381
Shankaracharya Order
403
Trinidad 454
Pandu
Bhima 83
Bhishma 84
Panini xxviiic
agama 13
Sri Anirvan 38
papa 323, 336
Paramananda, Swami 323–324
Ananda Ashrama and
Vedanta Centre 29, 30
United States 467
Vedanta Societies 484
Parashurama avatar 324, 492
Parshvanath 324, 325, 325
Badami 63
Jainism 208, 211
Mahavira 270
nagas 300
Tirthankara 449
Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari,
Sri 325–326, 421
partition of India/Pakistan
xxiv–xxv
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi 160
Hindu nationalism 186
Parvati/Uma xxi–xxii,
326–327
agama 13
Amarnath 23
Andhaka 37
Annapurna 39
Ardhanarishvara 43
Bali, Hinduism in 67
Dasha Mahavidya 120,
121
Divali 136
Durga 140
Ganesha 161
goddess 168
Himalayan Mountains 184
Himavat 184, 185
Kali 221
Kalidasa 223
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