Index 541 JKena Upanishad 233
Milk Ocean 288
Nataraja 307
Sati 388
Shaivism 396
Shakta 398
Shakti 400
Shiva 406
Tevaram 443
vehicles of the divinities
486
Vindhyavasini 489
Patanjali xxviiic, 327
Sri Anirvan 38
Ashtanga Yoga 50
Baba Hari Dass 179
hatha yoga 181
B. K. S. Iyengar 204
kaivalya 220
Kripalu Yoga 237
Guru Sushil Kumar 251
meditation 283
Vachaspati Mishra 291
pranayama 333
samadhi 377
Samkhya 379
siddhi 412
Swami Kuvalayananda
Yoga Foundation 429
Tattvartha Sutra 439
yama 509
yoga 511–512
Yoga Sutra 514
Periya Puranam xxxc,
327–328
Chidambaram 107
Nayanmars 309
Sekkilar 392
Tirumurai 450
Persia (Persians) xvii, xxviic
pilgrimage 328, 328, 329
Amarnath 24
Badrinath 64
Benares 70
bhakti 77
Haridvar 180
Kanya Kumari 227
Kedarnath 232
Nayanmars 309
punya 336, 337
Ramanuja 352
Rameshvaram 359
Rishikesh 367
Shrirangam 409
Swaminarayan movement
430
temple 440
Tirupati 450
Tulsidas 457
Vindhyavasini 489
Vishva Hindu Parishad 493
vows 496
yoni 516
Sri Yukteswar 518pipal tree 300, 329
pithas 400–401
pleasure 150
pollution/purity 329–330
caste 100
goddess 169
United Kingdom 462
untouchability 471
polygamy xxiv
Pongal 330
Pongala 330–331
Poonja, Sri Harilal (Poonjaji;
Papaji) 331, 331–332
Andrew Cohen 115
Gangaji 162
Prahlada 332
Adishesha 8
Hiranyakashipu 188
Holi 190
Vasanta Panchami 479
Prajapati 332
agnichayana 16
Kapila 228
myths of creation 297
purusha 338
Prajnapad, Sri Swami 126–
127
prakriti 332–333
Ashtanga Yoga 50
Dvapara Yuga 142
guna 171
hiranyagarbha 188
kaivalya 220
Samkhya 379
Shakti 399
time in Hindu tradition
447
pramana 333, 485
prana 333
icons 193
nadi 299
Prana Yoga Ashram 334
pranayama 333–334
Abhidhyan Yoga Institute
2
asana 48
Ashtanga Yoga 50
Indra Devi 130
kriya yoga 248
meditation 283
Prana Yoga Ashram 334
Sri Maharaj Ram Chandra
355
Prana Yoga Ashram 334
prasada 334–335
temple 441
Tirupati 450
Tulsidas 457
Vaishnavism 474
Vallabha 476
Virashaivas 489
Pratap, Vijayendra 429
pratyaksha 40
Prayag. See Allahabadpriest, Brahim 92, 336
Priestly, Joseph 465
prithivi 335
elements, five 148
Shakti 399
PROgressive Utilization
Theory. See PROUT
prosperity 150
Protestantism 114, 115
proto-Shiva xviii, xxviic, 196
PROUT (PROgressive
Utilization Theory) 335
Ananda Marga Yoga
Society 31
Sri Anandamurti 34
puja 336, 336
Andal 36
Arya Samaj 48
Caribbean region 99
Chandi 103
Diaspora 133
facial markings 153
Ganesha 161
Swami Amar Jyoti 216
Sri Krishna Prem 246
Navaratri 309
prasada 334
Saiva Siddhanta Church
376
Sri Vidya 422
temple 441
Thailand 444
tulsi 456
United Kingdom 461
Sri Yantra 510
Punjab xxxc
punya 323, 336, 337
puranas xxi, xxviiic, xxixc,
337, 337–338
apsaras 42
Ashvins 51
Bhagavata Purana 74
Brahma 88
Brihatkatha 95
Chamunda 102
Daksha 117
demonic beings 123, 124
deva 127
Durvasas 140
gandharvas 157
Ganesha 161
Ganges 164
goddess 168
hiranyagarbha 188
International Babaji Kriya
Yoga Sangam 198
Kamadeva 223
Karttikeya 228
Kurma Avatar 253
Kurukshetra 254
rishi 367
Sanskrit 382
sapta rishi 385
Shaivism 396Shakti 399
shakti pithas 400
Surya 428
time in Hindu tradition
447
Vasudeva 479, 480
Vishvakarma 493
yaksha 508
purdah 394
Puri 142
purusa 333
purusha 338
agnichayana 16
Aitareya Upanishad 19
hiranyagarbha 188
myths of creation 297
Prajapati 332
Rig Veda 365
samadhi 377
Samkhya 379
Shatapatha Brahmana 404
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
410
Yoga Sutra 514
Purvas 134, 338
Pushan 8, 338–339
Pushkara 89, 339
pushti 476R
Radha 239, 341–342
Brindavan 95
Sri Krishna Chaitanya
101
Gitagovinda 167
goddess 168
gopi 169
Krishna 238, 240
Nimbarka 312
Vaishnavism 474
Vallabha 476
Radha, Swami Shivananda
342–343, 407
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
xxxivc, 343–344
Radhasoami Movement
344–345. See also Sant Mat
movement
Eckankar 144, 145
Kirpal Maharaj Singh 417
rajas
Dvapara Yuga 142
guna 171
Samkhya 379
Shakti 399
rajasuya 345
raja yoga
Abhidhyan Yoga Institute
2
Himalayan International
Institute 183
meditation 283
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