K 542 Encyclopedia of Hinduismraja yoga (continued)
Sri Maharaj Ram Chandra
355
Swami Satchidananda 387
Shivananda Yoga Vedanta
Centers 408
Vallabha 476
Rajendra I xxxc
Rajneesh, Bhagwan Sri
345–346
Rakshabandhan
(Rakhibandhan) 311, 346
rakshasas
demonic beings 123, 124
Kumbhakarna 251
Rama (Ram) xxxic, xxxivc,
xxxvic, 346–348, 347
Agastya 13
Ahalya 17
Alvars 23
Ayodhya 57
Bharatiya Janata Party 80
Bhavabhuti 81
demonic beings 124
Durvasas 140
goddess 168
Hanuman 177
Hindu nationalism 187
Kabir 219, 220
Kalidasa 222
Kamban 226
Kshatriya 250
Kumbhakarna 251, 252
pilgrimage 328
Rama Navami 351, 352
Ramayana 353, 354
Swami Ramdas 356
Rameshvaram 359
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak
Sangh 362
Sita 418
Thailand 443
Tulsidas 457
Vaishnavism 474
Vedanta 483
vehicles of the divinities
486
Videha 486
Vishnu 492
Vishva Hindu Parishad
493
women and Hinduism
501
Rama, Swami
American Yoga Association
25
Roy Eugene Davis 122
Himalayan International
Institute 183, 184
yoga 511
Ramacharaka, Yogi 348–349,
467
Ramakrishna, Sri xxxiiic, 349,
349–350Swami Abhedananda 1
Swami Agehananda
Bharati 14
Ananda Ashrama and
Vedanta Centre 29, 30
Vinoba Bhave 82
Christian-Hindu relations
114
Kali 221
Shree Maa 265
Sister Nivedita 317
Swami Paramananda 323
reform xxiv
Sri Sarada Devi 385, 386
Keshab Chunder Sen 394
Ramprasad Sen 395
United States 467
Vedanta 483
Vedanta Societies 483
Swami Vivekananda 495
Ramakrishna Math and
Mission. See Vedanta
Societies/Ramakrishna Math
and Mission
Ramakrishna Vendanta Centre
462, 463
Ramana Maharshi xxxivc,
xxxvc, 349, 350, 351
Swami Abhishiktananda 3
Saniel Bonder 88
Paul Brunton 95
U. G. Krishnamurti 244
Sri Krishna Prem 246
Lee Lozowick 262
Sri Harilal Poonja 331
Swami Ramdas 356
Yogi Ramsuratkumar 359
Swami Satchidananda 387
Society of Abidance in
Truth 419
Sunyata 427
Judith M. Tyberg 459
Rama Navami 351–352
Ramanuja (Ramanujacharya)
xxxc, 352
acharya 5
advaita 9
Nimbarka 312
Shrirangam 409
Tirupati 450
Vaishnavism 474
Vallabha 475, 476
Vedanta Sutra 485
Vishishtadvaita 490, 491
Rama Tirtha, Swami xxxiiic,
352–353
Sri Harilal Poonja 331
United States 467
Ramayana xxi, xxviiic,
353–355
Ahalya 17
Airavata 18
Ayodhya 57
Bhavabhuti 81Caribbean region 99
Charvaka 105
demonic beings 124
Durvasas 140
Ganesha 162
Hanuman 177
heaven 182
Himalayan Mountains 184
Indonesia 195
Kalidasa 222
Kamban 226
Kathakali 230
Kathasaritsagara 231
Kshatriya 250
Kumbhakarna 251
Mahabharata 268
R. K. Narayan 306
Navaratri 308, 309
puranas 337
Rama 347
Swami Rama Tirtha 353
Ram Dass 358
Rameshvaram 359
rishi 367
Sanskrit 382
Shaivism 396
Shakti 399
Shiva 406
Sita 418
temple 440
Thailand 443
Tulsidas 456
Vaishnavism 474
Valmiki 477
Videha 486
Vishnu 491, 492
Vishva Hindu Parishad
493
yaksha 508
Ram Chandra, Sri Maharaj
355–356
Sri Parthasarathi
Rajagopalachari 326
Sri Ram Chandra Mission
421
Ramcharitmanasa xxxic
Ramdas, Swami xxxivc, 356
Arnaud Desjardins 126
Mother Krishnabai 241,
242
Yogi Ramsuratkumar 359,
360
Judith M. Tyberg 459
Ram Dass 356–359, 357
Hanuman Foundation 178
Ramamurti Mishra 291
Neem Karoli Baba 310
United Kingdom 463
Rameshvaram 359
Benares 70
Dvaraka 142
Kedarnath 232
Madhva 266
temple 440Ramsuratkumar, Yogi 262,
359, 360, 361
rasa 361
Kathakali 230
Natya Shastra 308
rasa lila 361
Rashtrakuta dynasty xxixc
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
(RSS) xxxvc, 361–362
Bharatiya Janata Party 80
186
Vishva Hindu Parishad
493
Rati 362–363
Dasha Mahavidya 120
Kamadeva 224
Ratri 168
Ravana
Airavata 18
Bhavabhuti 81
Kamban 226
Navaratri 309
Ramayana 353, 354
Rameshvaram 359
Rawat, Prem (Guru Maharaj Ji)
363–364
Sant Mat movement 384
United Kingdom 463
reform movement xxxiiic
and British era xxiii–xxiv
post-independence xxiv
women and Hinduism
500–501
reincarnation/rebirth 364
ancestor worship 36
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
94
ends of life, four 150
jivanmukta 215
Mimamsa 289
nadi 299
nirvana 313–314
Parvati/Uma 326
punya 337
Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh 346
Samkhya 379
samsara 379–380
Temple of Cosmic Religion
442
United States 466
Upanishads xx
Veda(s) 482
religion. See also specific
religion, e.g.: Jainism
henotheistic xviii
Hindusim as world xvii
renunciants 381
rice 330, 331
Richard, Mirra. See Mother, The
Rig Veda xviii–xix, xxviic,
xxxiic, 365–366
adhvaryu 5
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Hindu nationalism xxv,