Index 543 JAgastya 13
Agni 15
agnichayana 16
Aitareya Upanishad 19
Aranyaka 42
Aryan 47
Brihaspati 94
Dvapara Yuga 141
fire ceremony xix
Ganges 163–164
Gayatri Mantra 167
goddess 168
hiranyagarbha 188
Indra 195
Indus Valley civilization
196
mahavakyas 269
mantra 277
Maruts 279
myths of creation 297
om 319
Prajapati 332
prithivi 335
purusha 338
Rudra 369
Sanskrit 381
Sarasvati 387
Savitri (Vedic divinity)
390
Shakti 399
shakti pithas 401
Shudra 409
Veda(s) 480, 481
Yajur Veda 508
Yama 508
Rishabha 366
Abu, Mount 4
Badami 63
Bahubali 64
Jain festivals 208
Tirthankara 449
rishi xix, 366–367
Aditi 8
Adityas 8
Agastya 13
Agni 15
Ahalya 17
Ajapa Yoga Foundation 20
apsaras 42
Ardhanarishvara 43
Arundhati 46
Bhairava 75
Brihaspati 94
Daksha 117
Drona 138
Garuda 164
gotra 170
Hiranyaksha 189
Kanya Kumari 227
Kumbhakarna 251
lingam 260
manvantara 278
Maruts 279
muni 297Nandi 304
Narada 305
Nataraja 307
Rati 362
Rig Veda 365
Rishikesh 367
Sanskrit 381
sapta rishi 385
shruti 409
smriti 419
time in Hindu tradition
447
Vallabha 475
varna 479
Veda(s) 481
Vyasa 496
Rishikesh 367
Swami Shivananda Radha
342
Swami Rama Tirtha 353
Swami Shivananda
Saraswati 407
rita 131, 367
rituals
funeral rites 154
Holi 190
Indus valley civilization
xviii
public xviii, xix
Rig Veda xviii–xix
samskara 380
Vedic xx
Roman Catholic Church 115
Roman Empire 10
Romany 150
Roy, Raja Rammohun xxxiic,
367–368, 368
Brahmo Samaj 93
Christian-Hindu relations
114
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak
Sangh 361
Rabindranath Tagore 433
United States 465
Swami Vivekananda 495
RSS. See Rashtriya Swayam
Sevak Sangh
Rudra 369
Adityas 8
goddess 168
Kali Yuga 223
manipura chakra 277
Rig Veda xviii, 365
Shiva 406
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
410
Veda(s) 480
Rudrananda, Swami 369–370
Adi Da Samraj 6
Swami Chetanananda 106
Grace Essence Fellowship
170
Swami Muktananda 296
Rukmini 215S
Sachchidananda, Sri Ganapati
121
sacred cow 136, 371, 371, 372
sacred thread 372
diksha 134
Kshatriya 250
samskara 380
sacrifice. See also horse
sacrifice
Buddha xx
Daksha 117
Rig Veda xviii–xix
sadhaka 372
sadhana 373
Anandamayi Ma 32
Sri Anirvan 38
Guru Amrit Desai 124
Arnaud Desjardins 127
Laksmanjoo 257
Satguru
Subramuniyaswami 424
tantrism 438
sadhu xxii, xxviiic, 373
Aghori sadhus 15
avadhuta 56
funeral rites 154
Baba Hari Dass 179
Jayadeva 213
Swami Muktananda 295
muni 297
Naga sect 301
Swami Ramdas 356
Swami Satchidananda 387
Sunyata 427
vanaprastha 478
Sahajanand, Sri xxxiic, 430
Sahaja Yoga Center 373–374
sahasrara chakra 374
hatha yoga 181
kundalini 252
muladhara chakra 297
yoga 512
Saheb 40
Sai Baba of Shirdi xxxvc, 374,
375, 375
mahavakyas 270
Satya Sai Baba 389
United Kingdom 463
Saiva Siddhanta 375–376, 438
Saiva Siddhanta Church 185,
376
salt tax march 160
samadhi 377–378
Sri Anirvan 38
Ashtanga Yoga 50
funeral rites 154
Gaudiya Vaishnavite
Society 166
Shree Maa 265
meditation 283
Mother Meera 285
Swami Bhagawan
Nityananda 316Ram Dass 357
Jagad Guru
Siddhaswarupananda
411
Sama Veda xix, xxviic, 378
adhvaryu 5
Chandogya Upanishad
103
Dvapara Yuga 141
Kena Upanishad 233
mahavakyas 269
om 319
Soma 420
Veda(s) 480, 481
Sambanathar
(Jnanasambanthar) xxixc,
378
Appar 41
Nayanmars 309
Sundarar 426
Tevaram 443
Tirumurai 449
Samkhya (Sankhya) xxviiic,
379
Ajivikas 20
Sri Anirvan 38
anumana 40
buddhi 97
elements, five 148
guna 171
hiranyagarbha 188
jivanmukta 215
kaivalya 220
Kapila 227
manas 275
Vachaspati Mishra 291
Nyaya-Vaisheshika 317
prakriti 332
purusha 338
tanmatra 435
Vedanta Sutra 485
samsara 379–380
brahmacharya 89
Jainism 208
reincarnation/rebirth 364
vairagya 473
samskara 248, 380
Samskritam. See Sanskrit
sanatana dharma 380–381
Arya Samaj 48
Babji 62
Society of Abidance in
Truth 419
Satguru
Subramuniyaswami 425
World Vaishnavite
Association 505
Sangh Parivar 186, 187
sannyasi (f. sannyasini) 381,
381
Swami Abhedananda 1
Swami Abhishiktananda 3
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Sandilya xxviiic, xxixc