K 550 Encyclopedia of HinduismVeda(s) (continued)
Shatapatha Brahmana
404, 405
shruti 409
smriti 419
Surya 428
Taittariya Upanishad 435
tantrism 436, 437
temple 440
Tevaram 443
Swami Turiyasangitananda
458
United States 469
untouchability 471
Upanishads 471
Ushas 472
Vach 473
vairagya 473
Vaishnavism 474
Vaishya 475
Vallabha 475
vanaprastha 477
Varuna 479
Vayu 480
Vedangas 482
Vedanta 483
Vidyaranya 487
Vishnu 491
Vishva Hindu Parishad
493
Vyasa 496
women and Hinduism
499
Yajur Veda 508
yaksha 508
Yama 508
Vedangas 482–483
Vedanta xx, xxxc, xxxiiic,
xxxivc, 483
Swami Abhedananda 2
acharya 5
adhyasa 6
American Yoga Association
24
ananda 28
Ananda Ashram, Monroe,
New York 29
Anoopam Mission 39
Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
44, 45
atman 51
avidya 57
Baul sect 69
Bhagavata Purana 74
Bhaskara 81
Saniel Bonder 88
brahman 91
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
93
Chandogya Upanishad
103
Swami Chidvilasananda
108
Alain Danielou 118Swami Dayananda
Saraswati 122, 123
Arnaud Desjardins 125
dvaita 141
Gangaji 162
Gaudiya Vaishnavite
Society 166
hiranyagarbha 188
Christopher Isherwood
203
jivanmukta 215
jnana 215
Sant Keshavadas 234
Jean Klein 235
Madhva 266
mahavakyas 269
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
273
Mandukya Upanishad
275
math 280
maya 282
Mimamsa 289
Swami Muktananda 295,
296
Swami Narayanananda
306
Nimbarka 312
Nisargadatta Maharaj 314,
315
Sister Nivedita 316
Swami Omkarananda
320
Swami Paramananda 323
purusha 338
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
343
Sri Ramakrishna 350
Ramana Maharshi 350
Ramanuja 352
Swami Rama Tirtha 353
sat-chit-ananda 388
Self-Revelation Church of
Absolute Monism 394
Keshab Chunder Sen
395
Shankara 402
Shankaracharya Order
402, 403
sheaths, five 405
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
410
Society of Abidance in
Truth 419
states of consciousness
422
temple, San Francisco,
California 464
Temple of Cosmic Religion
442
Temple of Kriya Yoga 443
United States 466
Vallabha 475
Veda(s) 482Vedanta Societies 483, 484
Swami Vivekananda 494
World Parliament of
Religions 503
Vedanta Societies/Ramakrishna
Math and Mission xxxivc,
483–484, 484
Swami Abhedananda 2
Africa, Hinduism in 10,
12
Amritanandamayi Ma 27
Ananda Ashrama and
Vedanta Centre 29
Australia 56
Christopher Isherwood
203
Mauritius 281
Swami Narayanananda
306
Swami Paramananda 323,
324
Sri Ramakrishna 350
Sri Sarada Devi 386
United States 467, 468
Swami Vivekananda 494,
495
Vedanta Sutra 484–485
Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
44
Bhaskara 81
Vachaspati Mishra 291
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
343
Shankara 402
Tattvartha Sutra 439
Vedanta 483
Vishishtadvaita 490
Vedavyasa. See Vyasa
vegetarianism xxviic, 485–486
ahimsa 18
Brahmin 92
caste 100
H. Jay Dinshah 135
ecology and Hinduism
146
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi 158
Hinduism Today 185
ISKCON 199
meat-eating 283
Metamorphosis League for
Monastic Studies 288
pollution/purity 330
sacred cow 371
Sai Baba of Shirdi 374
Sant Mat movement 384
untouchability 471
vehicles of the divinities 486
Venkateshvara, Lord xxi
VHP. See Vishva Hindu
Parishad
Victoria (queen of England)
xxxiiic
Videha 347, 486vidya 487
adhyasa 6
Dasha Mahavidya 119
Vidyaranya 487
Vijayanagara xxxc, 487–488
Harihara 180
Kanchipuram 227
Tirupati 450
Vallabha 475
Vimalananda 488
Vindhya Mountains 488
Agastya 13
Vindhyavasini 488
Vindhyavasini 488, 488–489
Vira xxxc
Virashaivas 489–490
Akka Mahadevi 21, 22
Basavanna 68–69
caste system xxiii
Swami Muktananda 295
Shaivism 396–397
Shiva lingam xxiv
women and Hinduism
500
Vish (Vishya) xxii
Vishishtadvaita 312, 490–491
Vishnu xxviiic, xxixc, 491,
491, 492
Adishesha 7
Adityas 8
Alvars 23
amrita 25
Anasuya Foundation 35
Andal 36
Ayodhya 57
Ayyappan 58
Badami 63
Badrinath 64
Balarama 65
Bali, Hinduism in 66
Bali, the asura 68
Bhagavata Purana 74
bhakti 77
Bharata Natyam 79
Birla Mandir 85
Brahma 88, 89
Buddha 96
Chittirai festival 113
cultic worship xxi
Dasha Mahavidya 120
demonic beings 124
deva 127
Divali 136
Draupadi 136
Durga 139, 140
Dvapara Yuga 142
Elephanta 149
Ganesha 162
Ganges 164
Garuda 164
goddess 168
Guptas 173
Hanuman 177
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