Index 551 JHarihara 180
heaven 182, 183
hiranyagarbha 188
Hiranyakashipu 188
Hiranyaksha 189
Holi 190
ishta devata 204
ISKCON 199
Jayadeva 212
Kabir 219
Kali Yuga 223
Kalki Avatar 223
Kamban 226
Kanchipuram 227
Kapila 228
Sant Keshavadas 233
Krishna 238
Sri Krishna Prem 246
Kshatriya 250
Kurma Avatar 253
Lakshmi 256
lila 259
Mahabalipuram 268
mantra 277
Matsya avatar 280
Meenakshi Temple,
Maduri 285
Meru, Mount 287
Metamorphosis League for
Monastic Studies 287
Milk Ocean 288
Mohini 291
myths of creation 297
nagas 300
Nammalvar 302
Narasimha avatar 305
Nataraja 307
om 319
Pancharatra 321
Parashurama avatar 324
pilgrimage 328
Prahlada 332
Rama 347
Ramanuja 352
Ramayana 353
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak
Sangh 362
Rig Veda xviii, 365
Raja Rammohun Roy 368
saptamatrika 385
Sati 388
shakti pithas 401
shalagrama 401
Shrirangam 409
svadhishthana chakra 429
temple 441
Thailand 443
time in Hindu tradition
447
Tirupati 450
trimurti 453
Tukaram 455
tulsi 456
Vaishnavism 474Vamana Avatar 477
Vasanta Panchami 479
Vedanta 483
vehicles of the divinities
486
Vithoba 494
Vishnudevananda, Swami 459
vishuddha chakra 102, 492
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)
xxxvic, 492–493
Bharatiya Janata Party 80
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak
Sangh 362
Scandinavia 392
Vishvakarma 493
Vishvanath Temple, Benares
441, 493–494
Vishwa Hindu Parishad 251
Vithoba (Vitthoba; Vitthala)
215, 494
Vivasvat 8
Vivekananda, Swami xxxiiic,
xxxivc, 494, 494–495
Swami Abhedananda 1–2
Swami Agehananda
Bharati 14
Christian-Hindu relations
114–115
Kanya Kumari 227
Sant Keshavadas 234
Sister Nivedita 317
Swami Paramananda 323
Sri Ramakrishna 349
Swami Rama Tirtha 353
reform xxiv
Raja Rammohun Roy 368
Sri Sarada Devi 386
Satguru
Subramuniyaswami 424
United States 467
Vedanta Societies 484
World Parliament of
Religions xxv, 503–504
Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet
de 464–465
vows (vratas) 496
Vritra 123–124
Vyasa (Vedavyasa) 496–497
Bhagavad Gita 73
Bhagavata Purana 74
Bhishma 84
Dvapara Yuga 141
Ganesha 162
guru 174
Mahabharata 268
Rig Veda 365
rishi 367
Vedanta Sutra 484
Yoga Sutra 514W
Wallace, Charlotte 153
wanderers (ascetic) xxii, xxiiiwarriors xxii
water 148, 148
Watts, Alan 105, 106
The Way of the Heart 6–7
the West xxxiic, xxxvc. See
also Europe; North America;
United Kingdom; United
States
Hindusim in xxv–xxvi
temple 441–442
World Parliament of
Religions 504
Paramahansa Yogananda
512–513
Westcott, Augusta. See Tingley,
Katherine
Wheeler, R. E. Mortimer
Indus 196
Indus Valley civilization
196
White Yajur Veda xix
Aranyaka 42
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
93
Shatapatha Brahmana
404
Veda(s) 481
women and Hinduism
499
Yajnavalkya 507
Yajur Veda 508
Whitman, Walt 465
widows
sati (suttee) 368, 388–
389, 500
Keshab Chunder Sen 394
women and Hinduism
500
Wilson, H. H. xxxiiic
wind 148
women and Hinduism xxxvc,
499–502
Brahmo Samaj 93
devadasi 128
Mother India 293, 294
Sister Nivedita 317
pilgrimage 328
post-independence reforms
xxiv
sati (suttee) 368, 388–
389, 500
Swami Vivekananda 495
women and Jainism
Digambara 134
facial markings 153
Gorakhnath 170
Woodroffe, Sir John (Arthur
Avalon) 502–503
World Council of Churches
115
World Fellowship of Religions
Christian-Hindu relations
115
Kirpal Maharaj Singh 417World Parliament of Religions
xxv, xxxivc, xxxviic,
503–504
Swami Abhedananda 1–2
Jainism 211
Sister Nivedita 317
Satguru Subramuniyaswami
425
United States 467
Vedanta Societies 484
Swami Vivekananda 495
World Vaishnavite Association
(WVA) 412, 504–505
WVA. See World Vaishnavite
AssociationY
yajna 507
Brahmana 91
Chandogya Upanishad
103
Guyana 175
heaven 182
shakti pithas 400
Veda(s) 480
Yajnavalkya 507
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
93
mahavakyas 270
Yajur Veda xix, xxviic, 508
adhvaryu 5
agnichayana 16
Aranyaka 42
Brahmana 91
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
93
Dvapara Yuga 141
Katha Upanishad 231
mahavakyas 269
Mimamsa 289
Soma 420
Veda(s) 480–481
women and Hinduism
499
Yajnavalkya 507
yajus 508
yaksha (f. yakshi) 508
Indus Valley civilization
196
Shakta 398
Thailand 443
Yama 508–509
Divali 136
Durvasas 140
Katha Upanishad 231
Kubera 250
Nachiketas 299
new moon/full moon
ceremonies 311
Savitri (mythic princess)
390
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