index 589astrology, 16, 102, 365, 378–80, 383, 464
astronomy (jyotih.s ́a ̄stra), 5, 16, 102, 365,
371, 376–91; mathematical, 388–91
Asura, 73, 584
as ́vamedha,seehorse sacrifice
As ́vins, 72, 80
Atharvaveda, 68, 69, 75, 76, 104, 379, 382,
394
a ̄tman, 120, 242, 425
Aurangzeb, 263
Aurobindo, Sri, 465, 556
auspiciousness, 339
avata ̄ra, 8, 116, 123, 124, 139, 167, 184,
242, 260; list, 139, 242
Ayyappa, 584
Ayodhya ̄, 117, 122, 126, 540, 541, 542
A ̄yurveda, 216, 394, 396, 397, 398, 399,
403, 404, 406–7, 483; Greek influence
on, 395
Babri Mosque, 9, 540–1
Bakhtin, M., 4
Balarama, 121
Bali, 210
Balinese, 357
Bangladesh, 510, 538, 540
Basava, 255, 302
Beames, J., 49–50
Benares/Banaras/Varanasi, 15, 69, 182,
187, 191, 192, 207, 212, 284, 328,
329, 330, 331, 335, 336, 540
Bengal, 112, 113, 191, 261, 538, 558
Bengali, 262, 511, 515
Bentham, J., 511
Bentinck, Lord, 511, 514
Besnagar inscription, 231
Bhaga, 71, 72
Bhagavadgı ̄ta ̄, 85, 86, 109, 120–1, 123,
124, 125, 134, 139, 170, 184, 205,
231, 242, 248, 251, 284, 285, 448,
461, 523, 582
Bha ̄gavata tradition, 124, 230, 232,
238–9, 266
Bha ̄gavatism, 230–3
Bhairava, 207, 212, 224, 487, 489
bhakti, 4, 8, 120, 121, 122, 125, 131, 137,
138, 140, 141, 149, 162, 164, 169–70,
177, 183, 184, 185, 210, 219, 234,
284, 285, 512
Bhandarkar, R. G., 522
Bhartr.hari, 469
Bha ̄rat Ma ̄ta ̄, 17, 551, 552, 555, 556–60,
562, 563, 564, 565
Bharata, 102, 140, 411, 575, 581
bheda ̄bhedaphilosophy, 248
Bhiks.a ̄tana, 207
Bhı ̄s.ma, 117, 124, 125, 411
Bhojadeva, 210, 223
Bhr.gu, 90
Bible, the, 448
Bihar, 68, 85, 271, 337
BJP, 9, 127, 536–8, 539, 540, 542, 543,
544, 545, 548
Bloomfield, L., 357
body, 16, 83, 168, 183, 186, 190, 191,
209, 210, 211, 220, 222, 235, 244,
245, 248, 250, 282, 314, 329, 489,
490, 581; geo-body, 564; of God, 454,
457; medical, 397–401; purification of,
220, 245; of Satı ̄, 557, 560; Tamilttay,
554, 555
Bopp, Franz, 357
bow songs, 154, 156, 157
Brahma ̄, 119, 122, 123, 124, 137, 139,
140, 207, 235, 253, 454
brahmaca ̄rin, 103, 105, 243
brahman, 85, 96, 119, 121, 126, 236,
248, 252, 253, 453, 457, 464,
467, 469, 479, 480, 585; bráhman, 70,
71
Bra ̄hman.a texts, 5, 69, 81–2, 83, 84, 89,
104, 250, 362, 394, 480
Brahmans/Bra ̄hman.as, 7, 8, 31, 47, 53,
57, 75, 79, 103, 161, 167, 168, 170,
174, 175, 176, 177, 207, 211, 247,
275, 278, 282, 289, 293, 294, 297,
298, 301, 319, 320, 322, 464, 497,
498, 500, 502, 503, 504, 514, 515,
517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523; of
Kashmir, 296
Brahmo Sama ̄j, 16, 34, 265, 511, 515–19,
521
Br.haspati, 348
Britain, 55
British Empire, 51–2
Buddha, 45, 54, 68, 85, 90, 139, 275,
279, 280, 365, 393, 396, 397
Buddhism/Buddhists, 31, 39, 107, 155,
159, 185, 210, 219, 255, 274, 275,
279, 283, 396–7, 425, 428, 442, 505,
512, 521, 531
Bühler, G., 48, 105, 106, 107