596 index
Ra ̄ma ̄yan.a, 8, 107, 110, 116, 118, 119,
121–2, 123, 127, 134, 151, 152, 163,
165–6, 174, 184, 192, 272, 382, 411,
468, 540
Ra ̄mlı ̄la ̄ festival, 122, 127, 192
Rammohun Roy, 3, 16, 465, 514, 515,
516, 521, 522
Ramprasad Sen, 191
Ranade, M. G., 522
Rao, V. N., 136
rasa(aesthetic emotion), 262, 263, 578
rationality, 15, 16, 57, 413, 419, 420, 423,
428, 429, 431, 437–9, 442; rational
inquiry, 411–42
Ra ̄van.a, 117, 118, 119, 122, 128, 184
reason, 3, 16, 35, 411–12, 437, 439, 442,
460
reasoning, 432, 433, 449, 458
recitation, 349
reform, 33, 34, 37
reincarnation, 2
religion, 1, 9, 10, 13, 24, 25, 27–8, 29, 31,
32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 51, 102, 113,
145, 161, 184, 201, 495, 506, 526,
527, 531; rational, 30; world
renouncing, 271, 275
Renou, L., 47–8, 49, 358
renouncer, 8, 86, 186, 248, 250, 256, 282,
283, 300, 301, 302; distinct from
anchorite, 271–2; tradition of, 271–85
renunciation (sam.nya ̄sa), 15, 118, 120,
274, 275, 278, 279, 281–5, 292,
330
R.gveda, 68, 69–75, 76, 104, 204, 205,
281, 292, 360, 361, 376, 382,
479–81
rites of passage, seelife-cycle rites
ritual, 5, 6–7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 23, 31, 36,
47, 69, 102, 118, 155, 163, 164, 167,
184, 210, 211, 216, 217, 276, 278,
379, 405, 464, 478, 501; mantras in,
479, 481, 488–91; possession in,
313–18; S ́aiva, 201; science of, 348,
362–4; S ́rauta, 74, 75, 77–81, 82; Vedic,
72, 73–5, 231, 234, 376
Rocher, L., 14, 129, 132, 134, 141
Rocher, R., 36
r.s.i, 4, 68, 72, 78, 104
RSS, 528–30, 532, 533, 535, 536, 537,
544, 549
r.ta, 70, 71, 72, 79
Rudra, 73, 90, 204–5, 207, 482
Russia, 55, 509sacrifice, 5, 8, 77, 120, 140, 161, 169,
176, 291–2, 293, 314–15, 479, 499,
501
Sada ̄s ́iva, 209, 210, 211, 213
sa ̄dhaka, 207, 211, 214, 220, 489
sa ̄dhana, 208, 213, 262
Sadyojoti, 210, 223
Sahajiya ̄s, 262, 263
Said, E., 13, 46–7, 60
S ́aiva Siddha ̄nta, 11, 208, 209, 210–12,
213, 215, 217–19, 220, 223, 224
S ́aiva Veda ̄nta, 201
S ́aivism/S ́aiva traditions, 14, 15, 148, 151,
155, 162, 200–25, 460, 461, 484, 485,
488, 489; theology, 205
s ́a ̄kha ̄(vedic branch), 69, 83, 104, 236,
243, 341, 351
S ́a ̄kta traditions, 200, 203
s ́akti(power), 200, 203, 209, 214, 217,
222, 245, 313, 317, 558
sama ̄dhi, 245
Sa ̄maveda, 69, 76, 104
Sam.hita ̄, 69, 75, 76, 81, 83, 90, 104, 350,
351, 376, 395, 479, 484, 487
sam.hita ̄pa ̄t.ha(continuous recitation), 349,
350
Sa ̄m.khya, 5, 124–6, 137, 234, 406, 412,
413, 429, 453, 460
samprada ̄ya(tradition), 257, 569, 570
samsa ̄ra, 2, 85, 118, 140, 274
samska ̄ra, 6, 87, 88, 109, 243, 298, 300,
481;see alsolife-cyle rites
sana ̄tanadharma, 105
Sanderson, A., 204, 206, 209, 212, 301
S ́an.kara, 5, 11, 205, 206, 240, 246, 264,
373, 455, 458, 468, 523
sannya ̄sin, 82, 84, 103, 118; see also
renouncer
Sanskrit, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 26, 28, 46,
48, 50, 52, 68, 102, 112, 151, 159,
166, 167, 170, 171, 172, 175, 177,
184, 192, 224, 231, 247, 249, 254,
257, 261, 266, 348, 351, 352, 355,
356, 371, 372, 393, 405, 461, 484,
485, 490, 511, 523, 560
Sanskritization, 83, 90, 162, 317, 388,
530; of Vaisnava traditions, 259–64
Sants/Sant tradition, 4, 185, 257