The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

index 597

Sarasvatı ̄, 487
Sarasvatı ̄, Daya ̄nanda, 520, 522
s ́a ̄stra, 102, 260
satı ̄(widow burning), 31, 37, 39, 88
Satı ̄, 557, 561, 575
Sa ̄ttvata tradition, 238–9
Saussure, F. de, 351, 357, 395
Savarkar, V. D., 9, 527–8, 529, 539, 548
Savitrı ̄, 37
Scripture, 16, 31, 32, 40, 437, 438, 457,
460, 462, 466, 480, 486
self, 200, 223–4, 252, 412
semantics, 350, 353
Sen Keshab Chunder, 34, 517, 518, 523
sexual politics, 168
sexuality, 172, 216, 581, 586; withdrawal
from, 272
Shiv Sena, 538, 541, 543
Shri Rangam/S ́rı ̄ran.gam Temple, 238, 247,
248, 570, 571, 572, 579, 582, 583
Siddha yoga/tradition, 201, 451
Sikhism, 39
silence, 485
Sinhalese, 357
Sı ̄ta ̄, 117, 118, 122, 184, 192, 575, 576
S ́iva, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 59, 73, 118, 119,
131, 137, 138, 139, 147, 150, 151,
152, 154, 155, 164, 170, 184, 185,
186, 192, 200, 201, 202, 204, 206–7,
209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218,
219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 239, 252,
319, 328, 334, 454, 482, 486, 490,
552, 569, 573, 580, 584
S ́iva lin ́ga, 205, 210, 217, 219, 220
S ́ivaji, 127, 257, 522
S ́ivapas ́upati, 91, 204
Skanda, 146, 329
Sma ̄rta Brahmans, 8, 204, 212, 218, 230,
239, 252
smr.ti, 8, 68, 69, 87, 104, 105, 107, 112,
113, 114
society, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 37, 39, 40, 54, 55,
114, 120, 161, 172, 184, 200, 207,
209, 276, 278, 288, 289, 291, 295,
301, 365, 506, 523, 530, 540, 578,
585; caste and, 497–8; withdrawal from,
272, 290
sociology, 295, 301, 396, 495
Soma, 72, 73, 74, 80
Somas ́ambhu, 29, 211
soteriology, 419

soul, 83, 211, 249, 262, 426, 428, 569,

570, 576; gender of, 579–83; see also

atmanandjiva

s ́ra ̄ddha (rite for the dead), 87, 103, 105,

109, 113, 298

S ́rı ̄, 90, 247, 453, 571

Sri Lanka, 501

S ́rı ̄vais.n.ava tradition, 17, 167, 246, 247,

250–1, 266, 330, 570, 583, 584

S ́rı ̄vidya ̄, 487

s ́ruti (revelation), 4, 68, 104, 105, 484

Staal, Frits, 5, 15, 77, 405

Stietencron, H. von, 27, 29

subaltern studies, 31

subjectivity, 40, 206

S ́u ̄ dra/s, 73, 79, 103, 167, 174, 192, 242,

244, 250, 253, 308, 309, 519, 522

Sufis, 185, 255

superstition, 26, 35

Su ̄rda ̄s, 183, 189, 190, 191, 193

Sures ́vara, 458

surgery, 404–5

Su ̄ rya, 73, 239, 334

Sus ́ruta, 399, 400, 401, 404, 405

Su ̄ tras/su ̄tra literature, 14, 68, 69, 77,

104–7, 110, 111, 113, 115, 241, 348,

349;Dharma-, 89, 104, 106, 107,

110–11, 114, 277, 281, 293; Gr.hya-,

87–9, 104, 384; Sma ̄rta-, 236, 245;

S ́rauta-, 77, 86–7, 236, 245, 348; S ́ulba-,

362–5

suttee, 514; see satı ̄

Svacchandabhairava, 214–15

Sva ̄mina ̄ra ̄yan.a/Swaminarayan, 265

Syria, 68

Tagore, Debendranath, 516, 517, 521

Tagore, Rabindranath, 556, 558

Tamil, 8, 9, 14, 17, 145, 159, 160, 162,

164, 167, 169, 208, 218, 249, 357,

511, 552, 554, 555, 563, 574, 575

Tamil culture, 146

Tamil Veda, 148, 167

Tamil

̄

tta ̄y, 17, 551, 552–5, 556, 560, 561,

562, 563, 564, 565

Tantras, 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 16, 204, 206,

208–10, 212, 221, 225, 398, 484,

519

Tantrism, 177, 219

tapas (asceticism), 125

Telegu, 255