The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

index 599

violence, 9, 33, 82, 162, 541, 542
Vı ̄ras ́aivas/Lin.gayats, 184, 219, 302
Vis ́is.t.a ̄dvaita, 237, 239, 241, 245, 247–51,
453, 467
Vis.n.u, 4, 7, 8, 14, 73, 90, 116, 118, 119,
121, 122, 123, 130, 138, 139, 146,
147, 152, 155, 163, 164, 167, 170,
184, 186, 192, 219, 220, 229, 230,
232, 233, 234, 236, 237, 239, 242,
243, 244, 245, 247, 249, 252, 253,
254, 255, 257, 284, 328, 331–2, 334,
337, 361, 453, 469, 486, 487, 569,
570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 584, 585;
gender of, 583–5
Vis.n.usva ̄min, 246, 247, 254, 260, 266
Vis ́va ̄mitra, 70
Vit.t.al, 186
Viveka ̄nanda, Swami, 521, 523
vrata(vow), 170, 207, 283, 329
Vra ̄tyas, 72, 88, 90
Vya ̄sa, 109, 130, 132, 251
vyu ̄ has (emanations), 124, 235, 240

war/warfare, 8, 160, 161, 163, 169, 539
Wilkins, Charles, 36, 357
Wilson, H. H., 134, 135, 136
wisdom, 411

Witzel, M., 4, 5, 10, 11, 14

women, 83, 85, 88, 103, 168, 176, 184,

207, 216, 256, 257, 258, 274, 293,

300, 328, 335, 336, 340, 403, 513,

520, 521, 573, 575, 585; in RSS, 530

Ya ̄dava Praka ̄s ́a, 283

Ya ̄davas, 117

yajama ̄na, 79, 88, 242, 244, 362

yajña, 76; see also sacrifice

Yajñavalkya, 84, 85, 90, 107, 108, 109,

110, 192, 283

Yajurveda, 69, 75, 76, 77, 87, 104, 105,

106, 109, 376, 482

Yama, 118

Ya ̄muna, 206, 239, 247, 250, 468

Yamuna River, 328

Ya ̄ska, 393

Yoga, 5, 120, 124–6, 211, 219, 221, 234,

235, 236–7, 245, 274, 398, 406, 412,

413, 460

Yudhis.t.hira, 117, 124, 365, 411

yuga(period of time), 139–40, 390

zodiac, 16

Zoroaster, 89

Zoroastrianism, 39, 85