‘Abba ̄sids, 125, 132, 181, 220
Abhinavagupta, 153
abhinaya, 75
abhis.eka, 18, 61, 96, 204
Abu ̄ Bakr, 123
a ̄ca ̄rya ̄, 103, 106, 107
adhvaryu, 27
A ̄di Granth, 156
A ̄dipura ̄n.a, 116
Adis.esa, 115
advaita, 103–107, 139
Advani, 219
Afghans, 130
a ̄ gama, 96, 139
Agni, 27, 58
ahim.sa, 39, 115, 185, 231
A ̄hmadı ̄yah movement, 132, 182
Ahura Mazda, 54, 57, 168, 170
Ajanta, 47, 108
ajı ̄va,39, 40
A ̄jı ̄vika, 37
Aka ̄li Dal, 158
akam, 88
Akbar, 128, 140
alam.ka ̄ra, 74, 96
a ̄laya-vijna ̄na, 82
al-Bı ̄ru ̄nı ̄, 6, 126
Alexander the Great, 52, 58
Alexandria, 229
A ̄lı ̄, 124
a ̄l ̄va ̄rs, 90, 104, 106, 144
Alı ̄garh movement, 182
Amara ̄vatı ̄, 86, 98, 225
Ama ̄r Das, 156
Ambedkar, B. R., 47, 194, 213
Amita ̄bha, 81
Amritsar, 156
an.an.ku, 88
ana ̄tman, 43
anatta ̄, 43
a ̄n.ava, 103
an.d.a, 57, 80
Angad, 156
Angra Mainyu, 168–190
anitya, 42
annapra ̄s ́ana, 63, 168
an
̄pu, 6, 92
Antioch, 229
anuma ̄na, 106
aparigraha, 39
a ̄rati, 199, 208, 209, 240
arcana, 96
arhat, 46
Arjun, 128, 156
Arjuna, 71, 78
artha, 56, 61, 79
Arun.akiri, 148
arul., 6, 90, 103, 228
A ̄rya Sama ̄j, 178, 182, 183, 204, 210,
214, 217, 237
A ̄ryan, 4, 14, 20, 21
a ̄ sana, 68, 110
asha, 170
As ́oka, 46, 52, 80, 82–83
as
̄h
̄ra ̄f, 151
a ̄s ́rama,ashram, 185, 188, 213, 216
asteya, 39
asura, 77, 112–113
As ́vaghos.a, 76
as ́vamedha, 23, 53, 139
a ̄tman, 33, 35, 43, 104, 105, 215
Aurangzeb, 130