The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2 Vol Set)

(vip2019) #1

  • Abhaya Hasta

  • Adhishthana

  • Akshamala

  • Alidhasana

  • Amalaka

  • Aniconic Image

  • Anjali Hasta

  • Ankusha

  • Antahpura

  • Antarala

  • Architecture

  • Ardhamandapa

  • Atranji Khera

  • Babri Masjid

  • Bana

  • Bath, Mohenjo-Daro

  • Begram

  • Bhairavaprakasha

  • Bhogamandapa

  • Brhadeshvar

  • Bronzes

  • Caves, Artificial

  • Chaitya

  • Chandiprakasha

  • Chatti

  • Chauri

  • Chin Mudra

  • Corbelling

  • Damaru

  • Dampati

  • Danda

  • Danda Hasta

  • Deul

  • Dhanus

  • Didarganj Yakshi

  • Dravida

  • Dvarapala

  • Ellora

  • Gada

  • Gaja Hasta

  • Garbhagrha

  • Gesture

  • Gobind Deo Mandir

  • Gopuram

  • Gyan Vapi

  • Hala

  • Harappa

    • Hasta

    • Hastinapur

    • Hoysaleshvar Temple

    • Iconic Image

    • Indus Valley Art

    • Indus Valley Seals

    • Inscriptions

    • Jagamohan

    • Jatamakuta

    • Jhanki

    • Jnana Mudra

    • Kailasanatha

    • Kalasha

    • Kalibangan

    • Kalighat

    • Kalika Devi

    • Kalpeshvar

    • Kalyanamandapam

    • Kandariya Mahadev

    • Kapala

    • Karandamakuta

    • Karni Mata

    • Kataka Hasta

    • Katyavalambita Hasta

    • Khadga

    • Khatvanga

    • Khetaka

    • Kiritamakuta

    • Kirtimukha

      • Temple Lakshmi-Narayan



    • Linga

    • Lingaraja Temple

    • Lost Wax Casting

    • Lothal

    • Mahakaleshvar

    • Mahamandapa

    • Makarasana

    • Mallikarjuna

    • Mandala

    • Mandapa

    • Mandir

    • Mandu

    • Martand

    • Miniature Painting

    • Mithuna

    • Mudra

      • Mukhalinga

      • Murals

      • Murti

      • Musala

      • Nagara

      • Natamandira

      • Natyashastra

      • Pahari

      • Parashu

        • Temple Parashurameshvar



      • Pasha

      • Phallic Emblem

      • Pillar Edicts

      • Pitha

      • Pustaka

      • Rajasthani

      • Rajrajeshvar Temple

      • Ramgarh

      • Rock Edicts

      • Sandarshana Mudra

      • Sankat Mochan

      • Sculpture

      • Shakti

      • Shikhara

      • Shilpa Shastra

      • Shrinathji

      • Shrivatsa

      • Shula

      • Sthala Murti

      • Suchi Hasta

      • Svastika

      • Svayambhu Images

      • Tanka

      • Tarjini Hasta

      • Tribhanga

      • Trishul

      • Urushringa

      • Varada Hasta

      • Venu

      • Veshara

      • Vihara

      • Vimana

      • Vismaya Hasta

      • Vyakhyana Mudra

      • Yoga Mudra





  • Akasha xv

  • Antariksha

  • Cosmic Egg

  • Cosmic Time

  • Cosmology

  • Day of Brahma

  • Dvapara Yuga

  • Dvipas

  • Earth

  • Elements

  • Fire

  • Gemstones

  • Golden Embryo

  • Heavens

  • Hells

  • Jambudvipa

  • Jupiter

  • Jyotisha

    • Kali Yuga

    • Kalpa

    • Ketu

    • Krta Yuga

    • Kushadvipa

    • Mahayuga

    • Manvantara

    • Mars

    • Mercury

    • Moon

    • Nakshatra

    • Natal Horoscope

    • Pacification of Planets

    • Panchak Nakshatra

    • Panchang

    • Plakshadvipa

    • Planets

    • Pushkaradvipa

      • Rahu

      • Salmaladvipa

      • Sankranti

      • Saptasindhu

      • Saturn

      • Shakadvipa

      • Space

      • Sun

      • Surya

      • Treta Yuga

      • Venus

      • Water

      • Wind

      • Yantra

      • Yuga

      • Zodiac





  • Advani, Lal Krishna Astrology and Cosmology

  • Ajatashatru (1)

  • Ajatashatru (2)

  • Ajita Keshakambalin

  • Akbar

  • Akkadevi

  • Alberuni

  • Allama Prabhu

  • Amaru

  • Ambedkar, Dr. B.R.

  • Amritanandamayi

  • Anandamayi Ma

  • Anandapala

  • Anantadas

  • Andal

  • Apastamba

  • Appar

  • Appaya Dikshita

  • Aryabhatta

  • Ashoka

  • Ashvalayana

  • Aurangzeb

  • Aurobindo Ghose

  • Avalon, Arthur

  • Avvaiyar

  • Badarayana

  • Bahina Bai

  • Bana

  • Basavanna

  • Baudhayana

  • Bhagabhadra

  • Bhaktavijaya

  • Bhandarkar, R.G.

  • Bharadvaja

  • Bharavi

  • Bhartrhari

  • Bhartrprapancha

    • Bhaskara

    • Bhavabhuti

    • Bhave, Vinobha

    • Bhoja

    • Bijak

    • Bimbisara

    • Bindusara

    • Birla, Ghanshyamdas

      • Chandra Bose, Subhash



    • Cekkilar

    • Chaitanya

    • Chanakya

    • Chandidas

    • Chandra Gupta I

    • Chandra Gupta II

    • Chandragupta Maurya

    • Charaka

    • Charanadas

      • Chandra Chatterjee, Bankim



    • Chaturbhujdas

    • Chidvilasananda

      • Swami Chinmayanand,



    • Chinmoy, Shri

    • Chitswami

    • Chokamela

      • Ananda Coomaraswamy,



    • Coryat, Thomas

      • Alexander Cunningham, Sir



    • Dadu

      • Swami Dayanand Saraswati,



    • Deoras, Balasaheb

      • Devara Dasimayya

      • Dhanga

      • Di Nobili, Roberto

      • Eknath

      • Fani, Muhsin

      • Gadge Maharaj

      • Gandhi, Mohandas K.

      • Garibdas

      • Gaudapada (1)

      • Gaudapada (2)

      • Gautama

      • Godse, Nathuram

        • Gopal Krishna Gokhale,



      • Gokulnath

        • Sadashiv Golwalkar, Madhav



      • Gora

      • Gorakhnath

      • Gosala Maskariputra

      • Goswami, Jiva

      • Goswami, Rupa

      • Goswami, Sanatana

      • Govindswami

      • Guru Maharaj Ji

      • Haridasa

      • Harihara

      • Hariray

      • Harivamsh

      • Harsha

      • Hedgewar, Dr. K.B.

      • Hiranyakeshin

      • Holkar, Ahalya Bai

      • Hsuan Tsang

      • Ilangovadigal

      • Ishvarakrishna

      • Ishvara Puri





  • Jaimini xvi

  • Jallianwala Bagh

  • Janabai

  • Jayadeva

  • Jayapala

  • Jayarashi

  • Jimutavahana

  • Jnaneshvar

  • Jones, Sir William

  • Kabir

  • Kalhana

  • Kalidasa

  • Kamalakanta

  • Kamban

  • Kanada

  • Kapila

    • Swami Karpatri Maharaj,



  • Kautilya

  • Kavikarnapura

  • Krishnadas

  • Krishnadas Kaviraj

  • Krishna Deva Raya

  • Krishnamishra

  • Krishnamurti, Jiddu

  • Kshemaraja

  • Kulashekhara

  • Kumara Gupta I

  • Kumarapala

  • Kumarila

  • Kumbhadas

  • Lajpat Rai, Lala

  • Lakshmibai

  • Lakshmidhara

  • Lakulisha

  • Lalitaditya

  • Lalleshvari

  • Lokacharya

  • Madhava

    • Saraswati Madhusudana



  • Madhva

  • Magha

  • Mahadeviyakka

    • Yogi Maharishi Mahesh



  • Mahendravarman

  • Mahipati

  • Mahmud of Ghazni

  • Mallinatha

    • Mohan Malviya, Madan



  • Mandana Mishra

  • Manikkavachakar

  • Marshall, Sir John

  • Mathurakavi

  • Matsyendranath

  • Medhatithi

  • Megasthenes

    • Meher Baba

    • Mirabai

    • Mitra Mishra

    • Morari Bapu

    • Mueller, F. Max

    • Muktananda

    • Muktibai

    • Murari Gupta

    • Nabhadas

    • Namdev

    • Nammalvar

    • Nanddas

    • Narasimhavarman I

    • Narasimhavarman II

    • Narayana Bhatta

    • Narsi Mehta

    • Nathamuni

    • Nayachandra Suri

    • Nayanar

    • Nigantha Nataputta

    • Nimbarka

    • Nirmala Devi

    • Nivedita, Sister

    • Nivrttinath

    • Padmapada

    • Pakudha Kacchayana

    • Panini

    • Parmananddas

    • Patanjali

    • Periyalvar

    • Pey

    • Pipa

    • Poygai

    • Prabhakara

    • Prabhupada

    • Prakashatman

    • Pramukh Swami

    • Prashastapada

    • Prinsep, James

    • Priyadas

    • Pulakeshin II

    • Purandaradas

      • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,



    • Raja Raja

    • Rajashekhara

    • Rajasimhavarman

    • Rajendra I

      • Shri Rajneesh, Bhagwan



    • Ramakrishna

    • Ramana Maharshi

    • Ramananda

    • Ramanand Sagar

    • Ramanuja

    • Ramdev

    • Ramprasad

      • Govind Ranade, Mahadev

        • Raskhan

        • Ravidas

        • Rishabha

        • Roy, Ram Mohan

        • Sai Baba

        • Sambandar

        • Samudra Gupta

        • Sanjaya Belatthiputa

        • Sarmanochegas

        • Sashanka

        • Sathya Sai Baba

        • Sattan

          • Damodar Savarkar, Vinayak



        • Sayana

        • Sen

        • Sen, Keshub Chander

        • Shabara

        • Shankaracharya

        • Shirdi Sai Baba

        • Shivaji

        • Shivananda, Swami

          • Swami Shraddhanand,



        • Shrichandra

        • Shudraka

        • Simuka

          • Narayan Singh, Ishvara Prasad



        • Singh, Udit Narayan

        • Someshvara I

        • Sundaramurtti

        • Sureshvara

        • Suryavarman II

        • Sushruta

        • Tagore, Rabindranath

        • Thoreau, Henry David

        • Tilak, Bal Gangadhar

        • Tirumalai Nayak

        • Tirumalisai

        • Tirumangai

        • Tirunavukkarashu

        • Tiruppan

        • Tiruvalluvar

        • Tondaradippodi

        • Tota Puri

        • Trilochan

        • Tukaram

        • Tulsidas

        • Vachaspati Mishra

        • Vallabhacharya

        • Vamakhepa

        • Vatsyayana (1)

        • Vatsyayana (2)

        • Vedanta Deshika

        • Vedanta Society

        • Vidyapati

        • Vijnaneshvara

        • Vikramaditya





    • Achala Ekadashi xvii

    • Adi

    • Aippasi

    • Aja Ekadashi

    • Akshaya Trtiya

    • Amalaki Ekadashi

    • Anant Chaturdashi

    • Ani

    • Annakut

    • Ardha Kumbha Mela

    • Ashadh

    • Ashvin

    • Avani

    • Ayana

    • Bahula Chauth

    • Baisakh

    • Baisakhi

    • Baruthani Ekadashi

    • Bhadrapada

    • Bhairava Jayanti

    • Bhaiya Duj

    • Bhishma Ashtami

    • Brahma Muhurta

    • Buddha Purnima

    • Calendar

    • Chaitra

    • Chaturmas Vrat

    • Chittirai (1)

    • Chittirai (2)

    • Dakshinayana

    • Day

    • Day of Brahma

      • Ekadashi Devotthayan



    • Devshayani Ekadashi

    • Diwali

    • Dussehra

    • Ekadashi

    • Festival Calendar

    • Float Festival

    • Friday

    • Full Moon

    • Gandhi Jayanti

    • Ganesh Chaturthi

    • Ganga Dashahara

    • Gaura

    • Ghatika

    • Govardhan Puja

    • Guru Purnima

    • Hanuman Jayanti

      • Holi

      • Independence Day

      • Indira Ekadashi

      • Intercalary Month

      • Janaki Navami

      • Janmashtami

      • Jaya Ekadashi

      • Jyeshth

      • Kamada Ekadashi

      • Kamika Ekadashi

      • Karka Sankranti

      • Kartigai

      • Kartik

      • Kartik Purnima

      • Karva Chauth

      • Krishna Paksha

      • Kumbha Mela

      • Lohari

      • Lunar Month

      • Magh

      • Magh Mela

      • Makara Sankranti

      • Malamasa

      • Margali

      • Margashirsha

      • Masi

      • Mauni Amavasya

      • Mela

      • Mohini Ekadashi

      • Mokshada Ekadashi

      • Monday

      • Muhurta

      • Nag Panchami

      • Nanak Jayanti

      • Narak Chaturdashi

      • Narasimha Jayanti

      • Nasik Mela

      • Navaratri

      • New Moon

      • Nirjala Ekadashi

      • Onam

      • Panguni

        • Ekadashi Papamochani



      • Papankusha Ekadashi

      • Parashuram Jayanti

      • Parivartini Ekadashi

      • Paush

      • Phalgun

      • Pitrpaksha

        • Pongal

        • Purattasi

        • Purushottama Mas

        • Putrada Ekadashi

        • Radhashtami

        • Raksha Bandhan

        • Rambha Ekadashi

        • Ram Navami

        • Rath Yatra

        • Ravidas Jayanti

        • Republic Day

        • Rishi Panchami

        • Sakata Chauth

        • Sandhya

        • Santoshi Ma Vrat

        • Saphala Ekadashi

        • Saturday

        • Satyanarayan Vrat

        • Savitri Puja

        • Seasons

        • Shaka Era

        • Shattila Ekadashi

        • Shitalashtami

        • Shivaratri

        • Shravan

        • Shukla Paksha

        • Sinhastha Mela

        • Somavati Amavasya

        • Sunday

        • Tagore Jayanti

        • Tai

        • Tamil Months

        • Teej

        • Thursday

        • Tithi

        • Tuesday

        • Tulsi Vivah

        • Tulsidas Jayanti

        • Utpanna Ekadashi

        • Utsava Murti

        • Uttarayana

        • Vaikasi

        • Valmiki Jayanti

        • Vasant Panchami

        • Vijaya Ekadashi

        • Vikram Era

        • Wednesday

        • Week

        • Year

        • Yogini Ekadashi







  • Viramamunivar Calendar and Time

  • Vishakhadatta

  • Vishnuswami

  • Vitthalnath

  • Vivekananda, Swami

    • Vyasa

    • Woodroffe, Sir John

    • Yajnavalkya

    • Yaksha

    • Yamunacharya

      • Paramahamsa Yogananda,

      • Yogi Bhajan





  • Abhaya Hasta xviii

  • Abhisheka

  • Abortion

  • Achamana

  • Achamaniya

  • Act of Truth

  • Adhikara

  • Adoption

  • Adultery

  • Agnihotra

  • Agnipradakshinam

  • Agnipravesha

  • Agnishtoma

  • Ahimsa

  • Akhand Path

  • Akhara

  • Ammonite

  • Animal Sacrifice

  • Annaprashana Samskara

  • Antyeshthi Samskara

  • Anulepana

  • Apaddharma

  • Aprashasta Marriage

  • Apurva

  • Arati

  • Archana

  • Arghya

  • Arranged Marriage

  • Arsha Marriage

  • Ashaucha

  • Ashirvad

  • Ashvamedha

  • Ashvattha

  • Asthi-Sanchayana

  • Asthi-Visarjana

  • Asura Marriage

  • Avahana

  • Bahi

  • Baksheesh

  • Bana Linga

  • Banking

  • Barat

  • Begging

  • Bhakti

  • Bhandara

  • Bhang

  • Bhutalingas

  • Bhutayajna

  • Bidhai Samaroh

  • Bilva

  • Birth

  • Brahmahatya

  • Brahma Marriage

  • Brahmayajna

  • Brideprice

  • Burial

  • Castration

    • Celibacy

    • Chakora

    • Chandrayana

    • Charanamrta

    • Charas

    • Childhood Rites

    • Child Marriages

    • Chillum

    • Chudakarana Samskara

    • Cinnabar

    • Collyrium

    • Commensality

    • Consecration

    • Corpses

    • Cow

    • Cow Dung

    • Cow Slaughter

    • Cremation

    • Cremation Ground

    • Daiva Marriage

    • Dakshina

    • Dakshinachara

    • Dana

    • Danda Hasta

    • Dandavat Pranam

    • Darshan

    • Dasa Bhava

    • Datura

    • Death Rites

    • Deathbed Rites

    • Deer

    • Devapratishtha

    • Devayajna

    • Dharna

    • Dhuni

    • Dhupa

    • Digambara

    • Diksha

    • Dipa

    • Divorce

    • Dog

    • Dowry

    • Dowry Death

    • Dropsy

    • Eating

    • Eclipse

    • Ekoddishta

    • Endogamy

    • Eroticism

    • Family Custom

    • Feticide

    • Gambling

    • Gandharva Marriage

      • Samskara Garbhadhana



    • Gauna

    • Ghanta

      • Ghat

      • Godana

      • Gotra

      • Hair

      • Hemp

      • Hijra

      • Homa

      • Homosexuality

      • Hookswinging

      • Human Sacrifice

      • Hundi

      • Hygiene

      • Hypergamous Marriage

      • Hypogamous Marriage

      • Impalement

      • Infanticide

      • Inheritance

      • Initiation

      • Installation

      • Intoxicants

      • Ishtadevata

      • Jajman

      • Japa

      • Jata

      • Jatakarma Samskara

      • Jauhar

      • Jivacchraddha

      • Joking Relationships

      • Jutha

      • Kalivarjya

      • Kalpavas

      • Kamandalu

      • Kamya Karma

      • Kanvar

      • Kanyadan

      • Karnavedha Samskara

      • Kavadi

      • Keshanta Samskara

      • Kulachara

      • Leather

      • Liquor

      • Lota

      • Love Marriage

      • Madhurya Bhava

      • Magic

      • Maithuna

      • Mala

      • Mangal Sutra

      • Marriage Ceremonies

        • Forms Marriage, 8 Classical



      • Marriage Prohibitions

      • Matrilinear Succession

      • Meat

      • Menstruation

      • Modes of Devotion

      • Moneylending





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