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Pancharatra 493
Panchayat 493
Pani 497
Panth 497
Paramahamsa 498
Parivrajaka 502
Parvata Dashanami 503
Pashupata 505
Peshwa 509
Pracharak 516
Prarthana Samaj 522
Pravara 525
Pujari 530
Pundit 531
Puri Dashanami 534
Purohit 535
Pushti Marg 539
Radha Soami 544
Radhavallabh
Sampraday 545
Rajput 549
Ramakrishna Mission 552
Ramanandi 553
Ram Rajya Parishad 563
Ram Rasik Sampraday 563
Ramsnehi 564
Rashtriya Svayamsevak
Sangh 565
Rasik 566
Ravidasis 569
Rawal 570
Rawat 570
Rishi 573
Rudra Sampraday 577
Sadhu 580

Sagara Dashanami 581

Sahajiya 582

Sampraday 589

Sanaka Sampraday 592

Sanatana Sampraday 593

Sant 596

Santal 597

Sanyasi 598

Sanyasi Rebellion 598

Saraswat 601

Saraswati Dashanami 603

Shaiva 618

Shaiva Nagas 618

Shaiva Siddhanta 618

Shakhas 619

Shakta 620

Shankaracharyas 623

Sharada Math 625

Shiksha 629

Shishya 632

Shiv Sena 633

Shramana 639

Shringeri Math 643

Shri Sampraday 643

Shrivaishnava 644

Shudras 647

Siddha 650

Smarta 656

Sonar 660

Surdas 672

Suryapraksha 675

Svarup 678

Svayamsevak 679

Swaminarayan Sect 680

SYDA 681

Teli 692

Tengalai 693

Thakur 694

Thief Castes 695

Three HO 695

Thugs 696

Tirtha Dashanami 699

Tirupati/Tirumalai

Devasthanam 702

Trika Shaivism 708

Twice-Born 715

Udasi 717

Udgatr 718

Untouchables 720

Upasaka 723

Utkala 725

Vadagalai 728

Vaishnava 731

Vaishya 733

Vallabhite 735

Vana Dashanami 737

Varkari Panth 739

Varna 740

Vastradhari 742

Vellala 746

Vidyadhara 749

Vishva Hindu Parishad 761

Vishva Nirmala

Dharam 764

Vratya 768

World Parliament

of Religions 774

Yajamana 775

Yati 779

Yatri 780

Dance

Abhaya Hasta 1

Bharatanatyam 103

Chau 146

Danda Hasta 171

Gaja Hasta 231

Gesture 246

Hasta 277

Jnana Mudra 321

Kataka Hasta 357

Kathak 358

Kathakali 359

Katyavalambita Hasta 360

Kuchipudi 376

Lasya 388

Manipuri 420

Mohini Attam 443

Mudra 445

Natya 467

Nrtya 479

Orissi 484

Sandarshana Mudra 593

Suchi Hasta 667

Tala 683

Tandava 687

Tarjini Hasta 690

Tribhanga 707

Varada Hasta 739

Vismaya Hasta 764

Vyakhyana Mudra 769

Yoga Mudra 782

Dynasties

Chalukya Dynasty 138
Chandella Dynasty 140
Chera Dynasty 147
Chola Dynasty 152
Gahadavala Dynasty 231
Ganga Dynasty 238
Gupta Dynasty 265

Gurjara-Pratihara

Dynasty 266

Hoysala Dynasty 289

Maratha Dynasty 425

Maurya Dynasty 433

Moghul Dynasty 442

Nayak Dynasty 470

Pala Dynasty 489

Pallava Dynasty 490

Pandya Dynasty 496

Pushyabhuti Dynasty 540

Rashtrakuta Dynasty 565

Satavahana Dynasty 604

Sena Dynasty 615

Vakataka Dynasty 735

Vijayanagar Dynasty 751