Ashvattha fig, 66. See alsoTrees
Ashvatthama, 67 , 194, 629
Ashvin, 67 , 512, 612
festivals, 67, 212, 218, 227, 295,
455, 468, 498, 736Ashvins, 67 , 397, 456, 495, 582
Assam, 41, 67 , 252, 341, 473, 620
Asthi-sanchayana, 46, 68 , 161
Asthi-visarjana, 46, 68 , 161, 273, 600
Astrology. SeeJyotisha; Zodiac
Asura marriage, 49, 68 – 69. See
alsoMarriage
Asuras, 181. See alsoDemons
Atala akhara, 24, 69 , 140
Atharva Veda, 36, 69 , 399, 511, 768
Atikaya, 69
Atita, 69
Atman, 4, 12, 17, 69 – 70 , 73,
93, 122, 124, 499, 536,
553, 584, 649, 654,
691, 722At Play with Krishna(Hawley), 24,
127, 389
Atranji Khera, 70
Atri, sage, 37, 40, 70 , 102, 112, 245,
357, 370, 426, 530, 574
Aughar, 70
Aurangzeb, 70 , 91, 268, 373, 405,
425, 442, 466, 636, 641
Auspiciousness, 71 , 74, 117, 122,
128, 230, 393, 692. See also
Inauspiciousness
inauspiciousness and, 89, 146,
161, 169, 294 , 393, 471, 482Autobiography of Swami Dayanand
Saraswati(Yadav), 179
Autobiography of a Yogi
(Paramahamsa), 782
Avadhi language, 71 , 202, 558
Avadhuta, 71 , 447
Avahana, 71 , 720
Avahana akhara, 24, 71 – 72
Avalon, Arthur, 22, 34, 45, 72 , 166,
381, 411, 414, 420, 423, 432,
446, 448, 492, 583, 667, 676,
677, 689, 761
Avani, 72 , 685
Avatar(Adriel), 435
Avatars, 72 – 73 , 82, 308, 493, 542,
584, 635, 731. See also
Krishna
Avidya, 8, 12, 47, 73 , 100, 107, 109,
389, 417, 486, 607, 623
Avimukta, 73 – 74 , 90
Avvaiyar, 74
Ayamatma Brahman, 36, 74 , 408
Ayana, 74
Ayodhya, 71, 74 , 103, 460, 562, 616,
654, 680
Babri Masjid, 74, 76 – 77
temples, 13, 560
Ayodhya(Bakker), 74
Ayudhapurusha, 75
Ayurveda, 75 , 142, 350, 513, 675,
708, 743
Dhanvantari, 188
Tridosha, 513, 708B
Baba, 76 , 474
Babar’s Mosque. SeeBabri Masjid
Babb, Lawrence, 46, 80, 118, 121,
153, 161, 285, 429, 544, 575,
605, 672
Babineau, Edmour J., 552
Babri Masjid, 74, 76 – 77 , 373,
560, 762
Badarayana, 77 , 124, 746. See also
Philosophers
Badrinath, 25, 26, 77 – 78 , 216, 229,
242, 323, 363, 458, 461, 570, 624
Bahi, 78 – 79
Bahina Bai, 79
Bahina Bai(Abbott), 79
“Bahina Bai: Wife and Saint”
(Feldhaus), 79
Bahiryaga, 79 , 689
Bahudaka, 79 , 498