Chintapurni, 149 – 150 , 638
Chir Ghat, 127, 150
Chitpavan brahmins, 131,
150 – 151 , 369, 407, 509
Chitrakut, 102, 151
Chitswami, poet, 64, 151
Chittirai, 151 , 685
Chittirai festival, 136, 151 , 227, 438
Chokamela, poet, 151 – 152 , 407,
459, 596, 732
“Chokamela and Eknath” (Zelliot),
152, 220
Chola Dynasty, 104, 127, 135,
147, 152 , 379, 392, 464,
496, 509, 546, 548, 549,
643, 685, 687Christianity, 45
Chudakarana, 147, 269
Chudakarana samskara, 118, 152 ,
225, 449, 591
Chunar sandstone, 152 , 197,
510, 575
Churail, 152 – 153
Churails, 114
Cinnabar, 153 , 193
Classical Hindu Mythology
(Dimmitt/van Buitenen),
155, 157, 533, 552Clothey, Fred, 450, 490, 680,
701, 703
Coburn, Thomas B., 187
Collyrium, 153
Commensality, 48, 111, 153 , 217
The Complete Illustrated Guide to
Ayurveda(Warrier), 75
The Complete Works of
Swami Vivekananda
(Vivekananda), 768Conch shell, 153 – 154
Consecration, 154 , 522, 546, 548
Coomaraswamy, Ananda, 154 , 776
Corbelling, 154
Coromandel Coast, 141, 154 ,
265, 591
Corpse, 129, 154 , 165, 535. See also
Cremation
characteristics, 4, 62, 160, 424
Coryat, Thomas, 155
Cosmic Egg, 155 , 156
Cosmic time, 155 – 156 , 214, 337, 338,
338, 375, 423, 707.See alsoTime
manvantara, 424
Cosmology, 14, 22, 44, 156 – 157 ,
217, 220, 254, 415, 437. See
alsoEarth; Elements
symbolic, 115
Coulson, Michael, 2, 413, 446, 758
Courtright, Paul, 241
Cow, 129, 157 , 193, 271, 311, 341,
360, 364, 414, 447, 500, 601,
645, 731, 746
Godana, 250
goshalas, 157, 258
Kamadhenu, 188
leather and, 388
sacred, 41, 79, 158, 314, 491
slaughter, 158–159, 159 , 282,
355, 563
Cow dung, 62, 158 , 291
Cow Protection Movement, 157,
158 – 159
Cow slaughter, 158–159, 159 , 282,
355, 563
Coward, Harold, 261
“Cow’s mouth,” 412
Craven, Roy, 369, 671
Creation, 156, 389, 423, 493
Creation Hymn, 159 – 160 , 573
Cremation, 46, 62, 68, 91, 108, 123,
155, 160 – 161 , 600. See also
Burial; Death
ghats, 202
Manikarnika Ghat, 91, 161
Cremation ground, 161 , 275, 333,
348, 419, 748
Cuckoo, 161 – 162 , 369
The Cult of Jagannath(Tripathi),
534, 665