The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2 Vol Set)

Dvadashakshara mantra, 213

Dvaitadvaita Vedanta, 213, 213 ,

745. See alsoVedanta

Dvaita Vedanta, 213 – 214 , 396, 447,

477, 686. See alsoVedanta

Dvapara yuga, 156, 214 , 338, 409

Dvarapala, 214 – 215

Dvija, 215

Dvipas, 157, 215 , 311, 513, 601

Dwara, 215

Dwaraka, 64, 216 , 229, 264, 267, 341,

440, 454, 577, 609, 616, 624

Dyaus, 216 , 217

E

Early History of the Vaishnava

Faith and Movement in

Bengal, from the Sanskrit and

Bengali Sources(De), 5, 136,

258, 259

Earth, 15, 37, 53, 56, 84, 115, 151,

167, 176, 200, 217 , 220, 532,

628, 662. See alsoElements;

Moon; Planets

cosmology, 22, 44, 119, 168

creation of, 156, 532

deities on, 72, 73, 90

destruction, 214

destruction of, 338

epithets, 529

Eating, 101, 108, 131, 142, 153, 192,

201, 217 , 324, 399, 535. See

alsoPurification;

Vegetarianism

meat, 157, 159, 434

utensils, 355

Eck, Diana, 699

Eclipse, 56, 217 – 218 , 294, 383, 527,

545, 574. See alsoMoon; Sun

Egnor, Margaret Thrice, 632

Eighteen minor works, 218

Ekadashi, 4, 218 – 219

Ekalavya, 53, 206, 219

Ekmukhi Rudraksha, 219 , 576

Eknath, poet, 99, 107, 219 – 220 ,

488, 596, 732

Ekoddishta, 46, 220

Ekoddishta shraddha, 46, 220 , 503

Elder, Joseph, 61, 639

Elements, 14–15, 18, 115, 217, 220 ,

480, 523, 607, 662, 704. See

alsoCosmology

akasha, 22

kalahasti, 332

tanmatras, 18, 22, 34, 137, 220 ,

224, 381, 415, 583, 588, 666,

687 – 688

Elements of Hindu Iconography

(Rao), 447

Elements, subtle, 220, 224. See

Tanmatras

Elephant, 14, 87, 220 , 231, 274,

290, 296, 385, 498, 635. See

alsoAnimals; Ganesh

Airavata, 19 , 210, 220

Elephanta Caves(Chandra), 221

Elephanta temple, 51, 134, 137,

220 – 221 , 407

Eliade, Mircea, 193

Ellora, temples, 51, 119, 134, 137,

220–221, 221 , 247, 331, 407,

449, 565, 746

Embree, Ainslee, 28

Encyclopedia of Religion(Eliade), 193

Endogamous groups, 221 , 245,

264, 350, 363, 381, 391,

407, 413, 424, 429, 455,

470, 493, 549, 601, 660,

692, 694, 695, 720. See

alsoJatis

Entwistle, A. W., 126, 699, 724

Erndl, Kathleen, 139, 149, 325, 455,

638, 733

Erotic love, 31, 32, 249, 542, 671,

674, 741, 743

mithuna, 40, 169, 440

Eroticism, 108, 221 – 222

Erotic texts, 222 – 223