Svastika, 678
Svastikasana, 678
Svatahpramanya, 678 – 679. See
alsoPhilosophy
Svayambhu, 34, 119, 155, 336, 363,
447, 679
Svayambhu images, 30, 51, 85, 450,
455, 679 , 690
Svayamsevaks, 565, 619, 679–680
Svayamvara, 168, 456, 680
“Swami Dayananda Saraswati”
(Sharma), 179
Swami Malai, 450, 680
Swaminarayan sect, 25, 120, 521,
626, 680 – 681
The Sword and the Flute(Kinsley),
193, 335, 372, 389, 563
SYDA (Siddha Yoga Dham
America), 681
T
Tad Ekam, 159–160, 682
Tagore, Radindranath, 125, 144,
625, 682
Tagore Jayanti, 682
Tahqiq ma li’l-Hind, 28
Tai, 682 – 683 , 685
Takshaka, 313, 501, 683
Tala, 9, 103, 683
Talikota, 270, 373, 684 , 751
Tamas, 224, 265, 520, 546, 588,
- See alsoGunas
Tamil calendar, 8, 19, 40, 72, 151,
425, 430, 497, 533
Tamil months, 685
Tamil year, 729Tamil epics, 684
Tamil language, 29, 37, 48, 115,
185, 205, 377, 431, 451,
457, 459, 470, 508, 515,
586, 644, 670, 684 – 685 ,
698, 704, 732. See also
Dravidian languageTamil literature, 218, 457, 635–636
Sangam literature, 74, 450, 507,
594 , 684
Tamil Literature(Zvelebil), 115,
377, 431, 459, 508, 515, 702,
703, 704, 705
Tamil months, 685
Tamil Nadu, 38, 40, 103, 115, 133,
136, 147, 152, 170, 229, 239, 263,
289, 348, 379, 397, 399, 473, 489,
496, 546, 559, 565, 594, 633,
685 – 686 , 687, 703, 746
deities, 20, 450
Tamil poetry, 420. See alsoPoetry
Tamil Temple Myths(Shulman), 438
Tamil year, 729
Tamoyoga, 214, 478, 686 – 687
Tandava, dance, 687
Tanjore, 103, 126, 134, 152, 239,
379, 449, 548, 549, 680, 685,
687 , 695
Tanka, 687
Tanmatras, 18, 22, 34, 137, 220,
224, 381, 415, 583, 588, 666,
687 – 688
Tantra, 3, 35, 52, 96, 107, 149, 197,
333, 342, 391, 398, 448, 480,
492, 505, 518, 519, 524, 529,
582, 610, 635, 667, 677,
688 – 689 , 695, 736, 773. See
alsoChakras; Kundalini;
Yantra; Yoga
antaryaga, 44
asceticism and, 45
bahiryaga, 79
bijakshara, 116 – 117
bindu, 117
dakshinachara, 166
dhyanashloka, 196
initiation, 6
kundalini, 257, 278
left-hand tantra, 389
Maithuna, 166, 411
Mandala, 416
Matsya, 166, 431 – 432