family, 1, 112, 142, 308
Vishvanath, 70, 91, 265, 325,
763 – 764
Vishva Nirmala Dharam, 475, 764
Vishvanath temple, 73, 90, 267,
268, 365, 373
“The Vishva Hindu Parishad and
the Roots of Hindu
Militancy” (Lochtefeld), 452Vishvedevas, 764
Vismaya Hasta, 764 – 765
Vital winds, 765. See alsoWind
Vithoba, 27, 79, 98, 110, 181, 407,
753, 765
devotees, 27
epithets, 496
worship, 1, 99, 107, 151, 198,
219, 231, 256, 312, 321, 409,
447, 459, 478, 488, 495, 596,
614, 739Vitthala, 765
Vitthalnath, philosopher, 64, 145,
146, 151, 254, 260, 372, 460,
503, 540, 766Vivaha Samskara, 591, 766
Vivarana Advaita, 766
Vivarana school, 486, 519
Vivartavada, 133, 502, 588, 767
Vivasvan, 767
Vivekananda, Swami, 71, 90, 478,
552, 745, 767 – 768 , 774
Vraj, 768
Vrat, 356, 658, 723, 768
Vratya, 60, 768
Vrindavan, 768
Vr t ra , 768
Vyakarana, 476, 629, 769
Vyakhyana mudra, 140, 149,
593, 769
Vyana, 48, 522, 585, 769. See
alsoWind
Vyapti, 47, 721, 769. See
alsoPhilosophy
Vyas, 769 – 770
Vyasa, sage, 33, 67, 194, 210, 233,
237, 267, 360, 399, 496, 499,
610, 676, 770W
Wadley, Susan S., 768
Warrier, Gopi, 75
“Warrior Ascetics in Indian
History” (Lorenzen), 452
Wasson, R.G., 659
Water, 3, 22, 53, 79, 115, 217, 220,
452, 640, 662, 677, 771. See
alsoElements
abstinence, 475
dropsy, 207
offerings, 228
ordeal, 483
purification, 4, 62, 347, 455
Waugh, Earle H., 46, 601
Weapon worship, 774
Wednesday, 771
Week, 771. See alsoCalendar
West Bengal, 35, 39, 115, 135, 146,
239, 597, 625, 682, 690, 771
West Indies, 771
Whaling, Frank, 552
White, David Gordon, 28, 193, 437,
565, 669
White Yajur Veda, 118, 771 – 772
Widow, 160, 179, 303, 575,
772 – 773. See also
Sati; Women
inauspicious, 574
levirate, 389
niyoga, 478 – 479
remarriage, 57, 522, 564
Williams, George M., 553
Williams, Raymond Brady, 25, 681
Wind, 22, 34, 75, 142, 161, 217, 220,
467, 586, 662, 717, 773. See
alsoElements; Vayu
Wind-god, 83
Wirz, Paul, 288, 358
Witchcraft, 118, 428, 527, 574, 773