Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

word 210 books on Tantric Hinduism, until then all but unknown in the West. Among his best-known works are Introduction to Tantr ...

Yädavas The descendants of King Yadu, the son of King YAYÄTIof the lunar dynasty. Kø•æa was born among the Yädavas, who were kno ...

who have died. In the epics and Puräæas he becomes the overseer of a vast com- plex of hells (NÄRAKA), each specializing in part ...

Yaÿodä The wife of the cowherd Nanda and foster mother of Kø•æa. yati (‘pilgrim’) A generic designation for samnyäsis (‘renounce ...

4, The Eightfold Practice of Yoga: A•fläöga Yoga.) The most important exercise is samyama (effort), consisting of a repeated app ...

Zimmer, Heinrich (1890–1943) One of the best-known interpreters of Hindu thought and mythology. After studying Hebrew literature ...

Chronology The chronology of Ancient India up to the time of Buddha is at present the focus of fierce scholarly debates. The maj ...

217 Chronology Dharma Sütras, Vedäögas; the basis of the orthodox systems; composition of the epics and the original Puräæas c.5 ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 218 c.450–500 Huna invasions c. 500 Devï-mähätmya (in Markaæõeya Puräæa). Spread of Ÿäktism i ...

219 Chronology c.1275–1675 Jñäneÿvara of Mahärä•flra and other bhakti mystics 1288 Marco Polo at Kalyan c.1300–1386 Life of Säya ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 220 1651 The (British) East India Company opens first factory on the Hugli (Bengal) 1657 Dara ...

221 Chronology 1955 The Hindu Marriage Act passed in parliament 1956 Reorganization of states (provinces) according to linguisti ...

Appendices Appendix One: The Philosophical Schools of Hinduism Ästika(‘orthodox’, i.e. those that accept the Veda)  Säƒkhya  Y ...

223 Appendices  Upani•ads (108) = ‘Vedänta’ II.Smøti (‘Tradition’)  Itihäsa  Rämäyaæa  Mahäbhärata (Including Bhagavadgïtä) ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 224 3) Dhanur-veda (Archery) 4) Sthäpatya-veda (Architecture) VI. Sectarian scriptures  Saƒh ...

General Aiyangar, S.K. Some Contributions of South India to Indian Culture. Calcutta, Calcutta University, 1942 Aiyar, C.P. Rama ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 226 Kane, P.V. History of Dharmasastra, 5 vols. (7 parts). Poona, Bhandarkar Oriental Researc ...

227 Thematic Bibliography Bhardwaj, S.M. Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural Geography. Berkeley, Universit ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 228 Marshall, P.J. (ed.) The British Discovery of Hinduism in the Eighteenth Century, Europea ...

229 Thematic Bibliography Pusalker, A.D. Studies in Epics and Puranas of India.Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1955 Rocher, L. T ...