Buddhism in India

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Index 305

ideologies and science, 274–77
ignorance (avijja), 5, 13, 61, 87
Iksvakus, 110, 167
illusion, 61, 62, 113, 242
image worship, 172
immorality, 29, 32, 75
imperialism, 220–21
impermanence, 59, 86, 239
impurity, 44, 130
incest, 75
Independent Labour Party, 255
independence movement, 221
indeterminacy, 62
India: mildness of political
regime, 151
Indian National Congress, 255
individualism, 16, 19, 48, 110, 125,
144, 146–48, 218, 223
Indo-Aryan, 180, 223
Indo-European, 221; ethnic groups,
28; religious tradition, 27
Indo-Mongoloids, 28
Indra, 27n
Indus civilisation, 23, 25–27, 40, 117;
caste system, 127; matrilineal, 26
industrialism, 218, 220–21
inequality, 83
injustice, 242
intellectual: attainment, 42;
dynamism, 41; insight, 68;
knowledge, 42
inter-marriage, 28
invasions, 25
Iran: religious tradition, 27; Zoroaster
reformation, 40
Islam, 197, 215–16, 247, 252, 259,
277, 280; role in decline of
Buddhism, 174–79
itihasa-puranas, 165

Jagannath, identification with
Buddhism, 227
Jainism, 39, 40–41, 59, 69, 156, 173,
178, 186, 187, 190, 233
Jains, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 50, 52,
54, 55, 58, 144, 148, 152, 153,
154, 156, 188, 197
Janata, 256

Japan: Buddhism, 8, 149;
ethnocentrism, 219; Shintoism, 149
Jataka legends, 48, 55, 78, 81, 83,
90–95, 103, 104, 107, 129, 130,
132, 134, 137–38, 142, 178
jati, Seecaste; See also varnashrama
dharma
jatilas, 50
jatimarana, 32, 53
Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal, 251
Jhali, Queen, 193
jihad, 175
jiva, 40, 59
Jivaka, 134, 141
Journal of the Mahabodhi
Society, 259
Judaism, 277
justice, 33, 72

Kabir, 191, 192, 193–98, 201, 212,
213, 214, 215, 241, 242
Kaccayana, Pakudha, 36, 38
Kaivartas, 181
Kalinga, 93, 154
Kamarupa, SeeAssam
kamma, Seekarma
Kammakaras, 132
Kanauj, 177, 178
Kanchipuram, 156, 157
Kanha, 78
Kanheri, 273
Kanishka, 117, 152
Kapila, 37, 39
Kapilavastu, 153
kapina, 96
Karkota dynasty, Kashmir, 176–77
Karkotas, 172
karma, 239–40; biological-genetic
inheritance, 6; ethicisation of,
53–58; and rebirth, 8, 14, 15, 32,
33, 34–35, 39–40, 44, 47, 48, 53,
56, 64, 90, 103, 104, 115, 135,
196–97, 239, 268, 269–71
Karmamela, 203
Karnas, 45
karuna, 57
Kashmir, 152; Buddhism, 124; revival
of Brahmanism, 177

‘fire sermon’, 29
fire, 37
Foley, Carolina Augusta, SeeRhys
Davids, C.A.F.
four Aryan Truths, 4, 12
four elements, 37
four noble truths, 5, 8, 12, 56–57
four varnas,
See varnashrama dharma
fraternity, 257
‘free will’, 58
freedom, 148, 282
freedom of choice, 62, 91
Friends of the Western Buddhist
Order, 261
French revolution, 19, 224, 257, 278


gahapati, Seehouseholder
gana-sanghas, 28–29, 36, 42, 45, 69,
76, 119, 125, 153
Gandharas, 152, 169
Gandharva school, 94
Gandhi, M.K., 16, 213, 243, 247,
248–53
gatha tradition, 92
Gathasattasati, 119
gender: discrimination, 277; equality,
228; hierarchies, 215; influence,
70; question, 167
goal attainment, 14; metaphysical
consequences, 14
Godbole, Vasant, 261
goddess worship, 109, 111
Gonds, 155
good and evil, 63
Gosavi, Mahima, 225–26
Gotama, 8, 11–12, 24, 28, 33, 53, 65,
78, 90, 95, 106, 153
Gotami Bala-siri, 167
grasping (upadana), 61
greed, 242
Guhyasamaja-tantra, 111
Gujarat, 177, 178; Buddhism,
158–59
Gulamgiri(Slavery), by Jotirao
Phule, 228
gunas, 38
Gupta period, Guptas, 51, 99, 108,


118, 124, 169, 276
Gurjjara, 159
guru–sisyarelationship, 139

Halikas, 169
happiness, 5, 58, 277
Harappa, 26, 117
Harijan Sevak Sangh, 251
harijan, 252
Harsha, 124, 150, 152, 153,
157–58, 177
hedonism, 37, 67
hegemony, 137, 149, 153, 163, 176,
178, 180, 182, 184
heretics (pashandas), 51, 168,
169, 213
heterodoxy, 276
hetuvidya(ethics and
philosophy), 141
Hewavitarne, David, 234
hierarchy, hierarchical
conceptualisation, 43, 46, 71,
126–28, 220, 224
Himatala, Tukhura ruler, 152
Hindu, Hinduism, Hindutva, 15–17,
117, 118, 124, 146, 160, 168, 173,
175, 220–24, 232, 243, 248, 251,
258, 265, 266, 281n; caste bound,
16, 253; elite responses, 220–24;
identity, 15; and Islam,
reconciliation, 197; nationalism,
264; Protestant, 257; reformism,
242; rejection of, 247;
Tantrism, 194
Hindu Mahasabha, 241
homelessness, 81–85
householders, 64, 65, 66, 79, 134,
135, 179, 277; ethics for, 68–71,
97, 99, 105
Hsuan Tsang, 11, 52, 99, 109, 112,
141, 150–60, 169, 171, 180
human relationships, 75, 167
humanity, 49
Hunas, 177
hunting-gathering, 143

idealism, 59, 271–74
identity, 15

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