Encyclopedia of Hinduism

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Page numbers in italic indicate

illustrations. Page numbers

in boldface indicate major

treatment of a subject. Page

numbers followed by c

indicate chronology entries.

A

abhaya mudra 1

Nataraja 307

Vindhyavasini 489

Abhedananda, Swami 1–2

Swami Paramananda 323

United States 467

Vedanta Societies 484

Abhidhyan Yoga Institute 2

Abhijnanasakuntalam

(Kalidasa) 222

Abhinavagupta xxxc, 3

Kashmiri Shaivism 229

Shaivism 397

tantrism 438

Abhishiktananda, Swami 3–4,

115

absolute monism 394

Abu, Mount 4–5

Brahma Kumaris World

Spiritual Organization 90

Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh 345

Acharanga Sutra 5

acharya 5

Vinoba Bhave 83

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

343

Vallabha 475

World Vaishnavite

Association 505

acquired immunodeficiency

syndrome (AIDS) 214

adhvaryu 5–6, 508

adhyasa 6

Adi Da Samraj 6–7

avatar 57

Saniel Bonder 88

Lee Lozowick 262

Swami Muktananda 296

United Kingdom 463

Adi Granath xxxic

Guru Nanak 303

Radhasoami Movement

344

Sikhism 413, 414

Adipurana 7

Adishesha (Shesha; Ananta)

7–8

amrita 25

Badami 63

Balarama 65, 66

nagas 300

Patanjali 327

Vishnu 491

Aditi 8

Adityas 8

Agni 15

Daksha 117

goddess 168

Rig Veda xviii, 365

Shakti 399

Surya 428

Veda(s) 480

Adityas 8

Aditi 8

Aryaman 47

Daksha 117

Pushan 338

adrishta 8–9

advaita xxxivc, 9–10

Swami Abhedananda 2

Ananda Ashram, Monroe,

New York 29

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam 44

atman 51

Baul sect 69

Bhartrihari 81

Saniel Bonder 88

Swami Chinmayananda

110

Alain Danielou 118

Swami Dayananda

Saraswati 123

Arnaud Desjardins 125

dvaita 141

Gangaji 162

Gaudapada 164

Gaudiya Vaishnavite

Society 166

Gorakhnath 170

International Meditation

Institute 198

Christopher Isherwood

203

jnana 215

Kashmiri Shaivism 229

kaula 232

Jean Klein 235, 236

Swami Krishnananda 245

Madhva 266

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

273

Mandukya Upanishad 275

maya 282

Nisargadatta Maharaj 314,

315

Sri Ramakrishna 350

Ramana Maharshi 350

Self-Revelation Church of

Absolute Monism 394

Shankara 402

Society of Abidance in

Truth 419

Sri Vidya 422

tantrism 438

Vedanta 483

Vedanta Societies 483

Vishishtadvaita 490

Swami Vivekananda 494

Afghanistan xxviic

Africa, Hinduism in xxxiiic,

10–12

Diaspora 132, 133

Europe 150

and immigration xxv

agama 13

Pancharatra 322

Saiva Siddhanta 375

shruti 409

tantrism 437

Agastya (Agasti) 13–14

Cauvery River 101

Drona 138

Vindhya Mountains 488

Agattiyam xxviiic

Agehananda Bharati, Swami

14–15

Aghori sadhus 15, 438

Agni 15–16

Aditi 8

Adityas 8

Arjuna 44

Brahmana 91

Daksha 117

deva 127

Foundation of Revelation

154

goddess 168

Indra 195

Karttikeya 228

Rig Veda xviii, 365

rita 367

Veda(s) 480

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