Encyclopedia of Hinduism

K 530 Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Brahminism (Brahmanism)

xvii, xxi, 193

Brahmo Samaj xxiii, xxxiic,

92–93

antiiconic view xxiv

Christian-Hindu relations

114

Raja Rammohun Roy

367–368, 368

Keshab Chunder Sen 394

Sikhism 414

Rabindranath Tagore 433

United Kingdom 461

United States 465, 466

Swami Vivekananda 495

World Parliament of

Religions 503

breath control. See pranayama

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

93–94

horse sacrifice 191

mahavakyas 270

sacred cow 372

Yajnavalkya 507

Brihadishvara Temple 94

Nandi 304

temple 441

Brihaspati (Brahmanaspati)

94, 138

Brihatkatha 94–95

Gunadhya 171, 173

Kathasaritsagara 231

Vasudeva 480

Brilliant, Larry 358

Brindavan 95

Sri Madhava Ashish 49

Bhagavata Purana 74

Swami A. C. Prabhupada

Bhaktivedanta 78

Gaudiya Math 165

Krishna 238

Nathdwara 307

Neem Karoli Baba 310

pilgrimage 328

Radha 341

Surdas 428

tulsi 456

Vallabha 475

World Vaishnavite

Association 505

Yamuna River 509

Britain. See United Kingdom

British colonialism xxiii–xxiv,

xxxic–xxxvic

Africa, Hinduism in 10

Mohandas Karamchand

Gandhi 159–161

Guyana 174

Rashtriya Swayam Sevak

Sangh 361

sati (suttee) 389

Brunton, Paul xxxvc, 95–96

Buddha xxviiic, 96–97

abhaya mudra 1

Ajanta 19

Ayyappan 58

Benares 70

caste system xxiii

Haridvar 180

Kshatriya 250

nagas 300

pipal tree 329

as reformer xx

stotra 423

varada mudra 478

Vishnu 492

yoga 511

buddhi 97

ajna chakra 21

guna 171

Samkhya 379

Buddhism xxviiic, xxixc,

xxxivc

ahimsa 18

Ajanta 19

anumana 40

arhat 43

Aryan 47

avidya 57

Badami 63

Andrew Cohen 115

Dasha Mahavidya 119

Ellora 149

gandharvas 157

Gorakhnath 170

Guptas 173

Jainism 211

karma 228

nagas 300

namarupa 301–302

nirvana 313, 314

papa 323

Rashtriya Swayam Sevak

Sangh 361

reincarnation/rebirth 364

Raja Rammohun Roy 368

samsara 379, 380

stotra 423

supremacy of xx–xxi

sutra 429

tantrism 436

Thailand 443–444

vairagya 473

Vaishya 475

Vedanta Sutra 485

vegetarianism 485–486

vidya 487

World Parliament of

Religions 503

yantra 509

bull 304, 304

burial

Bali, Hinduism in 67

funeral rites 154

Burma xxxc

C

Calcutta Royal Asiatic Society

xxxiic

Cambodia xxixc

Canada 131, 132

Caribbean region xxxiiic,

99–100

Diaspora 131, 132

Europe 150

Guyana 174–175

immigration to xxv

caste xxii–xxiii, xxxic,

xxxvic, 100. See also

Brahmin; Kshatriya; Shudra;

untouchability; varna

Hindu nationalism xxv

Indian Constitution xxiv

Kamban 226

Laws of Manu 259

pollution/purity 329, 330

Rashtriya Swayam Sevak

Sangh 361–362

reform movement xxiii

sacred thread 372

Sufi wanderers xxiii

temple 441

United Kingdom 462

United States 467

Vaishya 100, 167, 372,

475, 478

vanaprastha 478

vegetarianism 485

Virashaivas 489

Swami Vivekananda 495

vows 496

women and Hinduism

499, 500

Catholicism 113, 115

Cauvery River 101

Swami Abhishiktananda 3

pilgrimage 329

Swami Ramdas 356

Shrirangam 409

caves

Ajanta 19

Amarnath 23–24

Chaitanya, Sri Krishna xxxic,

101–102

Swami A. C. Prabhupada

Bhaktivedanta 78

bhedabheda 83

Brindavan 95

Gitagovinda 167

International Society of

Divine Love 200, 201

ISKCON 199

Krishna 240

Yogi Ramsuratkumar 360

Vaishnavism 474

Vallabha 476

World Vaishnavite

Association 504

chakra 102

ajna chakra 20–21, 102

anahata chakra 28, 102

asana 48

bija mantra 85

Deva Foundation 128

ialata chakra 258

kaula 232

Gopi Krishna 241

kriya yoga 248

Kriya Yoga Tantra Society

249

kundalini 252

Kundalini Research

Foundation 253

lalata chakra 258

manipura chakra 102,

276–277

muladhara chakra 102, 297

nadi 299

om 319

Sahaja Yoga Center 373

sahasrara chakra 181,

252, 297, 374, 512

Self-Realization Fellowship

393

Sri Vidya 422

svadhishthana chakra 102,

429

vishuddha chakra 102, 492

yoga 512

Chamunda 102–103

Kamakhya 224

saptamatrika 385

Shakta 398

Chandi 103, 120

Chandi Yajna 266

Chandogya Upanishad 103

mahavakyas 270

om 319

Yajnavalkya 507

Chandra 103–104, 117

Chandra Das, Kailasa 287

chanting xxxic

Atharva Veda xx

bhakti 77

ISKCON 199

Veda(s) xix

charity. See dana

Charles, Master 104

charms xix

Charvaka 105

anumana 40

pramana 333

Vedanta Sutra 485

Chaudhuri, Haridas 105, 105,

106

Sri Aurobindo 54

United States 469

Chetanananda, Swami 106–

107, 370

Chidambaram xxxic, 107–108

Bharata Natyam 79

Manikkavacakar 276

Nataraja 307

Periya Puranam 327

Sambanathar 378

Sekkilar 392

Chidvilasananda, Swami

(Gurumayi) 108, 108–109

Abhinavagupta 3

Swami Muktananda 296

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