Dvadashakshara mantra, 213
Dvaitadvaita Vedanta, 213, 213 ,
- See alsoVedanta
Dvaita Vedanta, 213 – 214 , 396, 447,
477, 686. See alsoVedanta
Dvapara yuga, 156, 214 , 338, 409
Dvarapala, 214 – 215
Dvija, 215
Dvipas, 157, 215 , 311, 513, 601
Dwara, 215
Dwaraka, 64, 216 , 229, 264, 267, 341,
440, 454, 577, 609, 616, 624
Dyaus, 216 , 217
E
Early History of the Vaishnava
Faith and Movement in
Bengal, from the Sanskrit and
Bengali Sources(De), 5, 136,
258, 259
Earth, 15, 37, 53, 56, 84, 115, 151,
167, 176, 200, 217 , 220, 532,
628, 662. See alsoElements;
Moon; Planets
cosmology, 22, 44, 119, 168
creation of, 156, 532
deities on, 72, 73, 90
destruction, 214
destruction of, 338
epithets, 529
Eating, 101, 108, 131, 142, 153, 192,
201, 217 , 324, 399, 535. See
alsoPurification;
Vegetarianism
meat, 157, 159, 434
utensils, 355
Eck, Diana, 699
Eclipse, 56, 217 – 218 , 294, 383, 527,
545, 574. See alsoMoon; Sun
Egnor, Margaret Thrice, 632
Eighteen minor works, 218
Ekadashi, 4, 218 – 219
Ekalavya, 53, 206, 219
Ekmukhi Rudraksha, 219 , 576
Eknath, poet, 99, 107, 219 – 220 ,
488, 596, 732
Ekoddishta, 46, 220
Ekoddishta shraddha, 46, 220 , 503
Elder, Joseph, 61, 639
Elements, 14–15, 18, 115, 217, 220 ,
480, 523, 607, 662, 704. See
alsoCosmology
akasha, 22
kalahasti, 332
tanmatras, 18, 22, 34, 137, 220 ,
224, 381, 415, 583, 588, 666,
687 – 688
Elements of Hindu Iconography
(Rao), 447
Elements, subtle, 220, 224. See
Tanmatras
Elephant, 14, 87, 220 , 231, 274,
290, 296, 385, 498, 635. See
alsoAnimals; Ganesh
Airavata, 19 , 210, 220
Elephanta Caves(Chandra), 221
Elephanta temple, 51, 134, 137,
220 – 221 , 407
Eliade, Mircea, 193
Ellora, temples, 51, 119, 134, 137,
220–221, 221 , 247, 331, 407,
449, 565, 746
Embree, Ainslee, 28
Encyclopedia of Religion(Eliade), 193
Endogamous groups, 221 , 245,
264, 350, 363, 381, 391,
407, 413, 424, 429, 455,
470, 493, 549, 601, 660,
692, 694, 695, 720. See
alsoJatis
Entwistle, A. W., 126, 699, 724
Erndl, Kathleen, 139, 149, 325, 455,
638, 733
Erotic love, 31, 32, 249, 542, 671,
674, 741, 743
mithuna, 40, 169, 440
Eroticism, 108, 221 – 222
Erotic texts, 222 – 223