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Rakshasis, 109, 247, 550. See also

Demons

Raktabija, 187, 333, 403, 550

Raktadantika, 468, 550

Ram, 328

Rama (Rama avatar), 7, 17, 69,

74, 98, 151, 171, 211, 212,

245, 271, 368, 379, 461,

550 – 552 , 555, 568, 616,

653, 668

avatars, 318

depictions, 13, 28, 39, 102, 188

devotees, 451

family, 63, 84, 174, 181, 329, 388,

418, 463, 493, 545

Hanuman and, 24

Vishnu and, 73, 389, 443

worship, 114, 563

Ramakrishna, 90, 91, 125, 168, 290,

335, 552 , 614, 706, 767

Ramakrishna and His Disciples

(Isherwood), 552, 768

Ramakrishna Mission, 90, 478,

552 – 553 , 768

“The Ramakrishna Movement”

(Williams), 553

Ramana Maharishi, 553 , 704

Ramana Maharishi

(Mahadevan), 553

Ramananda, poet, 9, 61, 145, 511,

553 , 644

Ramanandi group, 98, 215, 232,

313, 451, 474, 553 – 554 , 563,

595, 644, 713

Ramanuja, 6, 94, 132, 145, 223,

423, 466, 522, 553, 554 , 607,

644, 694, 732. See also

Philosophers

Ramanujan, A.K., 29, 88, 185, 391,

402, 431, 459, 594

Ramavali, 555 , 713

Ramayana,5, 10, 23, 24, 33,

39, 42, 54, 58, 63, 69, 71,

74, 84, 102, 103, 105, 138,

146, 151, 171, 173, 174,

202, 211, 213, 263, 271,

293, 297, 311, 317, 328,

329, 343, 361, 366, 368,

378–379, 387, 388, 399,

418, 422, 425, 440, 461,

463, 493, 514, 532, 545,

550, 554, 555 – 558 , 561,

563, 568, 574, 591, 616,

622, 627, 637, 649, 651,

653, 656, 668, 678, 710,

713, 726, 735, 748

The Ramayana Tradition in Asia

(Raghavan), 552

Rambha Ekadashi, 218, 227,

355, 558

Ramcharitmanas,23, 71, 113, 146,

202, 272, 358, 445, 552, 554,

555, 558 – 559 , 561, 591, 616,

713, 748

Ramdev, 559

Ramdevra, 559

Rameshvar, 306, 325, 559 – 560

Rameshvaram, 216, 229, 387, 559,

560 , 685

Ramgarh, 560

Ram Janam Bhumi temple, 74, 77,

104, 373, 560 – 561 , 562

Ram Lila, 105, 213, 319, 559,

561 – 562 , 651, 678

Ramnagar, 559, 562, 562 , 651

Ramnagar Ram Lila, 591, 651

Ram Navami, 136, 227, 469,

562 , 613

Ramprasad, poet, 91, 335, 562 – 563

Ram Rajya Parishad, 158, 355, 563

Ram Rasik Sampraday, 563 – 564 , 566

Ramsnehi, 564

Ranade, Mahadev Govind, 150,

254, 522, 564 , 697

Rangachari, K., 644

Ranganatha, 38, 451, 554, 564 , 643,

698, 705. See alsoVishnu

Rao, P. V. Narasimha, 76