Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

237 Thematic Index

Heroes and heroines:

Arjuna

Baladeva, Balaräma

Bhïma, Bhïmasena

Bhï•ma

Daÿaratha

Dhøtarä•flra

Draupadï

Droæa

Duryodhana

Ekaÿøæga

gopïs

Karæa

Lak•maæa

Prahläda

Sïtä

Välmïki

Yudhi•flhira

Mythical localities:

Maæidvïpa

Pätäla

Tripurä

Vaikuæflha

Supernatural beings:

Airävata

apsaras

dig-gaja, dik-päla

Gandharva

Garuõa

lokapäla

Ÿeÿa

Viräj, Viräfl

History, historic personalities

and scholars

Modern scholars:

Basham

Bhandarkar

Bühler

Burnouf

Coomaraswami

Dasgupta

Deussen

Edgerton

Eidlitz

Eliade

Emerson

Farquar

Filliozat

Glasenapp

Gonda

Griffith

Guenon

Hacker

Hazra

Jha

Jones

Kane

Karve

Kosambi

Kuppuswami

Macdonell

Mahadevan

Monier-Williams

Müller

Munshi

Murti

Oldenberg

Otto

Pargiter

Poddar

Pope

Radhakrishnan

Ranade

Renou

Schrader

Sontheimer

Telang

Thibaut

Van Buitenen

Whitney

Wilkins

Wilson

Winternitz

Woodroff

Zimmer

Religious leaders and reformers:

Agnihotri

Akka Mahädevï

Ambedkar

Änandamayï Mä

Äæflä¶

Appar

Aurobindo Ghose

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