Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

239 Thematic Index

Paräÿara

Pillai

Prabhäkara Miÿra

Praÿastapäda

Puru•ottamäcärya

Rüpa Gosvämi

Ÿäbara

Ÿäæõilya

Ÿankara Miÿra

Säradä Devï

Säyaæa

Sureÿvara

Väcaspati Miÿra

Vedäntadeÿika

Vidyäbhüsana

Vidyäpatï

Vidyäraæya

Viÿvanaflha Cakravarttin

Yädavaprakäÿa

Others:

Alberuni

Cäæakya

Godse

Kalidäsa

Megasthenes

Concepts, doctrines,

rituals, symbols

Concepts:

afterlife

altar

ancestors

animal sacrifice

animals

architecture

art

asceticism

astrology

atonement

attachment

auspicious

bhakti

birth

body

bondage

calendar

caste

child marriage

children

chronology

circumambulation

consciousness

cosmology

creation

cremation

dance

darÿana

death

demons

deva, devatä

dharma

divine qualities

emotions

environment

epistemology

equality of women

eternity

ethics

evil

experience

faith

female infanticide

festivals

food

freedom

God and gods

good and evil

hair

heart

heaven

hell

Hindu Marriage Act

Hindu jagaran

Hindutva

horoscope

hospitality

immortality

impurity

joint family

karma

kingship

language

liberation

life

light

lïlä

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