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macrocosm–microcosm

matriarchy

matter

medicine

meditation

miracle

mok•a

music

name

nationalism

outcaste

pramäæa

preta

purity

Rämaräjya

real, reality

rebirth

religious persecution

revelation

sacrifice

sanätana dharma

sarga

secularism

self

seva

sin

social reform

social order

study

temples

time

truth

universe

unreality

varnäÿrama dharma

vedic religion

vedic civilization

vegetarianism

village religion

war

women

word

Doctrines:

ahaƒkära

akøti

ak•ara

änanda

antaryämi

apauru•eya

aspøÿya

äÿrama

a•flävaraæa

ätman

avatära

avidyä

avyakta

bhakti-märga

brahmacarya

brahman

brahma-vidyä

cat school

caturvaræäÿramadharma

daæõa

guæa

guru

karma-märga

loka

Mahäpralaya

mäyä

meat eating

näõi

pañcayata

paraƒparä

phala, phalaÿloka

prapatti

pu•flimärga

rägänuga bhakti

rasa

ø•i

øta

saccidänanda

•aõdarÿana

sädhana

sahämärga

säk•ätkära

säk•ï

ÿakti

sphofla

vidyä

Rituals:

Agnicayana

ashes

a•flamürti

aÿvamedha

circumambulation

confession

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