Index 301bourgeois, 2, 69, 217, 255
brahma, 15, 91, 107
Brahman, 127, 208
Brahmananda Purana, 169
Brahmanism, Brahmanic, 11, 14, 30,
32, 38, 39, 50, 67, 79, 97, 112, 118,
124, 125, 134, 137, 153, 160, 163,
164–65, 168, 174, 177, 180, 192,
212, 215, 220, 221, 223–24, 228,
238, 244, 255, 266, 277, 282; and
Buddhism, conflict, 1–2, 15–18, 71,
80, 143, 169, 183–84, 190, 213,
215;—in Indian history, 279–81;
condemnation, 191; dominance,
111, 117, 214, 224, 233; hegemony,
180; Hinduism, 18, 147, 149, 184,
215; ideology in enslaving masses,
18; and Islam, relations, 175;
Marxism, 253–57; orthodoxy,
orthodox social order, 37, 51, 141,
165, 178, 263; patronage of kings,
171; philosophy and religion, 46–51,
253; anti-rationality, 146; rejection
of, 76; social norms, 216; version of
self, 60
Brahmans, 4, 51–52, 54, 63, 153, 173,
209, 228; authority, 38, 51, 65, 71,
93, 98, 129, 131–32, 150; and the
caste, 76–78; dominance, 187;
hypocrisy, 204; and kings, alliance,
patronage, 171, 172–74; pseudo-
morality, 57; role in society, 143;
self-creation, 41–46; status, 72
Brahmo Samaj, 222, 225, 228
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, 47, 130
Brhaspati, 37, 39
Bronze age, 25
Buddha and His Dhamma, The, by
B.R. Ambedkar, 3, 19, 232, 259,
260, 268, 272
Buddha, 2, 4, 5, 6–8, 10–11, 13,
23–24, 28–29, 30, 34, 39, 40,
53–54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63, 66, 71,
83, 86–88, 96, 101, 103–05, 106,
107, 137, 139, 159, 161, 196, 198,
202–09, 211, 248, 251, 268, 272
Buddhacarita, 62, 107
Buddhaghosha, 98, 115Buddhism, Buddhist, 50, 173, 186–87,
240–42; and Brahmanism, dialectics,
1; civilisational impact, 1, 15;
devotionalism, 164; as rational and
historical, 7–11; current scholarship
and essence of, 11–15
Buddhism, interpretations of decline,
160–62;—historical questions,
165–67; India, 118–25; mass revival,
261–64; patronage of kings, 171;
renaissance, 264–65; revival, 233–36
Buddhist Text Society, 235
Bulis, 93
Burford, Grace, 13–14cakkavatti, 66; emperor and the
non-violent welfare state, 71–76
Cakkavatti Suttantaof Digha Nikaya,
74, 257
calmness, 63
Calvinism, 145
Candalas, 45, 76, 90, 128, 130–31,
151, 179, 180–81
capitalism, 71, 143, 144, 145–46
capitalist industrialization, 24, 218
caste, caste system, caste society, 2, 6,
16–18, 33, 42, 50, 69, 72, 76, 143,
144, 151, 160, 174, 194, 200, 201,
203, 204, 215, 220, 223, 224, 232,
236; barriers, 145; condemnation,
191; divisions, 150; dominance,
185; hierarchies, 17, 51, 79, 111,
215; historicising, 118; and history,
125–34; humiliation, 193;
oppression, 201; penalties,
187–90;
Catholicism, 17, 145, 147
cattle herding, 27
causality, causal relationships, 33, 34,
61, 140, 142, 231, 269, 272–73
cause-and-effect relationship, 33, 54,
62, 73, 196–97
Ceylon, 157, 234
Chabbaggiya bhikkhus, 97
Chaitanya, 206
chaityas, 94, 95
Chamars, 192
Chandalas, SeeCandalasarahat, 52, 57, 63, 83
Arjuna, 48–49
arrogance, 274
Arthashastra, 39, 51, 76, 119,
125, 135, 168
Arya, social meaning, 28
Arya-Bhat-Brahman, 229, 230
Arya Samaj, 222, 225, 241, 248
Aryan (s), 25, 26, 46, 87, 127, 128,
221, 223, 228–29
asceticism, 5, 36, 50, 51, 55, 66, 67,
100, 106, 146
ascetics, 30, 32, 40–41, 50, 168
Asoka, 94, 117, 118, 119, 135,
137, 138, 153, 154, 156, 159,
166, 169, 171
aspiration, 201
Assam: Buddhism, 154
Assamese, 89
asuras, 212
Asvaghosh, 38, 62, 98, 107,
119, 209
Atali, 158
Atanatiya Suttanta, 95
atheism, atheists, 2, 39
Ati-shudra, 230, 231
atman, 15, 38, 47–48, 59, 60, 146,
208, 239
attachment, 242
Atthakavaggaof Sutta Nipata, 13–14,
268, 270, 273, 275
austerities, 32, 40
Austro-Asiatic, 25, 180
authority, 277
autonomy, 166, 214, 220
Avalokiteshwara, 109
avidya, Seeignorance
avijja, Seeignorance
Ayogava, 45
Avvaiyyar, 199
avyakta, 38
awareness, 42
Ayurveda, 141
backwardness, 18, 182, 185, 224,
243, 266
Bahenabai, 209, 215
Bahishkrut Bharat, 247, 256
Bahujans, 184, 220, 224, 264, 281
Bali, 229
Barbaras, 169
barbarians, 218
Bauris (Bathoris), 211
becoming (bhava), 53, 61, 268;
cause of, 62
beliefs, 8
Benakatha, 155
Bengal, 177; British foothold, 225;
Buddhism, 180; Vajrayana, 102
Bengali, 89
Bengalis, 234
Bhagavad Gita, 49, 50, 76
Bhagawat Purana, 169
Bhagwan Buddha, by
D.D. Kosambi, 235
Bhagwata cult, SeeVaishnavism
bhakti, bhakti movement, 17, 132,
178, 222, 224; devotionalism,
105–06, 143, 185, 197, 233;
meaning, 213–16
Bhalekar, 233
Bhandara, Maharashtra: remains of
stupas, 155
Bharadvaj, 43, 92
Bharat, 28
Bharuch, 157, 158
Bhati-Deva, 167
bhava, Seebecoming
Bhikkus, 4, 55, 64, 67, 73, 97, 101;
and householders, relations, 68
Bhikku Sangha, 24, 29, 52, 65, 101
Bhikkunis, 82–84
Bhikkuni Sangha, 10, 24, 82–83, 101
Bhima Bhoi, 225–27
Bijak, 194
Bilaka Ramayana, by Sarala Das, 211
Bimbisara, 29, 71, 119
birth cycle, 40
blasphemy, 215
Blavatsky, H.P., 234
Bodhicaryavatara, 110, 226
Bodhisattva, 55, 74, 81, 91–93, 105,
106, 107, 109, 110, 114, 134, 137,
142, 172, 278
body and consciousness, unity, 63
bondage, 81, 275300 Buddhism in India