Buddhism in India

Index 309

other backward classes

(OBCs), 226

other-worldliness, 12

Pahlavas, 169

pain, 12

Pala dynasty, Palas, 172, 177

Pali canon, 11, 53, 55, 63, 79, 87–88,

89–90, 107, 132, 133

Pali Text Society, 234

Pallavas, 172

Panchasakhas, 211

Pandavas, 28

Pandharpur, 200, 201

Pandurang, 206

Pandyas, 138, 172

Panini, 152

panna, 68

Paradas, 169

Paraiyas, 18, 188–90, 236, 237,

238, 240

parallelism, 74

Parashuram, 177

paritta, 95

Parivrajakas, 5

Parliament of World Religions,

Chicago, 234

Parshanatha, 40

Pasadika Suttanta, 100

Pasanedi, 29, 59, 119, 134

Pashandas, See heretics

Pashupati cult, SeeShaivism

passions, 56, 57, 87; control of, 55,

269–70, 271; and indulgence, 113

passionlessness, 148

pastoral nomads, pastoral society,

26, 27, 46, 81

Patacara, 84

paticca samuppada (pratitya

samutpada), 12, 61, 103, 115,

140, 272, 273

Patilagama, 64, 65, 69

Patimokkha, 96

patriarchal, patriarchy, 11, 26, 69,

70, 81–82, 84, 200

patricide, 29

patronage and service, 47

Paundas (Pods), 154

Paundrakas, 45

pauperisation, 257

Pavani, Bhandara, Maharashtra,

154–55

peasants, exploitation, 162

Periyapuranam, 188–89

Periyar, 2

persecution, 160

Persians, 45

pessimism, 12, 30, 35

phassa, Seecontact

Phule, Jotirao, 17, 18, 37n, 207n,

225, 227–33, 236, 237, 238, 241,

245, 247, 275

physical form, unity of, 59,

62, 273

pluralism, 270

Pod, 179

political conflicts, 153

political patronage, 96

pollution, Seepurity-pollution,

notion of

‘Poona Pact’, 250

poverty, 67, 238

prakriti, 38, 88–89;and purusha,

39, 59, 81

Pramitra, 169

Prarthana Samaj, 222, 228

Pratiharas, 172, 177

Prayag, 153

promiscuity, 75

Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of

Capitalism, The, 146

Protestantism, 17, 144–45, 147

Proto-Munda, 180

psychological causation, 62

psychological orientation, 54

Puggalvada school, 103

Pulaiya, SeeParaiya

Pulakesin, 157–58

Pundravardhana, 153–54

punishments and rewards, 33, 60,

72, 74, 75, 90–91

Pure Land sect, 109, 184, 278

purity-pollution, notion of, 43, 46,

112, 113, 128, 148, 150, 201,

202, 220, 229

Purush Sukta, 44

mleccha, 26, 29, 119, 139, 175,
176, 185
modernity, 18–19, 243, 257
Mohenjo-daro, 26, 117
monarchy, monarchial kingdom,
28, 66, 69
Monasteries: entrepreneurial role,
163; socio-economic role, 164
monasticism, 68, 100
monetary orientation, 144
Mongols, 179
monks, 29; role, 69; social origin, 98
monotheism, 233
Mooknayak, 246
Moon, Vasant, 258, 261, 263
moral, morality, 2, 5, 14, 29, 32, 57,
58, 66, 91, 92, 113, 147, 271;
attainments, 42; responsibility, 39
motivation, 145–46
Mrchhakatika, 136
mudra(women), 111
Mughals, 166
mundakajatilas, 50
Mulapariyaya Suttaof Majjhima
Nikaya, 60, 272
Muller, Max, 96, 234
multicultural society, 117
mundakagahapatis, 67
Muslims, 51, 175, 176–77, 218, 219;
Arabs, 111; conversion, 179–81;
invasions, 161, 162
Mutta, 84
mutuality, 70
mysticism, 196

Nabhadas, 192
Nagarjuna, 8, 102, 109, 112, 115,
131, 155, 170
Nagarjunakonda, 86, 99, 102,
110, 167
Nagas, 129, 153, 155, 202
Nagasena, 93–94
Nagpur, Maharashtra: mass
conversions to Buddhism, 261
Nalanda, 141, 153, 162, 170
nama-rupa, Seename and form
Namasudras, 180
Namdev, 193, 200–01, 207

name and form (nama-rupa),

61–62, 63, 274

Nanak, Guru, 251–52

Nanasambandar, 188

Nandanar, 187–90, 215

Narasu, Laxmi, 2, 9, 239

narrow-mindedness, 217

Nath sect, 194

nationalism, 124, 224, 246

Navayana, 2, 3–7, 8, 14–15, 19,

240, 266, 271

Nayanika, 167

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 16, 223

nibbana, Seenirvana

nidanas, 103

Nirgranthas, 152

nirguna bhakti, 196, 212, 242

nirmanakaya, 108

nirvana, 12, 14, 61, 65, 67, 74, 87,

99, 104, 109, 110, 111, 113, 266,

270; the meaning of freedom,

267–69

Nishada, 45

non-action, 58

non-attachment, 49

non-Brahman and Dalit Responses,

224–25

non-egotism, 148

non-self, 239

non-violence, 37, 143, 181, 183

normalness, 65

‘obedience’, 67, 96

Odantpura, 170

Olcott, H.S., 234, 237

old age, 13, 14, 61

oligarchies, 28

openness, 148, 220

oppression, 30, 238, 282

Orientalism, 117

Orissa, 155, 177; bhakti movement,

210–12; Bhima Bhoi and the Revolt

against Caste, 225–27; Buddhism,

154;—violence against, 170;

‘Crypto-Buddhism’, 210–13, 227;

Tantra, 89; Vajrayana, 102

Oriya, Oriyas, 89, 154;

identity, 227

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