Śītalā see under Goddess
Śiva 18–19, 31, 34, 71, 73, 82, 167, 174, 179–82, 190, 204, 206–7, 215–17, 262, 304–5, 312–13, 316–18, 320–21, 323, 325, 330, 335, 343, 349, 353, 359, 363;
-Naṭarāja 216, 293
Skanda Purāṇa see under Purāṇa
Skora, K.M. 202
Smith, J.D. 150–1, 157, 389, 391–2
Smith, W.C. 7, 379
Smith, W.L. 173–4, 344
smṛti 70, 75–6, Chs. 5–6, 88–90, 92–3, 147, 160, 169–71, 182, 387, 392
snake(s) 173–4, 177, 320, 326, 343
society see under Hindu
Soma 34, 37–9, 43, 156, 382–3, 391
space 100, 189, 200, Ch. 14, 303–4, 306, 314, 332, 372, 374
speech 45, 52, 58, 63, 65, 91–2, 94, 100, 184, 201;
see also language, vāc, word
sphota 61–2
spirit/Spirit 4, 66, 81, 113, 160–2, 188, 200–2, 209, 219, 222, 263, 265, 269–71, 300, 339, 341, 366–7, 398;
see also puruṣa, ātman
śrāddha 111, 201, 267, 301
śramaṇa(s) 51
Śrauta Sūtras 93, 105, 387–8
Śrī see under Goddess
Śrī Vaiṣṇava see under Vaiṣṇava
śruti 45, 70, 75–6, 79–81, 88–90, 98, 160, 169, 209, 384
von Stietencron, H. 3
Strathern, A. 134
Studholme, A. 388
Śūdra 68–70, 72, 81, 87, 103, 105, 107–9, 116, 121, 128, 133, 137, 140, 196, 256, 290–1
sun 18, 34–6, 39–41, 50, 99, 100, 200–1, 315, 327, 333, 342, 355, 385,
see also Sūrya; eclipse of 275–6
Surdās 63, 359
Sūrya 35, 38–40, 385;
see also sun
suttee 79, 106, 117–20, 255, 269, 389
sūtra, nature of 94–7
svarga 44, 262, 369;
see also heaven
Śvetaketu 53
Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad see under Upaniṣad
Swaminarayan(s) 76–7, 180–1, 223
Sweetman, W. 379
Tagore, Rabindranath 204–5, 297
Tahtinen, U. 397
Taittirīya Upaniṣad see under Upaniṣad
tamas see also guṇa(s) 179–80, 189, 247, 324, 352
Tantra(s) 62–3, 67, 72–3, 76, 78, 82, 88, 97, 112, 121, 130, 178–9, 190, 192, 202, 224, 255, 267, 270, 279, 283, 289, 318, 321–5, 340, 342–3, 346, 354, 362, 367, 374, 381, 384–5, 400–1
tapas 217, 287–9, 305, 334, 399
tat tvam asi ethic 81, 356, 386;
teaching of 53
teacher 53, 67, 74, 102, 106, 109–10, 128, 199, 201, 221, 295, 330, 334, 353;
see also guru
temple 20, 64, 82, 89, 142–3, 170, 173, 177–8, 181, 197, 204–7, 220, 276, 293, 305–9, 311–13, 315, 328, 335, 343, 353–4, 361;
in Bhubaneshwar 325;
at Tanjore 307;
at Tirupati 307–8, 329
Thapar, R. 77, 307
tiger 30
time 48, 63, 100, 156, 189, 255, Ch. 13, 275, 277, 301, 314, 321, 332, 372, 396;
cycles of see under yuga;
and devouring 275
Timm, G. 75
tolerance (religious) 196, 212, 217, 219;
and caste 220
truth 74, 83, 86, 100, 110, 128–9, 179, 185, 187, 191, 212–15, 217–19, 255, 330
Tukārām 138
Tulsīdās 121, 155, 166–8, 171, 392
‘twice-born’ 106–7, 109, 114, 127, 129, 142, 262, 290, 294–6
ucchiṣṭa 44, 46, 314, 400
Untouchable(-ility) 14, 63, 87, 107, Ch. 7, 127, 130, 134–9, 142–3, 146, 165, 173, 220, 225, 258, 291, 300, 389;
see also dalit; origin-myths of 136;
and occupation 140, 144;
Sanskrit terms for 136–7
Upadhyay, Brahmabandhab 4, 15, 108, 118, 322–3, 397
Upaniṣad(s) 4, Ch. 3, 50–7, 62, 68, 78–9, 81–2, 86, 94, 100, 176, 185, 190, 200–1, 220, 245, 259–61, 343, 355, 384;
Bṛhadāraṇyaka 50, 54–5, 59, 115, 151, 176, 201, 209, 214, 259, 340, 384, 389, 367, 397;
Chāndogya 53, 56, 68, 81, 128, 176, 201, 259, 262, 279;
Īśā 54–5;
Kaṭha 55, 202, 247;
Maitrī 113;
Māṇḍukya 66, 96, 385;
Śvetāśvatara 55, 202, 259, 316, 330, 343, 396;
Taittirīya 53–5
Uṣas (dawn) 32, 36–7, 40
Utilitarian(-ism) 79, 386
vāc 45, 47, 59;
see also language, speech, word
vāhana 318, 326, 337–8, 351
Vaiśeṣika 187–8, 191, 211, 275
Vaiṣṇava(s) 21, 112, 129–30, 150, 160, 179–80, 211, 221, 256, 280, 313, 315, 329, 346, 364–5, 369;
Gauḍīya 19, 203, 212, 282, 284, 319, 357, 399;
Śrī 22, 72, 74, 179, 311–12, 319, 359, 362, 372–3, 385;
Tantric 349, 384–5;
Vaikhānasa 310
Vaiśya 103, 105–6, 110, 121, 129
Vallabha 74–5, 186, 373
Vālmīki 21, 148, 153, 165–8, 338, 390, 392
Vande Mātaram (song, slogan) 65–6, 257
varṇa see under caste
Varuṇa 35–9, 41, 100, 248
vātsalya see under bhakti
Vattanky, John 187
Veda(s) 3–5, 8–11, 16, Chs. 2–4, 28–9, 32–3, 39, 42, 51, 53–5, 57–9, 61, 70–80, 82–7, 89, 91–3, 95, 100, 105, 107, 109–10, 113, 115–16, 128, 148, 155, 161, 167–8, 172–3, 176–7, 179–80, 182–4, 187, 192–3, 201, 203, 210–11, 219, 248, 384, 254, 258, 277, 291, 295, 329, 371, 373, 387–8, 397;
g 10–12, Ch. 2, 32–5, 38, 41–2, 44–5, 49, 51, 55, 60, 66, 82, 100, 104–5, 248, 259, 316, 342, 372, 379, 382, 387, 396, 401;
Sāma 42, 45, 49, 56, 383, 387;
Yajur 42, 45, 49, 55, 383, 387;
Atharva 32, 42, 45, 49, 51, 56, 60, 110, 176, 294, 384;
‘alternative Veda’ Ch. 4, 70–5, 172, 177, 179, 192, 373–4;
eternity of 58–61;
Tamil 72, 74
Vedāga(s) Ch.5, 91–4
Vedānta(-in) 4–5, 55–8, 60–1, 69–70, 72, 74, 77, 81, 86, 95, 166, 185–6, 210–11, 246–8, 283, 340,
see also under Mīmāṃsā; in modern times 79–81, 131, 186
Vedānta Deśika 186, 385
Vedic culture 31–2, 34, 38, 47, 62, 68–70, 94, 112, 114, 127, 178–9, 255, 352
Vesci, U.M. 384
vidyā 246–8
violence 106, 150, 163, 218, 254–6
Vīraśaiva 204, 380;
see also Ligāyat
viśeṣa 187–8, 394
Viṣṇu 4–5, 18–19, 21, 34, 71, 73, 151, 154, 167, 176, 180, 185, 262, 276, 279, 284, 315–16, 319–20, 325–6, 329–33, 335, 343, 349–51, 355, 359, 362, 385;
-Nārāyaṇa 180, 185, 311–12, 355, 372–3;
as Sri Balaji 307–8, 311, 315, 400
visualization of deity 323–4, 354–5
Vivekananda, Swami 80–1, 147, 186, 338, 386, 394
vow(s) 111, 116, 176, 178, 287–9, 309, 334, 345
Vrātya 51
Vrindaban 120, 280, 332
Vyas, N. 300–1
vyūha 349–50, 385
water 29, 35, 37, 39, 99, 100–1, 123, 200, 300, 308, 319, 329
Weiss, M.G. 269
Wertz, D.C. 286, 289, 325
Whaling, F. 166, 391
Wheeler, M. 30
Whicher, I. 191, 340, 394
White, D. 323, 385
widow(s) 79, 118–20, 297
wife 45, 62, 89, 111, 113–14, 116–20, 123, 237–8, 255, 270, 289, 298, 388, 400;
see also patnī, Sāvitrī
Williams, R.B. 181
Witzel, M. 32–4, 42, 44, 47, 50–1, 379, 382–3, 387
women 41, 47, 62, 70, 82, 101, 114–22, 127–8, 165, 177, 196, 208, 223, 245, 253, 258, 262, 270–1, 287, 290, 295, 313, 324–5, 335, 339
;
see also strī-dharma
word 27–8, 33, 58, 92, 97, 185;
see also language, speech, vāc; as creative 45, 59, 60–3, 216, 279
world, origin of 60–3, 100–1, 176, 279
worship 30, 41, 64, 79, 86, 124, 162–3, 165, 173, 179, 183, 204, 206, 292, 309, 311–12, 314, 322–9, 335, 338–9, 341, 345, 352, 354, 358, 363, 372–3, 400;
domestic 313–4;
image-see under image
yajña 33, 41, 45–7, 57, 70, 83, 87, 93, 103, 154, 305, 340–2;
see also (Vedic) ritual
Yājñavalkya 115, 151, 201, 209, 259, 389
Yājñavalkya Smṛti 102, 118, 255
Yama 44, 181, 247, 262, 288, 326;
see also death
Yamuna 29, 32, 156, 165, 280, 316, 333, 360
Yāska 92
yoga 31, 49, 82, 180, 190–2, 200, 219, 255, 281–2, 323, 339–41, 391, 401;
see also Patañjali;
‘Integral’ 186;
postural 191
yogi 20, 190, 263, 340, 366–7, 381, 397
yoni 31, 207, 325, 396
Young, R.F. 85, 387
Yudhiṣṭhira 157–9, 229–31, 233–43, 249–50, 329
yuga(s) 156, 179–80, 189, 276–7, 333, 351,
(see also time);Dvāpara 156, 276;
Kali 156, 276, 284–5, 398;
Satya 276–7;
Tretā 276
Zaehner, R.C. 3, 5, 245, 268, 391
Zimmer, H. 276
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