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Index
Abhinavagupta 86, 87, 340n12, 347n22
absolute body of Kṛṣṇa: see vigraha of Kṛṣṇa
acintya-bhedābheda (inconceivable difference-in-nondifference) 15, 34, 35, 85, 107, 289–290, 293, 303, 305–306, 314
Acyuta 95, 127, 262, 288, 313; as vaibhava-vilāsa 52fig2, 335n78
Adhokṣaja 175; as vaibhava-vilāsa 52fig2, 335n78
Ādi Purāṇa 210, 374n69
Ādityas 214, 221, 232, 243
Ādivarāha Purāṇa 237, 243, 245, 375n92, 381–382n206, 382n208, 382nn216–217
Advaita Ācārya 192, 194
Advaita Vedānta 12, 13, 14–15, 29, 32, 33, 37, 40–46, 70, 74, 84, 85, 103–107, 142, 143, 304–306, 324n54, 324nn57–58, 332n30, 332n37, 332n43, 344n77, 357n227
Āgamas 40, 286, 287, 289, 327n81, 391n75; see also Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās; Tantras; specific texts
Agha (serpent-demon) 208–209
Agni 125, 162, 352n120, 363n17
Agni Purāṇa 119, 125
Agrawala, V. S. 350n88
Ahlbäck, Tore 322n34
aiśvarya (divine majesty) 256; Dvārakā associated with 37, 48, 54, 251, 260, 297, 311; of Kṛṣṇa as Viṣṇu 70, 74, 75, 89, 279, 305, 307, 343n66; Kṛṣṇa’s divine forms characterized by 5, 37, 51, 54, 55, 61, 66, 68–69, 70, 72–73, 74, 75, 89, 251, 253, 260, 279, 297, 305, 307, 311, 343n66; līlā in Dvārakā characterized by 48, 54, 251; līlā in Mathurā characterized by 48, 54, 251; Mathurā associated with 37, 48, 54, 251, 253, 260, 297, 311; as one of six divine qualities of Kṛṣṇa 61; of Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa 37, 51, 54, 72–73, 251, 260, 297, 311, 343n66; vilāsas characterized by 54, 55, 68–69, 297
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 363n30, 364n39, 364n42
Ajāmila 173–174, 185–186, 365n59, 366n71
Ajita 207; as manvantara-avatāra 53fig2, 65
Akbar 233, 235
Akrūra 264, 265, 267
Akrūra-tīrtha 232, 264, 265, 267, 379n159
Alper, Harvey P. 362n1, 365n51
Alter, Joseph S. 324n47
Āḻvārs 23–24, 25–26, 81, 83–84, 109, 112, 327n81, 328n83, 332n35
Amarakośa 349n68
Ames, Roger T. 321n21, 323nn35–36, 324n49
ānanda (bliss) 15, 33, 36, 40, 47, 50, 54, 68, 82, 87, 89, 98, 99, 103, 176, 180, 181, 188, 197, 265, 301, 314
Ānandavardhana 86, 87
ancestors: see pitṛs
Anderson, Carol A. 323n41, 324n48
Aniruddha: as grandson of Kṛṣṇa 253; as one of ādi-catur-vyūhas 54, 74, 253, 260, 297; as one of catur-vyūhas/four vyūhas 46, 54, 56, 73–75, 225, 227, 253, 260, 283, 297, 307; as prābhava-vilāsa 52fig2, 54, 74, 297; as son of Pradyumna 54; as third puruṣa-avatāra, Kṣīrodakaśāyin Viṣṇu 53fig2, 56–57, 59–60, 74–75; as vaibhava-vilāsa 52fig2, 54, 56, 74
Annakūṭa: see Govardhana Pūjā
Āṇṭāḷ 25, 83
apsarases (celestial dancing nymphs) 16, 310
Āraṇyakas 110–112, 127
Ariṣṭa (bull-demon) 209, 215, 231
Ariṣṭa-kuṇḍa 215
Āriṭagrāma or Ariṣṭagrāma 231
Armour, Ellen T. 323n41
Armstrong, David 321n23, 322n27
Asad, Talal 321n23
ascetic bodies xiii–xiv, xv, 16, 17fig1, 18–19, 20, 105, 391n7
ascetic traditions xiii–xiv, 9, 11–12, 13, 18–19, 65, 91, 165, 171; see also ascetic bodies; renunciants; renunciation; saṃnyāsins
āśramas (stages of life) 19, 184, 185, 242, 325n63, 368n121
Aṣṭakālīyalīlāsmaraṇamaṅgalastotra (Rūpa Gosvāmin) 320n15, 343n67
aṣṭāṅga-yoga (eight-limbed Yoga of Patañjali) 14, 89–90, 100, 105–106, 277, 279; see also Pātañjala Yoga
Aśvins 163
atharvans (incantations and imprecations) 110, 114, 115, 117, 128, 148, 159, 160–161; see also Atharva-Veda
Atharva-Veda 110, 115, 117–118, 121, 122, 145–146, 160–161, 168, 358n250; see also atharvans
Ātman (Self) 175; as antar-ātman/indwelling Self of embodied beings 75; as beyond embodiment 13, 18, 104; body of 18, 23; and Brahman 13, 15, 18, 23, 43, 104, 105, 165, 167, 305; as eternal 13, 15, 104; as formless 13, 18, 70; as nonchanging 18; and Om 364n47; as ultimate reality 13, 18, 165; as unbounded 18; as universal 15, 43, 105, 305; and Veda(s) 23, 113, 114, 128, 347n35, 350n85; see also Brahman
attendants of Kṛṣṇa: as embodiments of dāsya-rasa 90, 98, 285, 297, 301–302; and līlā/play 35, 88, 301–302; as nitya-siddhas/eternally perfect beings 35, 90, 98, 297, 301–302; as parikaras/pārṣadas/eternal associates 35, 88, 90, 98, 285, 297, 301–302; as rāgātmikā bhaktas 98, 297, 301–302; and transcendent Vraja/Vṛndāvana/Goloka-Vṛndāvana 35, 88, 98, 285, 297, 301–302
Aurangzeb 5, 233–234
avatāras (divine descents) 23, 46, 73, 75, 287, 306, 325–326n72, 333n52; appear in diverse bodily forms 22; associated with different cycles of time 22; descend to material realm 22; as one of five modes of divine manifestation 73–74, 75, 307; term avatāra 22, 325–326n72; terms avataraṇa and avatāraṇa 22, 325–326n72; see also avatāras of Kṛṣṇa; avatārin; specific avatāras
avatāras (divine descents) of Kṛṣṇa 46–47, 66, 71, 72, 75, 154, 179, 211, 288, 306–307, 333n52, 392n10; ādi avatāra 57–58; as aṃśas/partial manifestations of vigraha/absolute body 47, 55, 63–64, 67, 68, 85, 297, 311; appear in diverse bodily forms 20, 46, 47–48, 60, 61, 67, 69, 75, 76, 177, 181, 297–298, 300, 307, 311; arcā-avatāras/image-avatāras 29, 55, 75–76, 78, 79, 96, 97, 195, 196, 233, 263, 300, 307, 326n75; associated with different cycles of time 20, 46, 49–50, 56, 60, 69, 71, 177, 299; āveśa-avatāras 53fig2, 67, 68, 70, 75, 335n83, 337n108, 337n122, 337–338n123; āveśa līlā-avatāras 53fig2, 61, 63–64, 67, 75, 337n108, 337n122; as countless 46–47, 49, 61, 68, 75; daśa-avatāras 60–61, 62, 64; definition 55–56; descend to material realm 20, 46, 49, 55–56, 60, 61, 71, 76, 109, 177, 181, 229, 263, 267, 299, 300, 391n1; dhāma-avatāra/place-avatāra 229, 263, 267, 300, 307, 391n1; dwell in transcendent abodes in Paravyoman 49, 56, 71, 76, 177, 245, 251, 269, 297, 300, 311; five classes of svāṃśa avatāras 50, 51, 53fig2, 55–56, 63–64, 67, 68–69, 71, 76, 85, 177, 181, 297, 299, 300, 311, 335n81, 335n83, 335n85, 337n121; fulfill specific cosmic functions 49, 55–56, 60, 61, 64, 69, 71, 75, 76, 177, 299, 300, 307; as full of sat-cit-ānanda 47, 67, 68, 85, 297, 311; grantha-avatāra/text-avatāra 29, 76, 77, 96, 109, 140, 153, 159, 263, 299, 307; guṇa-avatāras 50, 53fig2, 55, 56, 58–59, 60, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 177, 297, 298, 299, 306, 335n83, 335n85; līlā-avatāras 50, 53fig2, 55, 56, 58, 60–64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 75, 177, 297, 299, 335n79, 335n83, 335n85, 336n99, 336nn105–106, 337nn107–108, 337n122; manvantara-avatāras 50, 53fig2, 55, 56, 58, 60, 64–65, 68, 69, 71, 75, 177, 297, 299, 335n83, 335n85, 336n106; mesocosmic avatāras 76, 263, 299–300, 307, 391n1; nāma-avatāras/name-avatāras 29, 76, 77, 96, 97, 160, 176, 177–178, 181–183, 186, 188, 189, 195, 196, 263, 299, 307; as nonmaterial 47, 67, 68, 297, 311; parāvastha līlā-avatāras 53fig2, 61–62, 63, 65, 75, 336n105; prābhava līlā-avatāras 53fig2, 61, 62, 63, 72, 75, 337n107; promote līlā of creation 56, 60, 299; puruṣa-avatāras 50, 53fig2, 55, 56–60, 68, 69–70, 71, 75, 177, 297, 298, 299, 306, 307, 335n83, 335nn85–86, 337–338n123; six classes of avatāras 68, 75, 76, 307, 335n83; twenty-two avatāras 46, 60, 330n5, 333n54; uphold līlā of dharma 56, 60, 299; vaibhava līlā-avatāras 53fig2, 61, 62–63, 65, 75, 336n106; yuga-avatāras 50, 53fig2, 55, 56, 58, 60, 65–67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 75, 177, 189–190, 193–194, 195, 196, 197, 232, 233, 297, 299, 335n83, 335n85, 337n107, 337n117, 369n145; see also avatāras; avatārin; specific avatāras
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