The Hindus
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Haldighati, battle of
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hanshaw, Annette
Hanuman (monkey god)
Hara (Shiva)
Harappan Civilization, see Indus Valley Civilization
“Hare Krishna Mantra” (Lennon)
Hare Krishna movement
Hariaudh (poet)
Harichand, King
Hari-Hara (Vishnu-Shiva)
Harihari I, Vijayanagar emperor
Harijans
Harisena, King
Harishchandra, King
Harivamsha (“The Dynasty of Vishnu”)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Rushdie)
Harrison, George
Harrod’s (department store)
Harsha, king
Harshacharita (Bana)
Harsha kingdom
Hastings, Warren
Hatha Yoga
Hayagriva (avatar of Vishnu)
Hayden, Sterling
Hebrew language
Hegel, Friedrich
Heliodorus
Help! (film)
Henry VIII, king of England
Herodotus
Hidimbi (ogress)
Hijras (sect)
Hiltebeitel, Alf
Himalaya (mountain, father of Parvati)
Hindal (son of Babur)
Hindal (son of Timur the Lame)
Hindu Human Rights
Hinduism:
alternative
cosmology of
diversity of
European scholars of
fusion
humans-gods alliance and
Marx on
multiplicity within
oral and written traditions of
philosophic schools of
pluralism of
sectarianism and
sense of time and
as term
today
Hinduism Invades America (Thomas)
Hindu Marriage Act (1955)
Hindu Nationalist Party, Indian
Hindustan Times
Hindutva faction
Hiranyakashipu (antigod)
history:
abuse of
chronological framework of
European scholars of
individuality factor and
myth and
positivist
rabbit in the moon and
selectivity and
synedoche and
History of Creation (Haeckel)
Hittites
hodgepodge
Holkar, Malhar Rao
“Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama, The” (Ramcaritmanas) (Man Singh)
Homer
Homo Necans (Burkert)
homosexuality
horses
Arab
of clay
in Delhi Sultanate
Dhyanu goddess story and
Hindu-Muslim relations and
as Hindu symbol
importation of
in IVC culture
of Kalki
in Kim
mares
stallions and
submarine fire
modern worship of
in Mughal Empire
political symbolism of
representations of
sacrifice of, see horse sacrifice
in Upanishads
in Vedic culture
in vernacular epics
horse sacrifice
in Brahmanas
of Janamejaya
of Kalki
in Mahabharata
in Puranas
of Rama
in Ramayana
in Rig Veda
ritual copulation in
of Samudra Gupta
in Shunga dynasty
Sita and
women and
of Yudhishthira
House of Commons, British
House of Lords, British
human rights
Human Rights Watch
Humayun, Mughal emperor
Huns
hunting
Husain, Ala-ud-din
Huxley, Aldous
Ibn ‘Arabi
Ibn Batuta
Idries Shah
I Have Sind (Priscilla Napier)
Iken, Richard
Ikshvakus dynasty
Iliad (Homer)
illusion
of caste
of gender
king-Pariah theme and
philosophy of
Illustrated Kama-sutras
Ilusha (Brahmin)
I Married a Communist (Roth)
Impressionist, The (Kunzru)
Inayat Khan
incarnation, see avatar
India:
agriculture in
ancient cosmology of
anti-suttee legislation in
birth of
borders of
Buddhist monuments in
chess invented in
climate of
Dark Age
geologic origins of
in Harsha era
Independence of
Islamic rule in, see Delhi Sultanate
mythical origins of
name of
Partition of
river systems of
and sense of time
temple cities of
India (cont.):
trade and
U.S. and
India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond (Tharoor)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (film)
Indian rope trick
Indigenous Horse Society of India
Indo-Europeans
Aryan invasion hypothesis and
fusion and
Raj and
Indo-Iranian language
Indra (king of the gods)
Brahminicide of
elephant of
Janamejaya’s horse sacrifice and
King Shibi and
in Rig Veda
sacrifice debate and
suttee story and
throne of
Vritra slain by
Yudhishthira’s dilemma and
Indrani (wife of Indra)
Indus Valley Civilization (IVC)
animal domestication in
animals in culture of
Bhimbetka cave paintings of
extent of
Hinduism and
language of
material culture of
religion in
Rig Veda and
seal artifacts of
Vedic origins hypothesis and
Ingalls, Daniel H. H.
Inglis, Stephen
“In Memory of W. B. Yeats” (Auden)
Inquisition
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
Internet
Invading the Sacred
Iran
Iron Pillar of Mehrauli
Isami (historian)
Ishvara (Shiva)
Ishvarakrishna (philosopher)
Isis Unveiled (Blavatsky)
Islam
astronomy of
bhakti movement and
in India
in Mughal Empire
Raj and
reconversion ceremony and
Sufism and
see also Delhi Sultanate; Muslims
Jabali (atheist)
Jaffe, Sam
Jagannatha (form of Vishnu) temple of
Jahan, Nur
Jahan, Shah (Mughal emperor)
Jahanara (sister of Shah Jahan)
Jahandah Shah, Mughal emperor
Jahangir, Mughal emperor
Jaimini (philosopher)
Jaiminiya Brahmana
Jainas, Jainism
ahimsa and
bhakti and
concept of Universal History and
development of karma and
Hinduism and
reclassification of
> Shaivas and
Tantras and
temples of
Jai Santoshi Ma (film)
Jai Singh, Maharajah
Jaivali Pravahana, king of Panchala
Jakobson, Roman
Jamadagni (sage)
Jambavati, Queen
Jami Masjid (Friday Mosque)
Jamison, Stephanie
Janabai (saint)
Janaka, king of Videha
Janamejaya, King
Janashruti, King
Jatayus (vulture)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jayadeva (poet)
Jeanne-Claude (artist)
Jesuits
Jesus of Nazareth
Jha. N.
Jha, Roma
Jhansi massacre
Jinnah, Mohammad Ali
jizya (tax on non-Muslims)
jnana (path of knowledge)
Job, Prophet
Johnson, Samuel
Johnston, Alexander
Jones, William
Joshi, Sharad
Joyce, James
Judaism, Jews
bhakti movement and
Julaha (caste)
Jungle Book, The (Kipling)
justice
Just So Stories (Kipling)
Jwalamukhi Temple
Ka, “Who,” a name of the creator see also Kim
Kabir (poet)
caste and
on Sanskrit
women and
Kafur (redeemed slave)
Kaikeyi, Queen
Kailasanatha (temple of Shiva)
Kakar, Sudhir
Kalakaua, king of Hawaii
Kal Bhairava (form of Shiva)
Kali (goddess)
American misappropriation of
birth of Krishna and
Kali Age
Kali Connection, The (McKay)
Kalidasa (poet)
“Kali Décapitée” (Yourcenar)
Kalingas (Orissa)
Kali Yuga
Kalki (avatar of Vishnu)
Buddhism of
horse of
horse sacrifice of
in Puranas
Vishnu as
Kalkin (avatar of Vishnu)
Kalki Purana
kama (erotic heat)
Kama (god) Shiva and
Kama-sutra
Aims of Life and
caste in
composition of
first English translation of
homosexuality in
marriage in
meat eating in
Persian translation of
popular culture and marketing of
women in
Kama Sutra: The Musical
Kamal (son of Kabir)
Kampan (poet)
Kamsa, King
Kanada (philosopher)
Kanishka, King
Kannappar, saint
Kanpur massacre
Kanwar, Rup
Kapalikas (Skull Bearers sect)
Kapoor, Kareena
karma
American misuse of
basic meanings of
circularity of
death and
development of
of dharma
free will and
good and bad
Manu’s theory of
renunciation and
in Rig Veda
transfer of
in Upanishads
Karna (warrior)
Kashmir
Shaivism of
kathenotheism
Kathiawar (horse)
Katyayani, story of
Kaulas (sect)
Kaunteyas (children of Kunti)
Kauravas (descendants of Kuru)
Kausalya, Queen
Kaushika, King
Kaushitaki Upanishad
Kautalya, Mauryan king
Kautilya (also Kautakya, minister of Mauryan king)
Kavasha (son of Ilusha)
Kaye, John William
Kazantzakis, Nikos
Keay, John
Keillor, Garrison
Kelly, Walt
Kerouac, Jack
Kesar Kalimi (mare)
Keshava Deo Temple
Keshin (antigod)
Khafi Khan
Khajali, Ala-ud-din
Khajuraho, temple complex of
Khan, Amir
Khan, Salman
Khan, Shahrukh
Khandariya Mahadeva temple
Khandoba (god)
Khara (ogre)
Kharavela, King
Khusra, Amir
Khusrau (son of Jahangir)
Kim (film)
Kim (Kipling)
horses in
opium tax in
Kipling, Rudyard
assessment of
Kirata (hunter)
Kliba, dysfunctional male
Kim, “What?”
see also Ka
Koka, Mirza Aziz
kolams (rice powder designs)
Konarak, temple complex of
Koontz, Dean
Kosambi. D.
Kothari, Kamal
Krishna (avatar of Vishnu)
in Bhagavad Gita
birth of
death of
in Mahabharata
Mirabai poem and
in Puranas
Radha and
women and worship of
Krishnaraja I
Krita Yuga (Winning Age)
Krittibas (poet)
Kshatriyas (warriors/rulers)
Brahmins’ conflict with
British and
classes of
in exile
in Manu’s taxonomy
Parashurama and
Kshemendra (poet)
Kshetrayya (poet)
Kubera (god of wealth)
Kubrick, Stanley
Kuhn, Thomas
Kulkarni, Baskar
Kulottunka II, Chola king
Kumara Gupta, Gupta emperor
Kumbhakarna (ogre)
Kumbha Mela (festival)
Kunala (son of Ashoka)
Kundalini (Coiled One), ritual of
Kunti, Queen
Kunzru, Hari
Kurma Purana
Kurnis (caste)
Kurubas (caste)
Kuru kings
Kusha (poet)
Kushanas
Kutsa Aurava (Thigh-born)
Lacan, Jacques
Lakshmana (brother of Rama)
death of
Sita’s relationship with
Lakshmi (goddess)
Lakshmi Bai, Queen
Laksmanasena, Bengali king
Lakulisha (sage)
Lal, Vinay
Lal Beg (Pariah saint)
Lal Ded (poet)
Lanka see also Sri Lanka
Last Whole Earth Catalog
Latin language
Lava (poet)
Lavana, King
Laws of Manu (Jones)
Legend of Bagger Vance, The (film)
Lemuria
Lennon, John
“Lesson, The” (Bhagat)
Life
Life of Alexander (Plutarch)
Lights of Canopus, The (Anvari Suhaili)
Lila Gori (Magic Mare)
Linga Purana
lingas
Shiva and origins of
Lingayats (People of the Linga)
Little Mothers (Matrikas) (goddesses)
Little Princess, A (film)
Little Shop of Horrors, The (film)
Lokayatas (Materialists)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Long-Tongue (Dirgha-jihva) (ogress)
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Lotus Sutra
Lucas, Paul
Luther, Martin
Ma, Amritanandamayi
Ma, Shri
Ma, Shri Karunamayi
Macaulay, David
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
McKay, Claudia
MacLaine, Shirley
McLuhan, Marshall
Madagascar
Madanika, (form of Chudala)
Madhavi, Queen
Madhubani paintings
Madhva (philosopher)
Shaivas and
Shankara vs.
Madri, Queen
madya (fermented grapes, wine)
Magadhi (dialect)
Magic Mare (Lila Gori)
Mahabat Khan
Mahabharata
addiction in
animal sexuality in
Ashoka’s reign in
Balarama story in
castes in
central plot in
composition of
Daksha’s sacrifice in
dharma in, see dharma
Ekalavya myth in
exile theme of
final form of
geographic setting of
great flood in
horse sacrifice in
human sacrifice in
integrity of
Kalki in
karma and
king-Pariah theme in
Krishna in
length of
modern versions of
Nishadas in
nonviolence in
oral preservation of
oral traditions and
pilgrimage in
political world of
polyandry in
preservation of
Puranas and
Ramayana contrasted with
sacrifice in
sectarianism and
Shakuntala story in
Shiva myth in
snake sacrifice in
Tantras and
television version of
transmission
treatment of animals in
versions of
violence in
women in
Yudhishthira’s dilemma in
Mahabodhi temple
Mahadeva (Shiva)
Mahadevyyakka (Mahadevi, saint)
Mahal, Mumtaz
Mahamalla, King
Mahamaya (Goddess of Great Illusion)
Mahanirvana Tantra
grades of humans in
Maharashtrians
Mahasaya, Sri Lahiri
Mahavira, Vardhamana (the Jina)
Mahendra Varman I, Pallava king
Mahisha (demon)
Chandika’s seduction and slaying of
Mahmud of Ghazni
maithuna (fornication)
Maitreyi, future Buddha
Maitreyi, story of
Malaysia
Malhotra, Rajiv
Malis (caste)
Mall, Todar
Mallah (caste)
Mallanaga, Vatsyayana
Mallanna (god)
Mamallapuram
frieze at
temple at
mamsa (flesh, meat)
“Mandalay” (Kipling)
Mandal Commission
Mandanamishra (philosopher)
Mandavya (sage)
Mandhata (avatar of Vishnu)
Mangal Pandey (film)
Mani (demon)
Mani, Lata
manifest destiny
Manikkavacakar (poet)
Manimat (ogre)
Mankanaka, story of
Man-Lion (avatar of Vishnu)
Prahlada and
Manmati, Princess
Mann, Thomas
Manrique, Sebastião
Man Singh
Manu (lawmaker)
Dharma-shastra text of
addiction and
animals and
class and caste taxonomy of