Index abhangs 106
adharma 51
Agni?
agnipariksha 6D-62
ahamkara 1 02
ahimsa 42, 144, 166
Ambedkar, B.R. 22-3
ambiguity 89
Amma76
Ananga Ranga 46
Ananthamurthy, U.R. 63
Andal 108
apsaras 82
Aranyakas 9
Ardhanarisvara 73-4
Arjuna 93-6, 123, 166
artha44-5
Arthasastra 45
Arya Samaj 119-20
Aryans 6-9, 143
ash rams 162-3
asramas 25
asuras 87, 90
Aswatthama 52-3
Atharva Veda 1 O, 47
Atman 33, 36
avatars 64, 85-7, 91
avidya 38
Babri Masjid 168-9
Bajrang Dal 167
Balarama 136
Bankimchandra Chatterjee
121
Basavanna 71-2
Sauls 114
Bhagavad Gita 10, 94-8,
121, 147
Bhagavata Purana 99-100
Bhairavi 78-9
bhajans 135
bhaktas 96, 103, 104
bhakti 94, 96
Bhakti movement 104-10
bhakti yoga 97
bhangi20,23
Bharatiya Janata Party 161
Bhima52
Bishnoi 153
Bollywood 134-40
Brahma 67, 74
brahmacharya 25, 26
Brahman 33-6, 38
Brahmanas 1 O
Brahminism 39
revolt against 39
Brahmins 16--20, 63, 142,
163
Brahmo Samaj 118
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
143 BSE 149
Buddha 5, 40, 90, 144
Buddhism 40
caste system 16, 22, 106
relation to Hinduism 24
chandal 107
Chandogya Upanishad 31,
34, 36
Chipko movement 152
Chopra, B. R. 155
cow, veneration for 141,
143, 145-9
Dalits 21
Danielou, Alain 47
dargahs 111
darshan 79-80
Dauka Puran 160
Desai, Manmohan 139
Devi 76
Devimahatmya 77
devis 8
dharma 44, 48-55, 94
and freedom of action 55
and Hindu ethics 54
dharmashastras 10, 18, 25
diaspora, Hindu 159-60
Di/wale Dulhaniya Le
Jayenge 140
Drishtadyumna 53
Drona52-4
Durga 77-9, 83, 84
Dwijas 17
ecology 150-53
Elst, Koenrad 157
Frawley, David 157
Gosvami, Rupa 11 O
grhasta 25, 26
Gujarat 161-2
guru 29
Hanuman 167
Harappan civilisation 6
Hare Krishnas 3
Harijans 21
Harivamsa Purana 92
Hindu Trinity 67
Hinduism cybernetic 156--7
and Islam 111, 146, 161,
167
in modern wortd 126--7
as monotheistic 11 &-17
nationalistic 120-23
new histories of 157-8
origins 5
as religion of mythos
170-71
Hindutva 161, 164-5, 167,
169
Hiranyakashipu 88
Hitopadesa 45
hubris 86
Hum Paanch 139
Hymn to Creation 14-15
Indra 7, 8, 82
Indus Valley civilization
6,9
ishtadevata 71, 76
itihasa 64
Jai Santoshi Maa 137--8
Jainism 41-2, 144
Jambaji 153
Java 160
Jayadeva 102
Jesus Christ 5
Jiva Goswami 109
jnana 94
jnana yoga 96
gai mata 145
Gandhi, Mohandas
Kabir 110-11
(Mahatma) 3, 124-5, 162--£ Kali 78-9, 83, 122
on caste system 17
and temple entry 22-3
Ganesh 127
Ganga 82, 151
Gangajal 151
garba grha 70
Gayatri mantra 12-13
ghee 43
Gitagovinda 102
go-hatya 145
goddesses, autonomy of 83
Godse, Nathuram 166
gopis 101-2, 108-9
Kali Yuga 91
Kalki 91
kama 44, 46--7
Kama Sutra 46--7
Kamadhenu 145
Kanwar, Roop 133
karma 4, 94
karma yoga 96, 121
karmaphalam 94
Kauravas 50-51, 92
kavya 64
Krishna 51-2, 54, 64,
92-103, 121, 136
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