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An invaluable encyclopedia of Hinduism Hinduism is one of the world s oldest religions; an amalgam of diverse beliefs and schools, it originates in the Vedas and is rooted in Indian culture. Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide illuminates complex philosophical concepts through lucid definitions, a historical perspective and incisive analyses. It examines various aspects of Hinduism, covering festivals and rituals, gods and goddesses, philosophers, memorials, aesthetics, and sacred plants and animals. The author also explores pivotal ideas, including moksha, karma, dharma and samsara, and details the diverse commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita and other important texts. Citing extensively from the regional languages, the book describes Hinduism s innumerable myths and legends, and looks at the many versions of texts including the Ramayana and Mahabharata, placing each entry in its historical context and tracing its evolution to the present. Outlines all eighteen major Puranas, the 108 Upanishads, and a selection of Vaishnava, Sahiva and Tantric texts Provides quotations from rare original texts A product of years of research, with a wide range of entries

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Publié par	Penguin Books Ltd
Date de parution	18 avril 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9788184752779
Langue	English

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Roshen Dalal

HINDUISM
An Alphabetical Guide
Contents
About the Author
By the Same Author
Dedication
List of Entries
Introduction
Chapter A
Chapter B
Chapter C
Chapter D
Chapter E
Chapter F
Chapter G
Chapter H
Chapter I
Chapter J
Chapter K
Chapter L
Chapter M
Chapter N
Chapter O
Chapter P
Chapter R
Chapter S
Chapter T
Chapter U
Chapter V
Chapter Y
Chapter Z
Select Bibliography
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PENGUIN BOOKS
Hinduism
Roshen Dalal was born in Mussoorie and studied in various schools across the country. After a BA (Hons) in history from the University of Bombay, she completed an MA and PhD in ancient Indian history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has taught at both school and university, and been involved in research in the fields of history, religion and philosophy, and education. Apart from books, she has written numerous articles and book reviews. After working for many years as an editor, she is now a full-time writer, living in Dehradun.
Also by Roshen Dalal
The Vedas: An Introduction to Hinduism s Sacred Texts
The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths
The Illustrated Timeline of the History of the World
The Puffin History of India, Vols 1 and 2
The Puffin History of the World, Vol. 1
To my mother Nergis Dalal
List of Entries
Abala
abhanga
Abhasvaras/Abhasuras
Abhimanyu
Abhinavagupta
Abhirama
Abhirami Antadi
abhisheka
Abhutarayas/Abhutarajasas
Abjayoni
Abu, Mt.
Achala
acharya
Achyuta
Achyutananda Dasa
Adam s Bridge
Adbhuta
Adbhuta Ramayana
adharma
adhvaryu
adhyatma
Adhyatma Ramayana
Adhyatma Upanishad
Adi Purana
Adi Shankaracharya
Adideva
Adidevas
Adinatha
Aditi
Adityas
Adrishyanti
Advaita
Advaya-taraka Upanishad
Adya
Adyas
aesthetics, and religion
Agamas
Agastya
Agastya Ashrama
Agastyas
Aghora, deity
Aghora/Aghori
Aghora-shivacharya
Aghoreshvara temple
Agnayi
Agneya
Agneyas
Agni
Agni-devas
Agni Durga
Agni Purana
agnichayana
agnihotra
Agnijvala
agnikulas
agnikunda
agnipravesham
agnishtoma
Agnishvattah
Agnivesha/Agniveshya
agrahara
agricultural Rites
Ahalya
aham Brahmasmi
ahamkara
Ahi Budhnya/Ahirbudhnya
ahimsa
Ahirbudhnya Samhita
Ahiravana
Ahobalam/Ahobilam
Aihole
Airavata
Airavata Naga
Airavateshvara Temple
Aitareya Aranyaka
Aitareya Brahmana
Aitareya Upanishad
Aja
Aja Ekapad
Ajagava
Ajaikapad /Ajaikapat
Ajamukhas
Ajamukhi
Ajatashatru
Ajita
Ajitas
Ajivika
Ajna Chakra
ajnana
Ajyapas
Akanandun
Akkapey-cittar
akasha
Akho
akhyana
Akrura
Akshapada
akshara
Akshardham Temple
Akshaya Tritiya
Akshi Upanishad
Alagar/Azhagar
Alagar Koil
Alagiya Manavala Perumal
Alaka
Alakananda
Alakshmi
Alambusha
Alambusha (Alambushaa)
Alamelu-manga
Alandi
Alavandar
Alekh Dharma
Allahabad
Allama Prabhu
Allasani Peddana
Aluji, Kaviyo
Alvars/Azhwars
Alvar Tirunagari
Amagarbhas
Amarakosha
Amaravati
Amardaka
Amareshvara Temple
Amarkantak/Amarakantaka
Amarnath
Amarttas
amavasya
Amba
Amba Bhavani Temple
Ambedkar, B.R.
Ambika
Ambubachi
Amitabhas
amma
ammana songs
amrita
Amritaghateshvara-Abhirami Temple
Amritananda, Mata
Amritanubhava
Amritaprabhas
Amsha
amsha-avatara
Amuktamalyada
Anahata Chakra
Anala
Ananda Marga
ananda
Ananda Ramayana
Anandabodha Yati
Anandagiri
Anandamayi Ma
Ananga
Ananta
Ananta Dasa
Ananta Kandali
Anasuya
Anaya
ancestors
ancient world, and Hinduism
anda Kataha
Andal/Antal
Andhaka
Andhakasuramardin
Angada
Angaraka
Angiras
Angirasas
Angkor
Angkor Wat
Anila
Anilas
animals, in Hinduism
animisha
Aniruddha
Aniruddha Deva
anjali mudra
Anjana Devi
Anjaneya
Annada Mangala
Annamacharya
Annapurna
antahkarana
Antariksha
antaryamin
antyeshti
anu
Anu Gita
anugraha
Anuhlada/Anuhrada
anukramani
Anumati
Anurag Sagar
Anuru
Apah
Apam Napat
Aparajita (Aparajitaa)
Aparna
Apasmaras
Appar
Appayya Dikshitar
Aprakashas
apsaras
Araiyar
Aramati
arani
Aranmula Parthasarthy Temple
aranya
Aranyakas
Aranyani
Arbuda
archa
Ardhanarinaravapuh
Ardhanarishvara
Arhat
Arishtanemi
Arivattaya
Arjuna
Arjuna Kartavirya.
Arjuna s Penance
Arka
Artavas
Art of Living
artha
Arthashastra
arti
Arulnandi Shivachariyar
Aruna
Arunachalam/Arunachala
Arunachaleshvara Temple
Arunagirinatha
Arundhati
Arupattimuvar
arya
Arya Samaj
Aryaka
Aryaman
Aryans
asana
ascetics
Ashana
ashram/Ashrama
ashrama dharma
Ashtachhapa
Ashtadhyayi
Ashtadiggajas
Ashtadiggajas (poets)
Ashtavakra
Ashtavakra Gita
ashva
Ashvakranta Temple
Ashvalayana
ashvamedha
Ashvamedhika Parvan
Ashvashira
Ashvatara
Ashvattha
Ashvatthaman
Ashvins
Asikni
astika
astrology
asuras
Atala
Atharva Veda
Atharvan
Atharvan-Angirasah
Atibadi
Atma-bodha
Atma-bodha Upanishad
Atman/Atma
atoms
Atreyas
Atri
Attahasa
attakatha
Aum
Aurobindo, Sri
Auroville
Ava
avadhuta
Avadhuta Gita
Avadhuta Upanishad
aval/avalyum
Avantipur
Avarna
avatara
avidya
Avimukteshvara
Avimukta
Avvaiyar
avyakta
Aya
ayanam/ayana
Ayodhya
Ayudha Puja
Ayudha Purusha
ayurveda
Ayushmanta
ayyan
Ayyanar
Ayyappa
baba
Babaji, Mahavatara
Babhruvahana
Badami
Badarayana
Badari
Badrinath Temple
Bagadavat
Bagala
Bahai, and Hinduism
Bahinabai
Baijnath Temple
Baisakhi
Bajrang Dal
Bajreshvari Temple
Baka
Baladeva Vidyabhushana
Balaji
Balarama
Balarama Dasa, of Bengal
Balarama Dasa, of Orissa
Bali
Bana
barahamasa/Baramasa
bard
bargits (baragitas)
barhis
Basant Panchami
Basavanna
Bauls
Belur
Belur Matha
Besant, Annie
Bhadrachalam Ramadas
Bhadrachalam Temple
Bhadrakali
Bhaga
Bhagamandala
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavan
Bhagavata
Bhagavata Purana
Bhagavati
Bhagirathi
Bhai Duj
Bhairava
Bhairavi
Bhairon
bhajan
Bhaktamala
bhakti
Bhakti Yoga
Bhaktivedanta, Abhay Charanavinda
Bhaktivijaya
Bhalana
Bhanubhakta Acharya
Bharadvaja, rishi
Bharat Mata
Bharata
Bharata Shakti Mahakavyam
Bharatavarsha
Bharatchandra Ray
Bharati, Gopalakrishna
Bharati, Shuddhananda
Bharati, Subramania
Bharatidasan
Bharavi
Bhargava
Bhartrihari
Bhasa
Bhaskara
Bhaskara, deity
Bhaskararaya
bhashya
Bhattadeva
Bhatti
Bhava
Bhavabhuti
bhavana
Bhavanatha
Bhavani
Bhavani Temple, Tuljapur
Bhavishya Purana
Bhavishyottara Purana
Bhedabhedavada
bhikshu
Bhima
Bhima Bhoi
Bhima, deity
Bhimashankar Temple
Bhishma
Bhitargaon Temple
Bhogavati
Bhojadeva
Bhrajiras
Bhrigu
Bhrigu-ashrama
Bhrigus
Bhubaneswar
Bhudevi
Bhuloka/Bhurloka
Bhushunda
Bhushundi
bhuta
Bhutarajasas
Bhutattalvar
Bhuteshvara
Bhuvaneshvara
Bhuvaneshvari
Bhuvarloka
Bihu
Bijli Mahadev Temple
bilva
bindu
birds, sacred
bisanpata
Bishnoi
Bishnupur
Bithur
body
Bopadeva
Brahma
Brahma Kumaris
Brahma Purana
Brahma Siddhi
Brahma Sutra
Brahma Veda
brahmachari
brahmacharya
Brahman
brahmana
brahmana caste
Brahmanas
Brahmanaspati
Brahmanda
Brahmanda Purana
Brahmani
Brahmanism
Brahmapuri
Brahmarishi
Brahmavaivarta Purana
Brahmi
Brahmo Samaj
Brahmottara Purana
Brihad Devata
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brihaddharma Purana
Brihadeshvara Temple, Thanjavur
Brihadeshvara Temple, Gangaikondacholapuram
Brihannaradiya Purana
Brihaspati
brihaspati-sava
Brihat Samhita
Buddha
buddhi
Buddhism, and Hinduism
Budha, planet
Bulls, sacred
calendars
caste
categories
celibacy
Chaitanya Goswamis
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
chakra
Chakradhara
chakras
Chakshusha
Chakshushas
Chamunda/Chamundi
Chamunda Nandikeshvara Temple
Chamundeshvari Temple, Mysore
chandalas
Chandeshvara
Chandi or Chandika Purana
Chandi/Chandika
Chandi Mangala-kavya
Chandidas
Chandikeshvara
Chandi-Mahatmya/Chandi-patha
Chandra
Chandraketu
Chandramoulishvara
Chandrasakhi
Chandrashekhara
Chandravamsha
Chapala/Chapaliya
Charaka
charana
Charanadasa
Charita-puthis
Charvaka
chaturmasya vrata
Chaurasi Temples, Brahmaur
Chennakeshava Temple
Cherusseri Nambudri
chhandas/chhandah
Chhandogya Upanishad
Chhath
Chhaya
Chidambaram
chinachara
Chinmayananda, Swami
Chinnamasta
Chintamani
Chintpurni Temple
chiranjiva
Chitrabarhi
Chitragupta
Chitrakatha
Chitrakuta
Chitrangada
Chitrangada (Chitrangadaa)
Chitraratha
Chitsukha
chitta
Chokha Mela
Christianity, and Hinduism
Chyavana
coins, depicting religion
consciousness
cow, sanctity of
creation
Dada Lekhraj
Dadhicha
Dadhikra
Dadhimukha
Dadhyanch
Dadu
Dah Parbatiya Temple
daityas
dakini
Daksha
Daksha Savarna
Dakshina, goddess
dakshina (dakshinaa)
Dakshinamurti
Dakshineshvara Temple
dalits
Damayanti
Damodara
Damodaradeva
danavas
Danayu
dance, and religion
Danda
Danda/Dandaka
Dandakaranya
Dandi
Danu
darbha
Dariya Sahib
darshana
Darshapa
Daruka
Dasauli
Dasbodh
Dashahara (Dasehra)
Dashanana
Dasharatha
Dashavatara
Dashavatara Temple
Dasnami
Dasopant
Dattatreya
Dattatreya Upanishad
Dayabhaga
Dayananda Sarasvati, Swami
Dayarama
Dehu
deities
Delhi
deva
Deva-Danava-pujita
devadasis
deva-gana
Devaka
Devaki
Devaloka
Devanagari
Devapi
Devaraja cult
Devaram/Tevaram
devarishis
Devasena
devata
Devayanai
Devayani
Deva Yuga
Devi
Devi Bhagavata Purana
Devi Dol Temple
Devika
Devi-Mahatmya
Devi Upanishad
Dhama
Dhanada
Dhananjaya
Dhanteras
Dhanvantari
Dharamdasi
dharana
dharma
Dharma Deva
Dharma Shastras
Dharma Sutras
Dharma Thakur
Dharma-Mangala-kavya
Dharmaputra
Dharmaraja
Dhatr
Dhishana
Dhrishtadyumna
Dhritarashtra
Dhriti
Dhruva
Dhumavarna
Dhumavati
Dhumrorna/Dhumorna
dhuni
Dhurjati
dhyana
Dhyaneshvara
Diggajas
Dikapalas
Diti
Divali
Divine Light Mission
Divine Light Society
Doddamma
dog
doha
Dol Purnima
Draupadi
Dravidian Movement
dravya
Drona/Dronacharya
Drupada
Durga
Durga (fort) Temple, Aihole
Durga Puja
Durga Vahini
Durvasa/Durvasas
Duryodhana
Dushyanta
Dvaipayana
Dvaita
Dvaitadvaita
Dvapara Yuga
Dvaraka (Dwarka)
Dvarakad