123
nirguṇa brahman
255
Niṛrti
193
Nirukta
14
,
48
,
74
,
193
Niścaldās
259
niṣkala
Śiva
171
Niśumbha
203
,
204
–
206
nitya līlā
112
nitya-baddhas
98
nityodita
170
Nixon, Ronald
126
niyama
246
Niyamānanda
110
niyati
168
Nṛsiṇha, images
120
;
Nṛsiṇha Purāṇa
128
; Nṛsiṇha
avatāra
91
nyāsa
210
Nyāya
158
,
236
–
240
Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika
232
–
240
Nyāyakusumañjalī
239
,
261
Nyāyāmṛta
109
Nyāyaratnakāra
79
Nyāyaratnamāla
69
Nyāya Sūtra
232
,
236
Oppenheimer, R.
281
origin, of goddess
200
Osborne, A.
283
Padārthadharmasaṅgraha
233
Padma Purāṇa
13
,
128
Padmanābha
100
Padmapāda
258
pādodaka
172
Painted Gray Ware
39
Pañcabrahmā
avatāras
of Śiva
155
,
174
pañcācāra
171
Pañcadaśī
258
pañcākṣara
172
pañca makāras
209
–
210
Pañcāṅga
30
Pañcapādika
258
Pāñcarātra
9
,
80
,
81
,
82
,
90
,
98
,
99
,
115
Pāñcarātra Āgamas
97
Pāñcarātrins
82
pañca tattva
209
Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa
12
pañcāyatana pūjā
227
Pandharpur
124
Panikkar, Raimon
281
Pāṇini
42
,
136
,
240
pāpa
173
Pappu, R.R.
265
parama-aṇu
234
Parabrahman
172
Parameṣṭi, Ṛśi
92
Parameśvara
173
Parameśvara Saṃhitā
14
paranjoti
179
Paranjoti.V.
186
Para-śiva
170
,
172
para-sthānaka-mūrti
120
paraśu
212
Paraṣurāma
avatāra
92
; images
121
Parekh, M.C.
132
Parsons, J.
45
Parśvanatha, Tīrthāṇkara
20
Parthasārati Miśra
68
Pārvatī
195
; Pārvatī-Śakti
l99
pāśa
146
,
160
,
161
; three kinds
162
,
212
;
pāśa-jñāna
163
paśu
146
; eternal
159
,
161
; three kinds
162
;
paśu-jñāna
163
;
paśu-mārga
208
Pāśupatas
137
,
138
,
158
–
161
;
Pāśupata-vidhis
159
; Pāśupata-vrata
146
,
159
; Pāśupata-yoga
159
; Pāśupatasūtras
159
Paśupati
135
,
141
,
144
,
149
,
155
,
158
pāśutva mūla
159
Patañjali
96
,
136
,
240
–
242
pati
161
;
pati-jñāna
163
; knowledge through Śiva
165
Pauṣkara Āgama
161
Payne, E.
220
perception
237
Periya Purāṇa
178
Pillai, G. K.
17
Pillai, S. S.
182
,
187
Piśācas
196
Ponnambalam Ramanathan
180
Pope, G.U.
180
,
187
Prabandbam
103
Prabhākara Miśra
68
,
69
,
71
Prabhupāda, Swāmi Bhaktivedānta
118
Pradyumna
90
,
100
,
120
Prahlāda
91
Prajāpati
136
Prakāśātman
257
,
258
prakṛti;
identified with goddess
191
;
prakṛti-puruṣa
243
pralaya
170
Prāṇaliṅga
171
;
prāṇa-liṅgin-bhakti
171
prāṅyāma
246
,
247
prapatti
103
,
104
,
110
,
159
prārabdha
164
prasāda
172
Prasādaliṅga
171
Praśāstapāda
234
Pratyabhijñā
138
,
158
,
168
,
169
,
217
Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam
168
,
186
pratyāhāra
246
,
247
pratyakṣa
237
Prauḍha Brāhmaṇa
12
Prāyāga
82
preman
113
,
115
,
117
,
168
pretas
212
prīti
117
Proto-Śiva
135
Prthivī
62
;
pṛthivī
193
Pṛthu
93
Puruṣottama
85
pūjā,supersedes yajña
71
puṇya
173
Purāṇas
12
; older than Vedas
7
; as old as Vedas
15
; Purāṇic dynastic lists
39
,
40
Purī
18
purity
246
Pūrṅa Puruśottama
113
Purnaprajñā (Madhva)
107
;
Pūrṅaprajñā-darśana
82
Purusa
90
;
Puruṣa-sūkta
85
; Śaivite interpretation
142
Pūrva Mīmāmṣā
68
–
71
,
250
–
252
Pusalker, A.D.
16
,
76
,
77
,
94
,
129
,
130
,
181
Puṣṭi
207
;
puṣṭimārga
23
,
111
; open to all
112
Pūtanā
95
,
128
Pythagoras
241
Qutb-ud-din Aibak
27
; sack of Vāraṇāsī
28
Rādhā
95
,
111
,
115
; images
121
; goddess
130
; Laksmī
130
,
207
Rādhā Dāmodar temple
24
Radhakrishnan, S.
183
,
185
,
273
Rādhāraman temple
24
Rādhāvallabha
saṃpradāya
24
rāga
168
,
245
;
rāgānuga bhakti
118
Rāgunāṭha Dāsa
24
Rahasya saṃpradāya
168
Rahasyatrayasāra
107
Rajaram, N.S
44
rajas
243
Rājatarangiṅī
4
Rājayoga
240
Rājghāt
27
Rājputs
24
rakṣaka
103
Rākṣasas
196
raksya
103
Raktabīja
204
Raktadānta
205
Rāma
94
,
120
; Rāma-Sītā
123
Rāma Tīrtha, Swāmi
125
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
15
,
192
,
218
; Ramakrishna Mission
271
Ramaṇa Maharṣi
15
,
275
Rāmānuja
27
,
82
,
96
,
102-3
,
130
,
254
Rāmayāṇa
9
,
12
,
58
; Rāma
87
Rāmcaritmānas
15
,
87
,
124
Ram Mohan Roy
269
–
270
Rām Rājya Pariṣad
272
Randhawa, M.S.
129
Raṅga Viṭhala
124
Ranghacharya, V.
130
,
131
Rao, C.H.
186
Rao, Gopinath T.A.G.
78
Rao, S.R.
31
rasa
115
;
rasa-līlā
115
Raseśvara
158
,
178
; Raseśvaras
138
Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsevak Saṅgh (RSS)
272
,
274
,
282
rati
116
Rātrī
193
Raudrī
213
Rayacandra
28
Reformers
10
,
266
Rege, P.
260
Renou, L.
73
,
126
Ṛgveda, canon
9
,
11
,
34
,
35
; composition
42
; interpretation
47
–
52
; text transmission
47
;
pāda
text
48
,
53
,
78
; Viṣṇu hymns
83
Ripumārī Durgā
212
rodhaśakti
217
Roth, R.
49
Ṛṣabha
81
,