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193
Varadachari, K.V
130
Varāha, images
120
;
Varāha
Purāṇa
13
,
128
; Varāha
avatāra
91
Varahī
204
Vārānasī (Banaras, Benares)
26
–
30
; Jains
27
; named Mohammabad
29
Vārkaris
124
vasācārya
159
Vasistha
61
; Vasistha’s Head
45
Vāsudeva
90
,
120
; Vasudeva-Kṛṣṇa
80
; identified with Herakles
81
Vasugupta
168
vātsalya-bhakti
116
Vaudeville, A.
134
Vāyu Purāṇa
57
,
76
,
77
,
144
,
145
,
158
Veda
9
Vedācāra
208
–
209
Vedāngas
14
Vedānta
9
,
10
; schools of
254
–
259
Vedānta parijāta saurabha
132
Vedānta Desika
69
,
107
Vedānta Ashrams
271
Veddntācāryas
, ten recognized
264
Vedāntaparibhāsa
258
Vedāntasāra
258
Vedāntasūtra
253
Vedic Age
8
; altars
7
; sacrifices
7
; rituals
72
verbal testimony
237
vibhava-avatāra;
purpose
101
; images of
120
Vibhrama-viveka
68
vibhūti
245
,
249
Vicāra Sāgara
259
Vidala
151
,
206
videha-kaivalya
142
vidhi
159
Vidhi-viveka
68
vidyā
161
,
163
,
168
,
166
Vidyāpati
114
,
130
Vidyāraṇya
258
Vijayanagara
10
,
138
,
258
Vimuktātman
258
Vindhyavāsinī
205
,
212
vipralamba-rati
116
Vīrabhadra
146
,
174
Virajā
101
vīra-mārga
208
Vīramitrodaya
31
Vīraśaivism
138
,
170
–
173
Virūpākṣa
138
viśeṣa
234
–
235
Vishveshvaranada Vedic Research Institute
271
Viśiṣṭa-Śaiva-Vedānta
166
Viśiṣṭādvaita
82
Viṣṇu; resting on
śeṣa
5
,
53
,
59
; supports Indra
66
;
avatāras
82
;
Viṣṇu-pāda
82
; “allpervader”
84
; protector of the unborn
84
; dwarf
88
; Upendra
89
; Viṣṇu-viraṭ
96
;
krīḍa
97
,
100
; six qualities
100
; images
119
; master of all
145
; dependent on Śiva
152
Viṣṇudharma
128
Viṣṇudharmottara
120
,
121
,
128
,
133
Viṣṇumitra
119
Viṣṇu Purāṇa
76
,
128
,
148
,
217
Viṣṇu-Smṛti
12
Viśva Hindū Pariṣad (VHP)
272
,
274
Viśvakarman
66
Viśvanātha Cakravarti
24
Viśvarūpa
55
,
61
,
63
,
66
,
161
Viśveśvara temple
29
Viṭhoba
124
Vivādavarṇavasetu
268
Vivaraṇa
257
,
258
Vivarana-school
257
–
258
viveka
246
,
249
Vivekananda, Swami
271
Vraja
19
Vrajavilāsastava
24
vratas
122
Vrindāban; massacre of inhabitants
22
; place of pilgrimage
23
–
26
; celestial
118
Vrindaban Research Institute
25
Vṛka
151
Vṛndā
32
Vṛṣṇis
81
Vṛtra
52
–
67
,
77
vṛtraban
52
Vyāghrāsura
172
vyākaraṇa
14
Vyāsa
42
; an avatāra of Viṣṇu
93
,
242
vyasana
113
Vyāsarāya
109
,
124
vyūha
81
,
93
vyuptakeśa
140
vyūrtha tāṇḍava
176
Weizsäcker, C.F. von
280
Wilkins C.
268
Winternitz. M.
36
women, as Vedic priestesses
73
Woodroff, J.
222
World Parliament of Religions
271
worship; Vaiṣṇava
122
; Śaiva
173
–
179
wrath of Goddess
215
Yādavas
81
yajña
55
; performed today
72
Yājñavalkya-smṛti
12
,
42
Yajurveda
11
,
54
,
139
Yakṣas/yakṣis
31
Yakṣesvara-avatāra
155
yama
246
Yamunā
195
Yāmunācārya
103
,
131
yantra
194
,
210
Yāska
42
,
48
,
52
,
54
Yaśodā
198
,
205
,
208
Yatiswarananda, Swami
186
Yatīndramatadīpikā
133
yoga
158
,
159
,
161
; devotion
98
,
240
–
242
; theory and practice
244
–
250
Yoga Research Centre
250
Yogananda, Paramahamsa
275
Yogāṇga
171
Yoga-sūtras
240
; commentary by Śaṇkara
242
Yogis, Śaivas
178
yoni
worship
200
Young, R.F
16
,
283
Yudhajit
206
Zimmer, H
133
,
186
,
283
,
280
,
267
Zvelebil, K.
178
,
187

 

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