The Hindus (145 page)
Authors: Wendy Doniger
Ravishankar, Shri Shri
Ravuttan, Muttal
Raza, Rahi Masuma
Raziya, sultan of Delhi
Rebellion of 1857-1858
Jahnsi massacre and
Kanpur massacre and
“Recessional” (Kipling)
Recognition (Pratijna), philosophy
reconversion ceremony
“Record of Buddhist Kingdoms” (Faxian)
Redfield, Robert
reincarnation
idea of circular time and
recurrent death and
in
Rig Veda
Rig Veda
sacrifice and
in Upanishads
Release
Renou, Louis
Renuka, Princess
Renukamba (goddess)
renunciation
addiction and
eroticism and
Four Ages myth and
individual salvation and
karma and
overcrowding and
Shankara-crocodile story and
in Upanishads
vegetarianism and
Return of Hanuman, The
(film)
(film)
Rig Veda
addiction in
Agni in
ahimsa
in
in
Brahmins and
caste in
composition of
death in
gods of
Hindu universe of
horse sacrifice in
humans-gods alliance in
Indra in
IVC and
karma in
kathenotheism and
mantras and
modern revisions of
oral preservation of
“Poem of the Primeval Man” in
polytheism in
Prithu myth in
reincarnation in
rita
(cosmic order) in
(cosmic order) in
sacrifice rituals in
social classes in
soma in
“There Was Not” hymn of
transmission of
Varuna in
Vishnu in
women and females in
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Rishi, The
(Giroux)
(Giroux)
Rishyashringa (sage)
rita
(cosmic order)
(cosmic order)
Robertson, H. D.
Robertson, Pat
Roger, Abraham
Rogue (Kitava)
Romans
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel
Rosenkranz and Guildenstern Are Dead
(Stoppard)
(Stoppard)
Roth, Philip
Rowling, J. K.
Roy, Rammohun
RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) (National Volunteers’ Organization)
Ruben, Walter
Rudra (god)
Rudradaman, Shaka king
Rudrasena II, king of the Vakatakas
Rukmini, Queen
Running Fence
(Christo and Jeanne-Claude)
(Christo and Jeanne-Claude)
Rupagoswamin (theologian)
Rushdie, Salman
Russia
sacrifice
bhakti and
in Brahmanas
Brahmins and
of buffalo
of cows
Devi movement and
of dogs
of horses,
see
horse sacrifice
see
horse sacrifice
human
humans-gods alliances and
Indra and
kingship and
in
Mahabharata
Mahabharata
Manu and
nonviolence and
recurrent death and
reincarnation and
in
Rig Veda
Rig Veda
in Shaiva Siddhanta
of snakes
soma and
Tantrism and
Upanishads and
vegetarianism and
sadharana dharma
Sadhus (ascetics)
Saffronization
Sagara (king, ocean)
Sahadeva
see also
Pandavas
Pandavas
Sahajiyas (sect)
Said, Edward
Saint Joan
(Shaw)
(Shaw)
Salhesh, Raja
Sama Veda
Samnyasa Upanishads
(Renunciation Upanishads)
(Renunciation Upanishads)
Samudra Gupta, Gupta emperor
sanatana dharma
Sandburg, Carl
Sangama dynasty
Sankhya (Numbers), philosophy of
Sanskrit
animals and
in Brahmanas
as cosmopolitan language
court poetry and
European translations of
in Gupta Empire
Kabir on
as model language
number in
oral traditions of
Puranas and
in
shastras
shastras
texts on
of Upanishads
Vedic
vernacular languages and
women and
Sanskritization
Santayana, George
Santoshi Mata (goddess)
Sants
Sapkale, Tryambak
Sarama (dog)
Saranyu (wife of the sun)
Sarasvati (goddess, river)
Sarasvati, Dayanand
Sarasvati Valley culture
Sarkar, Sumit
Sasanka, King
Sati (wife of Shiva)
dismemberment of
Satnamis (sect)
Satnampanth (Path of the True Name)
Satsangis (sect)
Satyabhama, Queen
Satyakama Jabala (Upanishadic sage)
Satya Narayana (god)
Satya Pir (holy man)
Satyavati, Princess
Satya Yuga (Age of Truth)
Savarkar. D.
Savitri (god)
Sayyid, Alam
Scheduled Castes,
see
Dalits
see
Dalits
Schelling, Friedrich
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Second Temple
Secret Doctrine, The
(Blavatsky)
(Blavatsky)
sectarianism
in Gupta Empire
Sen, Keshab Chunder
Sen, Mala
Sena (Sant)
Sepoy Rebellion,
see
Rebellion of 1857-1858
see
Rebellion of 1857-1858
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Beatles)
(Beatles)
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project
Shabari (holy woman)
Shachi (wife of Indra)
Shahis, Imam
Shah Nama
Shahriyar, Buzurg ibn
Shahu, Maharashtrian minister
Shaivas (worshippers of Shiva)
Buddhists and
Jainas and
Kashmir
Madhva and
Shiva’s conversion to
Shaiva Shore Temple
Shaiva Tantras
Shaka (Scythian) dynasty
Shakespear, Henry
Shakespeare, William
Shaktas (worshipers of the Goddess)
Shakta Tantras
shakti
(creative power)
(creative power)
Shakuntala
(Kalidasa)
(Kalidasa)
Shakyas (clan)
Shakymuni, Gautama,
see
Buddha
see
Buddha
Shalimar Gardens
Shambhaji, Maharashtrian ruler
Shambuka (mythical figure)
Shame
(Rushdie)
(Rushdie)
Shankara (philosopher)
Madhva vs.
Shantanu, King
Sharqi kingdom
shastras
addiction control in
animals in
Brahmins threatened by
caste and class in
central issues of
escape clauses of
homosexuality in
marriage in
on medicine
range of subjects of
rape in
structure of
as term
vegetarianism in
women in
Shatapatha Brahmana
Shatavahana dynasty
Shatrughna, Queen
Shattaris (Sufi sect)
Shaw, George Bernard
Shaytanpura (City of Satan)
sheep
see
also goats
see
also goats
Sheffield, Reginald
Shibi, King
Shikhidhvaja, King
Shikoh, Dara
Shiva (god)
bhakti of
Brahma beheaded by
Daksha’s sacrifice and
Draupadi and
earliest depiction of
in films
as half of Hari-Hara
Kama and
Khandoba as avatar of
linga worship and
in
Mahabharata
Mahabharata
Nandi as vehicle for
Parvati and
in Puranas
as savior
Shaivas’ conversion of
shakti
of
of
as Skull Bearer
temper of
temples of
as woman
worship of
Shivaji, Maharashtrian ruler
Shiva Purana
Shore, John
Shramanas (renunciants)
Shrauta Sutras
Shri (goddess of prosperity)
Shri Vaishnavism
shruti
(body of literature)
(body of literature)
Shuddhodana (father of Buddha)
Shudras (Other Backward Castes)
Shulman, David
Shumbha (antigod)
Shunah shepha, human sacrifice of
Shunga dynasty
Shurpanakha (ogress)
Shushtari, Qadi Nurullah
Shva-Pakas (dog cookers caste)
Shvetaketu (sage)
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Siculus, Diodorus
Siddhanta (school of philosophy)
Siddha Yoga Dharma Associates (SYDA) Foundation
Sikhs, Sikhism
Sind, British annexation of
Sindhu, river
Siraj-ud-daula, nawab of Bengal
Sisunaga, king
Sita (wife of Rama)
banishment of
Dalit depictions of
disappearance of
enters the earth
fire ordeal of
horse sacrifice and
Lakshmana’s relationship with
Rama’s loss of
in revised
Ramayana
Ramayana
sexuality and
twin sons of
women’s rights and
as women’s role model
Sita Devi
Sitala (goddess of smallpox)
Sitayana
(film)
(film)
Sivan, Santosh
Skanda (son of Shiva)
Skanda Purana
Skull Bearers sect (Kapalikas)
“Slaying of Meghanada, The” (Datta)
Sleeman, William Henry “Thuggee,”
Smith, Will
smriti
(body of literature)
(body of literature)
snakes:
rope illusion and
sacrifice of
Society of God (Brahmo Samaj)
“Sojourn of the Beloved” (Hariaudh)
Solomon, King
soma (plant)
Agni and
in
Rig Veda
Rig Veda
sacrifice and
in Vedic rites
Soma (god)
Somanatha, Palkuriki
Somanatha, Temple of
“Song of the Cowherd, The” (
Gita Govinda
) (Jayadeva)
Gita Govinda
) (Jayadeva)
Sophocles
soul
South Africa
Southey, Robert
Spivak, Gayatri
Sri Lanka
see also
Lanka
see also
Lanka
Srinivas, M. N.
Star Trek
(television show)
(television show)
Stavorinus, J. S.
Stoppard, Tom
stupas
subaltern studies movement
Such a Long Journey
(Mistry)
(Mistry)
Sufism
Syncretism and
Sugriva (king of the monkeys)
Sukeshin (ogre)
Sumatra
Sumer
Sumitra, Queen
Sunda (antigod)
Supreme Court, Indian
Surya (sun god)
Sushruta (medical author)
Sutas (Charioteers caste)
suttee, practice of
Brahmins and
British and
coercion and choice and
in Harsha era
human rights and
Indian liberation movements and
moral control of women and
in Mughal Empire
opposition to
romanticization of
Sati and
women and
Sutton, Willie
sva-dharma
Swaminarayan
Swaminarayan Mandir temple
“Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” (O’Brien)
syncretism
Syria
Tagore, Debendranath
Tagore, Rabindranath
Taittiriya Upanishads
Taj Mahal
Talikota, battle of (1565)
Tamil language
Tamils
early literature of
Tantras, Tantrism
accidental grace and
American misappropriation of
animals in
bhakti and
Tantras, Tantrism (
cont.
):
cont.
):
caste inversion in
Chandrika-Mahisha myth in
Chandrika-Shumbha myth in
defining
elements of
Five Ms schema of
heresies and
Kundalini ritual and
origins of
Pashupata sect and
Puranas and
sacrifice and
as salvation
sanitization of
temple complexes of
vegetarianism
women and
tapas
(inner heat)
(inner heat)
Tara, Queen
Tarabai, Queen
Taranath (historian)
Tarikh-i-Farishta
Tataka (ogress)
Tecinku (hero)
Tej (folk figure)
Tejan (mare)
Tej Singh
Telugu (language)
temples
of Chola kingdom
darshan
in Delhi Sultanate
desecration of
diversity of
of Elephanta
of Ellora
eroticism and
of Gupta Empire
inverted carvings of
mosques and
negative carvings of
present day configuration of
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