The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion
editThe Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion, ed. Stephan Schumacher and Gert Woerner, Shambhala, 1994==
Major articles
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- Aurobindo Ghose;
- Chakra;
- Hanumat or Mahavira or Mahavir; Hinduism;
- Kundalini energy;
- Mahabharata;
- OM;
- Purana;
- Ramana Maharshi or Ramana Maharishi;
- Shesha-Naga or Sesa-Naga or Shesha; Shiva; Shri-Yantra or Sri Yantra;
- Tantra;
Significant articles
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- Advaita-vedanta; Ahamkara; Ajapa-mantra; Amarakhosa; Amritabindu Upanishad, Anandamayi Ma; Apsara; Asana; Asana-Jaya; Ashvatthaman; Ashvin; Asura; Atharvaveda; Avadhuta Gita; Avatara; Ayurveda;
- Bali or Mahabali; Bana; Bhagavad-Gita; Bhakti-Sutra; Bhakti yoga; Brahma Sutras; Bharata; Bhavana; Brahman; Brahmana or Brahman; Brahmi sthiti; Brahmo Samaj;
- Chaitanya; Chanchala; Chandas; Chandogya Upanishad; Chela; Chit;
- Dharma; Dhruva; Divya-Siddhis; Drig-Drishya-Viveka; Durga;
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; Ganesha or Ganesa; Ganga; Gaudapada; Grihastha; Gritsamada; Guna; Guru;
- Hanuman-Nataka; Hari-Hara; Himavat; Hiranyagarbha;
- Ida; Idam; Ikshvaku; Indra; Ishta-Deva; Ishvara;
- Jagannatha; Janaka; Jiva; Jnana;
- Ka; Kabir; Kailasa; Kala; Kali or Kalika; Kama; Kansa or Kamsa; Karma; Karma-Kanda; Karma yoga; Karttikeya; Kasaya; Kashi; Kashyapa; Keshab Chandra Sen; Krishna; Kurma-Purana; Kurukshetra;
- Lakshana; Lakshmana or Laksmana; Lakshmi or Laksmi; Lanka; Linga or Lingam; Lingayat or Virashaiva; Loka; Lokapala;
- Madhva or Madhvacharya or Anandatirtha; Magadha; Mahavakya; Mahavamsa; Mahavrata; Manu; Manu-Samhita; Marut; Matsya; Meditation; Meru or Sumeru; Mimamsa; Mira Bai; Swami Muktananda; Muni;
- Nachiketa; Nala; Nara-Narayana; Narayana; Nataraja; Nimbarka; Nrisimha-Tapaniya-Upanishad;
- Padma-Purana; Padmasana; Panchadasi; Panchatantra; Panini; Parashurama; Para Vidya; Parijata; Patala; Patanjali; Pishachas; Pitri; Pitriyana; Prachetas; Pradyumna; Prahlada; Prajnanam Brahma; Prakrita; Prana; Prashna; Prashastapada; Prithivi; Pururavas; Purusha; Purusha-Sukta; Pushan; Pushkara;
- Rāja yoga; Raja yoga (Hindu astrology); Rakshasa; Rama or Ramachandra; Ramakrishna or Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya; Ramakrishna Order; Ramananda; Ramanuja; Ramasetu; Ramayana; Ramprasad or Ramaprasad; Ravana; Rigveda; Rishi or Rsi; Rudra;
- Sai Baba of Shirdi; Sakshi; Samhita; Samyama; Sannyasin or Samnyasin or Sannyasi; Sanskrit or Samskrta; Satsanga or Satsamga; Satyakama Jabala; Sayana or Sayanacharya; Shaiva-Siddhanta; Shakti; Shakuntala; Shankara or Samkara or Shankaracarya; Shantanu; Shesha-Naga; Shraddha; Shvetaketu; Siddhi; Sita; Soma; Surya or Savitri; Sutra; Swayambhu; Swastika;
- Taijasa; Taittiriya Upanishad; Tala; Tanmatras; Tantra; Tapas or Tapasya; Tattva; Tat Tvam Asi; Tejobindu Upanishad; Tirthankara; Trailanga Svami; Trika; Trilochana; Trimurti; Trivikrama; Tukaram; Tulsidas or Tulasidas; Tvashtri or Tvastr;
- Uchchishta or Uccista; Uma; Upadesasahasri; Upanishads; Upaveda; Urvashi; Usha; Ushas;
- Vairochana; Vaisheshika; Vaishnava; Vaishvanara; Vajra; Vak or Vac or Vach; Vakya Vritti or Vakavrtti; Vallabha or Vallabhacharya; Valmiki; Vamadeva; Vamana; Varna; Varuna; Vasishtha; Vasudeva; Vayu; Vedanta; Vedas; Vibhishana or Bibhishana or Vibisana; Vidyaranya or Madhavacharya; Vigraha; Vijnana; Virabhadra; Vishnu; Vishvedevas; Vishvamitra; Vritra; Vyahriti;
- Yajurveda; Yama; Yantra; Yayati; Yoga; Yogananda or Paramahamsa Yogananda; Yoga-Sutra; Yudhishthira; Yuga;
Minor articles
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- Abhasa-Chaitanya II; Abhasavada; Abhava; Abhaya-Vachana; Abheda-Bocha-Vakya; Abhimana; Abhimukti; Abhinivesha or Abhinivesa; Abhyasa; Achamana or Acamana; Acharya; Achintya-Shakti or Achintya-Sakti; Adesha or Adesa; Adhara; Adharma; Adhyasa; Adhyatma-Ramayana; Adhyatma-Yoga; Adhyatmika; Adi Granth; Aditi; Aditya; Adityavarna; Advaita; Advaitananda; Adya-Shakti; Agama; Agami-karma; Agni; Agnihotra; Agni-Vaishvanara; Agni-Yatavedas; Aham Brahman Asmi or Aham Brahmasmi; Ahampratyaya; Ahimsa; Aishvara-Yoga; Aishvarya; Aitareya; Ajnana; Akama; Akasha; Akrodha; Akshara or Aksara; Akshara-Purusha; Alabha-Bhumikatva; Alambana; Alvar; Amanaska; Amara-Purusha; Amba; Amrita; Amritattva; Anahata-Shabda; Ananda; Anandagiri; Anandamaya-Kosha; Ananda-Purusha; Ananta; Anatma-Vritti-Nirodha; Anavashti-Tattva; Anga; Angkor Wat; Aniruddha; Anish; Anitya; Anjali; Annamaya-kosha; Annamaya-Purusha; Annapurna; Antahkarana; Antara-Kumbhaka; Antaranga-Sadhana; Antaratman; Antarindriya; Antarindriya; Antarmukha; Antaryamin; Anubhavi-Guru; Anupalabdhi; Anushthana; Anuvyavaaya; Anvaya; Apara-Prakriti; Apara-Vairagya; Apara-Vidya; Aparigraha; Aparoksha; Aradhana; Aradhana; Arambha-Vada; Aranyaka; Arati; Arghya; Arjava; Arjuna; Arpitamano-Buddhi; Artha; Arthana-Chandata-Kriya; Arunachala; Aryaman; Arya Samaj; Asanga; Asat; Ashrama; Asraya; Ashtanga-Yoga; Ashtavarka; Ashuba; Ashvattha; Asparsha; Asteya; Astika; Atmabodha; Atma-Chintana; Atmadana; Atma-Darshan; Atma-Droha; Atma-Jnana; Atman; Atmananda; Atmaprasada; Atmarati; Atmasamarpana; Atma-Shakti; Atmavirya; Atmayajna; Avachcheda-Vada; Avadhuta; Avarana; Avastha; Avidya; Avidya-Maya; Aviveka; Ayam Atman Brahman;
- Babu; Bahiranga-Sadhana; Bahiratman; Bahir-Mukha; Bahya-Puja; Balarama; Bandha; Bengali calendar; Bhaga; Bhagayaga-Lakshana; Bhagavata-Purana; Bhagavan; Bhairava; Bhajana; Bhakta; Bhakti; Bhakti-Marga; Bhakti-Shastras; Bharati; Bhargavi-Varuni-Vidya; Bhaskara; Bhava; Bhavamukha; Bhava-Pratyaya; Bhavasagara; Bhava-Samadhi; Bhavatarini; Bheda; Bhedabheda-Veda; Bheri-Nada; Bhishma; Bhoga; Bhranta; Bhranti-Darshana; Bhrigu; Bhrumadhya-Drishti; Bhuman; Bhuman-Vidya; Bhur; Bhurloka; Bhuta; Bhuta-Siddhi; Bhutatman; Bhuva; Bhuvaneshvara; Bhuvarloka; Bija; Bindu; Bodhi; Brahma; Brahma-Chaitanya; Brahmacari; Brahmacharya; Brahmakara-Vritti; Brahmaloka; Brahmamuhurta; Brahmanam or Brahmana; Brahma-Nadi; Brahma-Nama; Brahmanaspati; Brahman-Bhavana; Brahmanda; Brahmani; Brahmanirvana; Brahmanism; Brahman Satyam, Jagat Mithya; Brahmarandrha; Brahma-Samadhi; Brahma-Sutra; Brahmatejas; Brahma-Vastu; Brahmavid; Brahmavid-Varishtha; Brahmavidya; Brahma-Yoga; Brahmopasana; Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad; Brihaspati; Buddhehparatah; Buddhi; Buddhi-Yoga;
- Chaddar; Chaitanya-Purusha; Chaitya-Purusha; Chakrabandha; Chamatkara; Chanchala; Chandi; Chandra-Nadi; Chandrayama; Charvaka; Chatur-ashrama; Chatur-yoni; Chetas; Chidabhasa; Chidakasha; Chidambaram; Chidatman; Chinmatra; Chinmatroham; Chinmayakosha; Chinnamasta; Chintamani; Chitam; Chit-Purusha; Chitra-Nadi; Chit-Shakti; Chitta; Chit-Tapas; Chittaprasada; Chitta-Shuddhi; Chitta-Vikshepa; Chittavritti; Chittavritti-Nirodha; Churning of the ocean;
- Dahara-vidya; Daitya; Daiva; Daivi-Maya; Daivi-Shakti; Daksha; Dakshina; Dakshina-Agni; Dakshinachara; Dakshina-Marga; Dakshinayana; Dandin; Dardura-Siddhi; Daridra-Sheva; Darshana; Dasaratha; Dasya; Swami Dayananda; Deha-Abhyasha; Deva; Devadatta; Devaki; Devayana; Devi; Dhama; Dhanurveda; Dhanvantari; Dharana; Dharma-Shastra; Dharma-Sutra; Dhashanjaya; Dhatu-Prasada; Dhenu; Dhritarashtra; Dhyana; Digambara; Diksha; Dipavali; Diti; Divya-Gandha; Divya-Jhoish; Draupadi; Drishti; Durva; Dvaita; Dvaitadvaita-Vedanta; Dvaita-Vedanta; Dvandvamoha; Dvaraka; Dvija; Dyaus; Divya-drishti;
- Ekadashi; Ekagra; Ekagrata; Eka-Tattvabhyasa; Ekatva; Ellora or Elura;
- Gandarva; Ganesha-Gita; Garhapatya-Agni; Garuda; Gavishthira; Gaya; Gayatri; Ghat; Ghatakasha; Ghrita; Gita; Gitagovinda; Go; Goloka; Gomati; Gopala; Gopis; Gorakh; Gosvami; Gotama or Gautama or Satananda; Govinda; Granthi; Grihya-Sutra; Gudakesha; Guha; Gunatita; Gupta; Gurubhava; Gurudeva; Gurukripa; Gurumantra;
- Hamsa; Hari; HARI OM; Harivamsha; Harsha; Hatha-Yoga; Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika; Hayagriva; Hindi; Hiranyaparakosha; Hiranyavat; Hitopadesha; Homa;
- Iccha-mrityu; Indrajit; Indriya; Isha; Ishta-Mantra; Ishvarakoti; Ishvara-Pranidhana; Itihasa;
- Jabali; Jada-Prakriti; Jada-Samadhi; Jagat; Jagrat; Jahnu; Jaimini; Jainism; Jakujo; Japa; Jaya; Jivakoti; Jivatva; Jivanmukta; Jivanmukti-Viveka; Jivatman; Jnana-Kanda; Jnana-Karma-Samuchchaya-Vada; Jnana-Mudra; Jnana-Yoga; Jnani-Bhakta; Jnanin; Jvala-Mukhi; Jyotis; Jyotisha;
- Kaikeiyi; Kaivalya; Kaivalya-Mukti; Kaivalya-Pada; Kala-Bhairava; Kali; Kalidasa; Kalika-Purana; Kalki; Kalpa; Kalpa-Sutra; Kalpataru; Kalyana-Shraddha; Kama-Sutra; Kaminikanchana; Kamya; Kanada; Kanchi; Kanda; Kanva; Kanya-Kumari; Kapala; Kapila; Karana-Purusha; Karana-Sharira; Karanopadhi; Karika; Karmaphalatyaga; Karmendriya; Kartavyam-Karma; Kartritva-Abhimana; Karuna; Karya-Brahman; Kashaya; Kathaka; Katha-Upanishad; Kaupin or Kaupina; Kauravas; Kaushitaki; Kautsa; Kavi; Kedarnath; Kena-Upanishad or Talavakara-Upanishad; Kevala Asti; Kevaladvaita-Vedanta; Kham-Brahm; Kheyala; Kirtana or Kirtan or Sankirtan; Klesha; Kosha; Krita-Lrotya; Kritatman; Kshanti; Kshara; Kshara-Purusa; Kshatriya; Kshetrajna; Kubera or Kuvera; Kuladevata; Kumari; Kumarila Bhatta; Kumbhaka; Kumbha-Mela; Kundalini-Shakti; Kundalini-Yoga; Kurma; Kusha;
- Laghiman; Lakshana-Vakya or Laksana-Vakya; Lakshya; Laya; Laya-Samadhi; Laya-Yoga; Lila; Lilamaya; Linga-Purana; Lokayata; Lotus;
- Madhava; Madhu; Madhura-Bhava; Madhu-vidya; Mahabhava; Mahabhuta; Mahadeva; Mahakala; Mahakarana; Mahamaya; Mahapralaya or Jahanaka or Sanhara; Mahapuranas; Mahapurusha or Mahapurusa; Maharishi; Mahashunya or Mahasunya; Mahatattva or Mahat; Mahatma; Mahavidyas; Mahavira or Mahavir; Maha-Yoga; Maitreyi; Mala; Manana; Manas; Mandala; Mandukya Upanishad; Manomaya-Kosha; Manomaya-Purusha; Manorajya; Mantra or Mantram; Mantra-Yoga; Mardava; Marga; Mathura; Mauna; Maya; Mayavada; Mikkyo; Mimamsa-Paribhasha; Mimamsa-Sutra; Mimamsa-Varttika; Mitra; Moha; Moksa; Mritunjaya-Siddhi; Mudra; Mulaprakriti; Mulavidya; Mumukshutva; Mundaka Upanishad;
- Nada; Nadi; Naga; Nagara; Nagna; Niashkarmya-Siddhi; Namah or Namas; Namajapa; Namarupa; Nanak; Nandi; Narada; Naraka; Naralila; Narasimha; Nasadasiya; Nastika; Nataka; Navaratna; Neti neti; Nididhyasana; Nidra; Nilakantha; Nirbija-Samadhi; Nirdvamda; Nirguna Brahman; Nirgunaguni; Nirodha; Nirukta; Nirvana; Nirvachara-Samadhi; Nirvikalpa samadhi; Nirvishaya; Nirangadatta Maharaj; Nishkama-Karma; Nishtha; Nistragunya; Niti-Shastras; Nitya; Nitya-Karma; Nitya-Vak; Nivritti-Marga; Niyama; Nyaya; Nyaya-Sutra;
- Ojas; Om namo narayanaya; Om tat sat;
- Panchagni Vidya; Pancharatra; Panchatapas; Pandavas; Pandit; Pandu; Para-Purusha; Paramartha; Paramatman; Para-Maya; Parameshvara; Paraprakriti; Parapratyaksha; Parardha; Para-Shakti; Parashara; Paratpara; Paravairagya; Paravak; Paribhu; Parikara; Parinamavada; Parishad; Parishishta; Parvati; Pasha; Pashyanti; Pingala (author); Pingala; Prabhakara; Pradhana; Prajapati; Prajna (Vedic); Prajna; Prakasha; Prakriti; Pralaya; Pramana; Pranam; Pranamaya-Kosha; Pranava; Prana-Vidya; Pranayama; Prapti-Prapya; Prarabdha karma; Prasada; Prashnottara; Prasthanatraya; Pratibhatika; Pratibimbavada; Pratiloma; Pratipaksha-Bhavana; Pratishtha; Pratyabhijna; Pratyahara; Pratyaksha; Pravritti; Prayopaveshana; Prema-Bhakti or Prema; Prema-Samarthya; Puja; Punarajati; Purashcharana; Puri; Purnadvaita-Vedanta; Purnakama; Purna-Yoga; Purushartha; Purusha-Yajna; Purushottama or Para-purusa or Uttama-brahman; Purva; Purva-Mimamsa; Putana;
- Radhakanta; Raga; Rajarishi; Rajas; Ramalila or Ramlila; Ramatapaniya-Upanishad; Rameshvara or Ramesara or Rameshvaram; Ram-Nan; Rasa; Rathayatra; Rta;
- Sadguru; Sadhakakoti; Sadhana; Sadhu; Sadmaya-Kosha; Saguna brahman; Sahaja; Sahasranaman; Sakshin; Samadhi; Samarpana; Samatva; Samaveda; Samprajnata-Samadhi; Samsara; Samskara; Samudra; Sanatana-Dharma; Sanchita-Karma or Samcita-Karma; Sandhya or Samdhya; Sangha; Sanipya; Sankalpa or Samkalpa; Sankhya or Samkhya; Sannyasa or Samnyasa; Sannyasa-Upanishad or Samnyasa Upanishad; Santosha or Samtosa; Sarasvati; Sarvabhuta; Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma; Sarva-Upanishad-Sara or Sarva-Sara; Sat; Satata-Yukta; Satchidananda or Saccidananda; Sati; Sattva; Satya; Satyagraha; Satyaloka; Saumyatva; Savicahara-Samadhi; Savikalpa-Samadhi; Savitri or Savitr; Savitri; Shabda; Shabda Brahman; Shaivism or Shivaism; Shakha; Shakti-Sanchara; Shaktism or Tantrism; Shama; Shambhava; Sandilya Vidya; Shanta; Shanti; Sharira; Shastra; Shatapatha-Brahmana; Shatkasampatti; Shaucha; Shiksha; Shivananda; Shivaratri; Shiva-Samhita; SHIVO'VAM; Shloka; Shraddha; Shraddha; Shravana; Shravana; Shri; Shrimat; Shuddhavaita-Vedanta; Shudra; Sikhism; Singh; Skanda; Smriti; Smriti-Shuddhi; Snanayatra; SO'HAM; Srishti; Sthiti; Sthita-Prajna; Sthula-Sharira; Sukshma-Sharira or Linga-Sharira; Surabhi or Khamadhenu; Sureshvara; Suryadvara; Sushumna; Sushupti; Sutratman; Svabhava; Svadharma; Svadhyaya; Svaha; Svami; Svapna; Svar; Svarloka; Svarupa-Jnana; Svayam-Bhagavan; Svayamprakasha; Svedaja; Swastika; Syadvada;
- Tadatmya; Devendranath Tagore or Devendranatha Thakur; Rabindranath Tagore or Rabindranath Thakur; Taijasa;Tailadhara; Tamas; Tarkika-Buddhi; Tat; Tattvabodha; Tattva-Jnana; Tejas; Theosophical Society; Trataka; Triguna; Trikala-Jnana; Triloka; Trimarga; Triputi; Trishna; Trishula; Turiya; Tyāga;
- Udbhijja; Uddalaka Aruni; Uddhava; Udgatri or Udgatr or Udgatar; Uktha; Upadesha-Vakya; Upadhi; Upanayana; Uparama or Uparati; Upasana; Upasana-Kanda; Upaya-Pratyaya; Upeksha; Utkata-karma; Utsaha; Uttara-Mimamsa;
- Vahana; Vaikuntha; Vairagya; Vaishampayana; Vaishnavism or Vishnuism; Vaishvanara-Vidya; Vaivasvata; Vajra; Vakyanu-Sadhana; Valli; Vanaprastha; Vasanananda; Vasanas; Vasuki; Vasus; Vatsalya; Vatsyayana; Vedanga; Vedanta-Paribhasha or Vedantaparibhasha; Vedantasara; Vedavyasa; Vesak or Vibhuti; Vichara or Vicara; Videha; Videhamukti; Vidhatri; Vidvat-Sannyasa or Vidvat-Samnyasa; Vidya (Knowledge); Vidya-Shakti; Vijatiya-Vritti; Vijaya; Vijnana; Vikara; Vikramaditya; Vikshepa; Viparita-Bhavana; Viparyaya; Viraj; Viraja-Homa; Visamvada-Bhrama; Vishada; Vishaya-Chaitanya; Vishaya-Shakti; Vishesha; Vishishtadvaita-Vedanta; Vishnu-Purana; Vishvakarma; Vishvanatha; Vishvarupa-Darshana; Vishvasrij; Vishveshvara; Vitala; Vita-Raga; Vitarkas; Vivarta; Vivasvat; Viveka; Vivekachudamani; Vividisha-Sannyasa or Vividisa-Samnyasa; Vrindavan or Vrndavana or Brindaban or Brindavan or Vraja or Braja; Vrishti; Vritti; Vritti-Jnana; Vyakta; Vyakulata; Vyapakatva; Vyasa; Vyatireka; Vyavaharika;
- Yajna; Yajnavalkya; Yaksha; Yamuna or Jamuna or Jumna; Yamunacharya; Yashoda; Yaska; Yataman; Yati; Yatra; Yoga-Bhrashta; Yoga-Nidra; Yoga-Shakti; Yoga-Vasishtha; Yogeshvara; Yogini; Yoni; Yukta; Yukteshvar;
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edit- Adhibhuta; Adhidaiva; Adhidevata or Adhidaivata; Adhimatra; Adhvaryu; Ajna-chakra; Anahata-chakra; Anandatirtha; Andaja; Aropa; Asamprajnata-Samadhi; AUM; Aupapaduka; Avesha;
- Bhagirathi; Bharatavarsa; Bibhishana; Braja; Brindaban; Buddhindriya;
- Dama; Dvaitavada; Dvapara-yuga;
- Ganapati; Gatha; Gauranga; Gautama;
- Ha; Hanuman;
- Integral yoga;
- Jahanaka; Jai; Jarayuja; Jnanendriya; Jnanendriya;
- Kalika; Kali-Yuga; Kamadhenu; Kria-Yuga; Krisha-Chaitanya; Krita-Yuga;
- Linga-Sharira;
- Maheshvara; Manasika-Japa; Manava-Dharmashastra; Manipura-chakra; Mukti; Muladhara-chakra;
- Navavidhan;
- Padaratha; Padma; Para-Purusha; Prajnatman; Pritha; Pritijusha; Puraka;
- Radha-Krishna sects; Radhika; Raga-Bhakti; Rajatadri; Rasalila; Rechaka;
- Sabija-Samadhi; Sahasrara-chakra; Sakhya-Bhava; Samsvedaja; Sanhara; Sankirtan; Seven Holy Cities; Shaiva; Shakta; Shivaism; Shiva-Linga; Shriharsha; Shuddhavaita-Vedanta; Shudra; Sivananda; Sphota; Svadhishthana-chakra; Swami;
- Tantra-Yoga; Tantrism; Tarkavidya; Tha; Thakur; Third Eye; Titiksha; Treta-Yuga; Trigunatita or Traigunyatita;
- Upa-Purana; Uttara; Uttarayana;
- Vach; Vadavidya; Vaidhi-Bhakti; Vaikhari-Japa; Vaishya; Vamachara or Vamamarga; Vamacharis; Veda; Vidya-Maya; Vijnanamaya-Kosha; Vikalpa; Virashaiva; Virat or Viraj; Virochana; Vishuddha-chakra; Vishva; Vraja; Vyakarana;