A Practical Indian Philosophy

 

 

 

 

Proper Names A to L

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Shree Raama, an Incarnation of God in the person of the eldest son of King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalyaa of Ayodhyaa; Seetaa's husband; the eldest brother of Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna; and later the King of Ayodhyaa See Index 

Seetaa, daughter of Janaka and Sunainaa and Shree Raama's Queen 

Aanandagiri, one of Shankaraachaarya's fourteen principal disciples, 239, 241,

Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Badshah Khan Bacha Khan or Frontier Gandhi (India 1890 -1988) created the first regiment reaching 100,000 non violent soldiers of Islam from the most violent and revengeful Pushtoon Pathans for united India’s independence struggle.

Abraham, the Hebrew Patriarch, 101,398,

Agastya, a sage who was Suteekshna's guru, S227,101,232,234,

Ahalyaa, Gautama's wife, S95,S96,140,288,334,444,

Akbar, 1556 - 1605, Moghul Emperor of India, 73,

Akshai Kumaara, Raavana's son, S305,S306,

Alexander, 356-236 BC, King of Macedonia, 355,

Anasooyaa, Atri's wife, S212,213-223,

Angada, Baali's son, S290, S300,S341-S347,S349,S355,S360,163,339,342,343,

Arjuna, one of the Paanddava princes in the Mahaabhaarata epic whom Krishna gave the discourse called the Geetaa, PI45,P148,P187,P267,213-223,390,398,411,

Ashoka, c273-c232 BC, an Indian Emperor and patron of Buddhism, P44,

Atri, a sage, 212,234,

Aurangzeb, India 1618-1707, a Mughal Emperor in India, P16, 191,

Aurobindo, India 1872-1950, a spiritually advanced guru influenced by Swami Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, P213,325,

Ayodhyaa, capital of Dasharatha's kingdom Kaushaladaysha or Avadha in present Uttara Pradesha, India. 
 

Baba, Sri Sathya Sai, Puttaparti, Andhra Pradesha, India 1926- , an Avataara,  P23,P32,P38,P50,P60,P80,P83, P103, P163,2A,20,30,50,54,65,71,77,90,126,157,166,196, 231,236,239,241[7,25, 29],252,306,325,374,386,400,415,437,440,443,450[1, 3] 

Baali, the King of Kishkindhaa, Taaraa's consort, Angada's father and Sugreeva's elder brother; once imprisoned Raavana for sometime S285,S289,S293,285,290-292,298,343,411,

Babri Masjid (Mosque), built at Ayodhya, India, by Mughal ruler Baabar in sixteenth century on the site of a Shree Rama temple demolished for the purpose, P283,

Bharadwaaja, a sage at Prayaaga, India, who was Yaajnavalkya's disciple, S74,S142,S182,2A,35,40,58,75,142,234,

Bharata, second son of Dasharatha, from Kaikayee, S92, S93,S106,S107,S347,S348,S360,S361,23,45,95,172-175,179-181,184,188,190,195,197,198,200-05,207,208,231,259,310,334,370-389,467,

Bhawaanee, a name for Paarvatee, 2, 24,100,316,347,405,411,434,

Bheeshma Pitaamah, one of the grandsires of Paanddava and Kaurava princes in the Mahaabhaarata,184,220,369, 379, 411,

Book, the, The epic Shree Raamacharita Maanasa written by Goswamee Tulaseedaasa 

Brahmaa, the first among the Indian trinity of gods, responsible for creation, S18,S40,S41,S53-S55,S74, S75,S305,S306,S414,S415,P100,3,47,50,57,65, 79,82,85, 91,104,108,109,135,147,172,201,212,241[43],324,341, 347, 352,357,389,406,416,420,444,

Brahmaanee, a name for Saraswatee, Brahmaa's energy personified as his consort, 85,

Brihaspati, Indra's guru, S183,184-187,

British, the, P255-P266,

Buddha, founder of Buddhism in India, 134,
 

Casanova, Italy 1725-1798, an adventurer famous for his amours and escapades, 390,

Cayce, Edgar, United States 1877-1945, a psychic who left fourteen thousand records of psychic perceptions including diagnosis of diseases of patients thousands of miles away, 65,

Chaarvaaka, an ancient Indian philosopher and atheist who insisted on tangible proof of concepts, P90,

Chaitanya, India 1485-1533, a saint in Bengal, and an Incarnation of Shree Krishna, 148,207,

Chinmayananda, Swami, India 1916 -1993, a renowned teacher of Vedanta 

Christ, Jesus, P9, P18, 65,101,398,411,
 

Dakshaprajaapati, a King among gods and Satee's father, S46,

Darah Shikoh, eldest son of Shah Jehan, Mughal Emperor: interested deeply in Hindu Scriptures: got Upanishads translated in Persian; was executed by his younger brother Aurangzeb who claimed the Moghul throne

Dasharatha, King of Ayodhyaa, consort of Kaushalyaa, Sumitraa and Kaikayee, and father of Shree Raama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna, S89,S93,S96,S107-S110, S113-S120, S169, S170,110,115-118,127,139,144,174,358,467,

Dooshana, Khara's demon brother,S250-S252,253,290,357,

Draupadee, the Queen of Paanddava princes in the Mahaabhaarata, 183,369,

Duryodhana, the eldest of Kaurava princes in the Mahaabhaarata, 65, 411,
 

Einstein, Albert, Germany 1879-1955, a physicist famous for his theory of relativity, 65,
 

Gananaayaka, a name for Ganaysha, 3,

Ganaysha, the elephant headed god and son of Shiva and Paarvatee; destroyer of obstacles and worshipped first at the commencement of any undertaking, 1,3,

Gandhi, Mahatma, Mohandas Karamachand, India 1869-1948, a follower of non-violence with which as a national weapon, he wrested independence for India from the British by a mind empowered unknowingly by observing Advaitic Brahmacharya disciplines , P7, P52,318,390,453,

Gangaa (the Ganges), a sacred river in north India, 9, 22,48,49,63,65,128,211,338,434,

Garurha, the King of birds who released Shree Raama and Lakshmana who were tied with snakes by Mayghanaada, S349,S350,211,249,304,333,346,362,404,407,411, 417,420,435,437-439,447,450,459,469,

Gauree, one of Paarvatee's names, 100,

Geetaa, the, Shree Krishna's discourse to Arjuna at the commencement of the Mahaabhaarata, a scripture teaching the science of life through yoga emphasizing karmayoga and bhaktiyoga P34, P39,P148-P150, P213,P267,27,239,240,241[48], 248,297,411,417,421,

Genghiz Khan, (1167-1227) a Moghul Emperor of Asia and Eastern Europe ruling over the largest ever empire, 390,

Giri Baalaa, a lady in Bengal, India, who lived without food or liquid for fifty years in the present century, 65,

Girijaa, a name for Paarvatee, 67,

Govinda, one of Vishnu's names; also attributed to Shree Krishna, 87, 157,260,

Guha, King of the Nishaada tribe of ferry-men, who became Shree Raama's friend,  138,176, 415,
 

Hanumaan, Sugreeva's general and Shree Raama's great devotee, S301,S302,S308,S347- S350,S356,S360,S366,23,168,184,226,248,285,288,301-310,318,339,351,352,360,401,467,

Hara, one of Shiva's names, 7,

Hari, one of Vishnu's (God Almighty) names, S77, 7,15,44,51,64,67,73,80, 89,96,104,108,147,193,201,274,304,414,

Himavanta, a King of Himalayas and Paarvatee's father, S46, 47,48,50,

Hiranyakashipu, Prahlaada's father and king who claimed Himself to be God which Prahlaada persistently denied and disobeyed 
 

Indra, the Chief of minor gods in heaven, S111,  S112,S200,S205,184-187,212,

Indraanee (or Shachee), Indra's Queen, 65, 212,
 

Jaambavaan, one of Sugreeva' generals,S301, 301,

Jaanakee, daughter of King Janaka, a name of Seetaa, 122,130,141,223,233,

Jagadambikaa, Mother of the Universe, a name used for Seetaa and Paarvatee, 102,

Jaiyanta, Indra's son, S211, 211,

Jalandhara, a demon who conquered gods by the strength accruing to him from the single-minded devotion and chastity of his wife, Vrindaa, 222,

Janaka, King of Janakapuree and Seetaa's father, S96- S107,S195,S200,S211, P113, 2,9,97,103,140,141,201,234,241,328,415,443,450[1, 25] 

Jaraasandha, a king allied to the Kauravas in the Mahaavhaaratha, P136,

Jattaayu, the vulture who tried to save Seetaa from Raavana's clutches, S234,S300,258, 261,

Jehangir, Moghul Emperopr of India, 1605-1627

Jesus Christ, a Messenger of God whose followers are known as Christians, 65,269,

Jnaanayshwara, 1275-1296, a famous saint of Maharashtra, India, 148,411,
 

Kaakabhushunddi, Shree Raama's crow devotee, who, in one of his earlier human lives, was cursed to become a crow but without losing his attainment of Knowledge, S423,34,35,98, 147,148,211,245,249,325,333,346,358,362,365, 395,403,407-447,449-459,

Kaamadayva, the god of earthly love; personification of physical beauty, S74,6,54,78, 212,260,

Kaartikay, Shiva's son and Ganaysha's elder brother, S57, 100,

Kabeera, India 1440-1518, a famous saint who emphasized the formless aspect of God in the Bhakti Movement, P20, 65,137,148,398,411,

Kaikayee, Dasharatha's Queen and Bharata's mother, S92, S112-S120,114,118,120,121,127,130,139,172,174,175,189,197,

Kailaasha, the mountain in heaven on which Shiva lives, 361, 434,

Kauravas, descendants of King Kuru led by Duryodhana who went to war with Paanddava Princes in the Mahaabhaarata,36,65,411,

Kaushalyaa, Shree Raama's natural mother, S92- S96,S115,S120-S123,S172,S195- 198,62,71,85,93,121,122,174,175,197,334,360,411,467,

Kayvatt, a ferry-man who instantly recognized Shree Raama as God in person, S139,140,141,

Khara, a demon, S252,253,290,

Krishna, Shree, an Incarnation of God in Dwaaparayuga famous for His role in the Mahaabhaarata and for his discourse, the Geetaa, P39, P59,P148,P187,P214, P267, 24,36,65,82,99,101,154,155,163,184,230,234,248, 272,290, 300,302,316,336,360,366,369,385,390,398,400,411, 438,464, 466,472,

Kumbhakarana, Raavana's brother, S348,290,347,

Kuntee, the mother of Yudhishttara, Arjuna and Bheema, the Paanddava princes in the Mahaabhaarata, 472,

Kushadhwaja, Janaka's brother and Bharata's and Shatrughna's father-in-law, S106,S107,

Lakshmana, third son of Dasharatha, from Sumitraa, Shree Raama's younger brother and companion in exile, S93,S106,S124,S257,S347- S357,42,45,95,97, 123-126,129-138, 141,143-145,163,172,174,190,210,226,235,236,241[3],248, 250,256,272,287,295-298,330,348,352,389,467,

Lakshmee, Naaraayana's power personified as His consort, S77, S78,41,65,85,91,314,

Lankaa, Raavana's empire, 288,298,310,357,

Lankinee, Shree Raama's demoness devotee and the gatekeeper of Lankaa who first challenged Hanumaan, S302,302,303,

Lomasha, a sage who taught Kaakabhushunddi in its earlier lives as a man S422, 35,148,435,

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Dedication

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An Appeal

Author's Note

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Hindi Spellings

Table of Contents

Tribute to Gandhi

Introduction

The Raama Story

Philosophy

Baalakaandda

Ayodhyakaandda

Aranyakaandda

Kishkindhaakaandda

Sundarakaandda

Lankaakaandda

Uttarakaandda

Index

Glossary

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Bibliography

Acknowledgments

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