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Proper Names M to Z (References
to the Chapter on the Philosophy are given as P followed by the number
of the paragraph, to the Story as S followed by the number of the
couplet in it, and to the Text as a number of the couplet. Where a
click on the pointer does not bring the particular paragraph or the
couplet on the top of the screen, it will be in the document as shown
in the band on the top of the screen. It can be reached by moving the
screen up or down.) Maalyavaan, Raavana's minister, S311,S347,339, Maanddavee, Kushadhwaja's daughter married to Bharata, S109, Maareecha, a demon, S95,S256,257, 339, Mahaabhaarata, an ancient Indian epic of
about 220, 000 lines by Vyaasa
narrating the battle between Kaurava and Paanddava princes at Kurukshaytra
in which Shree Krishna gave his discourse
to Arjuna called the Geetaa,
P36, P140,P258,2A, 55,65,79, 99,163,183,184,220,369, 411, Mahaadayva, one of Shiva's names, 53, Mahaysha, one of Shiva's
names, 100,
Mainaa, Himavanta's Queen and Paarvatee's mother, S46,55,57, Mandara, a mountain which was used
to churn the ocean, 91,212, Mandodaree, Raavana's Queen, S310,S349,120,334, 339,340,346, Mantharaa, Kaikayee's crooked maid, S111-S113,S114, 127, Manu, father of the human race;
the King who was later reborn as Dasharatha;
an ancient Indian sage author of a Smriti
or a treatise on Hindu customs and codes of coduct,
S79,P21, P22, 83,85, 353,411, Marx, Matanga, a sage served by Shabaree; also name of a sage who lived
on Rishyamooka hill, S287,262, Mayghanaada, Raavana's son, S305,S347,S403, 290,348,350,352, Mozart,Wolfgang Amadeus, (1756-1791) an Austrian
infant musical prodigy, 390, Naanak, Naaraayana, one of God Almighty's
names, P112,P114,P122,P123,65,89, 137,147,241[2,30, 32-34,
42, 47], 358, Naarada, a peripatetic sage
devotee of Brahman as Naaraayana and
Vishnu, S211,S349,47, 48,50,55, 56,76-78, 81,96,148,172,184,207,218,268,275-282,290,349,444, Nehru, Jawahar Lal, Neuman, Therese, Germany 1898-1962, a
peasant woman who lived without food or liquid for thirty five years in
Konnersreuth, Germany, 65,
Paanddavas, the five princes who,
guided by Shree Krishna, fought for
justice in the Mahaabhaarata 99,163,369,411, 472, Paarvatee, Shiva's power personified
as his consort and daughter of Himavanta
and Mainaa, 2,2A,6, 19,24,29, 35,47,48, 50,51,53, 55-57,59-74,79,81, 100,261,273,293,298,315,316,325,337,358-360,401-403, 405,411, 460-470, Parashuraama, an incarnation of God
and Shree Raama's
contemporary, S106,389, Patanjali, ancient Indian
philosopher famous for his eight-fold path for yoga and aphorisms, P43,85,280, Prahasta, Raavana's son, 339, Prahlaada, a Vishnu's devotee who
was repeatedly punished by his father King Hiranyakashipu
for denying his claim that he was God and was invariably saved by
Vishnu, 207, Prataapabhaanu, a king born as Raavana in a subsequent life, S82, Prayaaga, a place of pilgrimage in
U P, India, at the confluence of sacred rivers Gangaa,
Yamunaa and the invisible Saraswatee, 9,181,421, Raamaanujam, India 1887-1920, a
wizard; His personal note books in the Royal Society, London, "contain
between three and four thousand theorems, two-third being new to
mathematics, the balance representing independent rediscoveries of
other mathematicians work…"Ramanujam
himself credited his discoveries to his family deity Namakkal." 390, Raamaayana, the life story of Shree Raama, an
Incarnation of God; the oldest by Vaalmeeki
had 24000 verses in it . The Book or the Shree Raamacharita Maanasa is a Raamaayana,2A,37, 60, Raavana, the demon King of Lanka,
who bore animosity towards Shree Raama, S86,S103,S250-S253, 23,34,65, 120,231,251- 258,290,306,312-314,319,334, 339,340,342,343,346, 347,350,351,354,356,357,359,361, 411, Raghu, Shree Raama's
ancestor, 95,111,115, 124, 179,198,207,348,357,361, 473, Raghubara, Raghubeera, Raghunaatha,
Raghunaayaka, Raghunandana,
Raghupati, Raghuraayaa,
Raghuraayee, Raghuwansha,
Raghuwanshabhushana and Raghuwanshamani are some of Shree
Raama's names Ramaa, one of the names of Lakshmee, S106,108, 260,361, Ramakrishna,
Swami, India
1836-1886, a paramahansa,
who realized God in both His impersonal and personal aspects, was Swami
Vivekananda's guru, P112,P115,P202,2, 10,29,33, 41,42,61, 65,82,113, 123, 136,148, 157,161,166,193,196,207,231,239,240,241[7, 26, 28], 243,246,275,318,325,360, 393,411, 417,418,438, 443,450[30], 472,
Saint
Joan of Arc, France 1412-1431, a
village girl who saw God; led the French to oust the British from
France; denounced by the Church as a witch and burnt on the stake;
recently recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, 65,269, Sampaati, Jattaayu's brother, S300,301, Saraswatee, Brahmaa's power personified as His
consort; goddess of learning, S111,1,9, 20,65,91, 100,112, 201,282,314,417,418, Satee, Shiva's power personified
as His consort; re-incarnated as Paarvatee,
S38-S52,2, 26,29,41, 43,44,51, 58,411,469, Saul of
Tarsus who
saw Jesus Christ on the Seetaaraama, name for remembering Shree Raama with
his shakti personified as his
consort Seetaa Shaardaa, one of Saraswatee's names, 20,65,282, Shabaree, Shree Raama's
forest tribe-woman devotee, S261-S270,150,152,262,269,334, 360, 415, Shachee, one of Indraanee's names, 65, Shambhu, one of Shiva's names, 434, Shankara, one of Shiva's names, 334, Shankaraachaarya, India 780-820 AD or
earlier, the expounder of the Advaita
school of philosophy in Vedanta, P8,P90,P203, 61,65,160, 183,207,230,235, 241[6, 9, 22-24, 26], 261,267,318,411,438, Sharabhanga, a sage who postponed
death to meet Shree Raama,
S224,226,325,328,443,462, Shataroopaa, Manu's Queen later reborn
as Kaushalyaa, S79,83,85, 152,411, Shatrughna, son of Dasharatha and Sumitraa,
S106-S109,S172, 95,190,195, Shayshanaaga, the serpent god who
carries the earth on his thousand hoods and whose coils form Vishnu's
bed on the ocean, 20,48,89, 100,207, Shiva, also called Hara, Shankara, Shambhu, Mahaysha, Mahaadayva,
one of the Indian trinity of gods; god of destruction, S37-S75,S115,1,2, 2A,6, 7, 19,20,23,24,29, 35,41,43, 44,48,50, 51,53,55, 56,58-65, 74,78-82, 85,89,90, 108,109, 147,148,172, 201,222,241[43],261,273,274,293, Shoorpanakhaa, Raavana's sister, S249,S251,S256, 249-253, Shradhanand, Swami, Head of the Arya Samaj in the
early twenties of the last century, P269, Sooradaasa, 1478 – 1581, Shree Krishna's saint devotee;
contemporary of Tulaseedaasa in the Bhakti Movement in Shree Raamacharita
Maanasa, the, its message, Shree Raama's story
or Raamaayana, written by Tulaseedaasa in 1574 in India, referred to as
the Book in this Selection and is its source, P12,P26,P38, P48,P61,P82, P89,P111,P115,P213,P217,P220,P225,P226,P270,1, 2,2A,7, 10,17,33, 37-39,42, 49,50,60, 61,65,71, 72,101,104,120,139,145, 147,148,156,205,206,230,239,240,241[7, 26, 44-48],246,248,259, 262,265,267,269,272,297,302,318,330,337,347,351-355,364,367, 386, 389,390,399, 400,411, 413-, 415,417,421,429, 430,437,438, 453,464,465,467,473,
essence of, 399, Shrutakeerati, Maanddavee's sister married to Shatrughna, S106, Sugreeva, Baali's younger brother; Shree Raama's
friend, S284-S300,S301317,411, Sumantra, Dasharatha's Minister, S117,S118,S128, 139,171, Sumitraa, Dasharatha's Queen and Lakshmana and Shatrughna's
mother, S92,S123,124-126,236,334, 411, 467, Sunainaa, Seetaa's mother, S197,197,198, Suteekshna, Agastya's disciple; Shree Raama's
devotee, S226-S234,227-233,443, Taanasen, Emperor Akbar's courtier; a famous musician and composer
of Taaraa, Baali's Queen, S289,S299, Taaraka, a demon destroyed by
Shiva's son, Kaartikay, S57, Taarhakaa, a demoness,
S95,359, Trijattaa, Vibheeshana's sister, S305, Tripuraari, one of Shiva's names as
the killer of demon Tripura, 19,41,50, Tulaseedaasa, India 1532-1623, a saint,
poet and author of the Shree Raamacharita Maanasa,
the Book, and other books during the Bhakti
Movement in India, P12,P20,P43, P48,P50,P88, P92,1,13, 17-22,26,27,29-38, 45,48, 49,60,61, 64,67,68, 79,82,84- 86,88,95- 97,102,111,114, 120, 137,144,155,166,177,178, 181,183,205,210,218,223,239,241[7, 44-47],
248-250,270,283,284,290,296,318,334, 336, 340,344,348,349,360, 362, 363, 366, 367, 386, 388, 396, 398, 402, 403,406, 407,409, 411, 419,425, 428,437,438, 440, 443,444,446,450[5, 30], 464,471,472, Umaa, a name for Paarvatee, 19,35, 85,274,293,294,298,315,347,348,358,360,389,463, Urmilaa, Seetaa's sister married to Lakshmana, S106,S123, Vaalmeeki, Shree Raama's
contemporary saint and devotee; first narrated His story or the Raamaayan which was later recorded in
Sanskrit, S8,S145,2A, 25,60,146- 169,177,268,402,411, Vaidayhee, one of Seetaa's names, 103,109,124,165,214,286, Vali, a king mentioned in Puranas who became proud of his power over the
Universe and was destroyed by Vaamana Avataara, 207, Vasishttha, Dasharatha's royal preceptor, S95,S106, S111, S170-S176,S200,S202, S210,S400,95,134, 157,174,175,190-192,194,196,201,400, Vibheeshana, Raavana's youngest brother and Shree Raama's
devotee, S306,S348-S355,S357, S361,172,207,226,304,305,312-314,317-329,339,351-354,360,411, Vinaayaka, one of Ganaysha's names, 1, Vishnu, a name for Almighty God
and also of one of the Indian trinity of gods who preserves the
Creation, P113-P115,P122,P123,2,5, 24,41,48, 53,65,76- 79,82,85, 104,108, 137,147,148,184,201,222,241[35, 36, 43,
47], 260,260, 275,290,336,337,345,349,358,406, 411, 438, 444, Vishnu, Hari, Naaraayana,
5,7, 15,41,44, 51,53,64, 67,73,80, 82,89,104, 108,147,201,222,241[35, 36, 43],
274,304,345,414, Vishvaamitra, a sage who took along
young Shree Raama
and Lakshmana to the forest to destroy
demons, S95,S100,S101, S104,S107, 97, 134,411,412, Vishvamohinee, a mayaic
form of Lakshmee created by Vishnu, S77,275, Vivekananda,
Swami, India
1863-1902, Swarmi Ramakrishna's disciple;
a famous guru and preacher of Hindu Philosophy and faith in Europe and
the USA at the turn of the last century, P195,P196,P228,P277, 17, 65,148,241[27-28], 259,273,411, Vrindaa, demon Jalandhara's wife revered for her chastity and
devotion by Vishnu, 222, Vyaasa, a sage author of Adhyaatmic Raamaayana;
also the name of the sage who narrated the Mahaabhaarata
and the Geetaa, P36,2A,60, 65,85, Yaajnavalkya, a sage who narrated Shree Raama's story
to his disciple Bharadwaaja, S74,S79,S86, P34,2A,24, 35,40,58, 75,280,337,353, |
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