scholar, theologian, minister.
belonging to the astral world, see p. 195.
devotion, love for God.
commentary, especially on the Vedanta-sutras.
celibate student.
ten orders of sannyāsīs, organized by Śankārācharya and named from the danda or beggar's stick which each sannyāsī carries.
a Hindu teacher, worshipped as God.
a short expression, prose or verse, used as a sacred utterance, and believed to possess mystic power. a name used by Hindus for foreigners, like the Greek 'barbaros' and the Jewish 'Gentile.'
the most sacred of all mystic syllables in use among Hindus.
a learned man, especially learned in language.
paramahamsa: a title conferred on a sannyāsī of high philosophic
purda : sādhu: Śaiva:
samskāras:
sannyasi:
and religious attainments.
a word meaning 'curtain,' used instead of zenāna.
a word used for any modern Hindu ascetic.
Śivaite.
domestic ceremonies.
a celibate monk, see p. 73.
Hindu ancestor-worship.
lit. 'lord,' a title conferred on sannyāsīs.
Vishnuite.
the women's apartments in an Indian house.
Age of Consent Act, 24, 390, 397.
Agnihotri, S. N., 118, 173-82; por-
trait facing p. 177.
Ahmadiyas, 137 ff., 148–50.
Aksakoff, A. N., 209, 211, 212, 214,
215, 216, 217, 260.
Alcyone, 276, 289; the A. case, 276.
Aligarh College, 23, 93, 99, 333, 348,
360.
All-India Suddhi Sabhā, 323.
Amritsar, Golden Temple at, 338, 341.
Anarchism, 28, 355-64.
Andrews, C. F., 360, 412-3.
Anglo-Muḥammadan College, see Ali-
garh College.
Animal torture, 15.
Anjuman-i-Himayet-i-Islam, 148, 347.
Anjuman-i-Naumania, 351.
Anquetil du Perron, 8 n.
Anthroposophical Society, 276.
Anti-cow-killing agitation, III, 359.
Ārati, 58, 179.
Aravinda Ghose, 362.
Aryan Brotherhood, the, 419-20.
Arya Samaj, 26, 101 ff., 316, 320, 324,
423, 433, 435, 439; the founder,
101 ff., and see Dayananda Saras-
vati; foundation, 109-10; creed,
120-1; ethics, 121; sources of
ideas, 115; religious services, 122-4;
fire-sacrifice, 121, 123, 439; edu-
cation, 124, 125-6; work for De-
pressed Classes, 125, 371, 374;
Widows' Home, 404; famine relief,
390, 422; criticism of other religions,
122; organization, 124-5;
schism, 124; strength and weakness
of system, 127.
Atheism, 175, 181, 324, 434.
Atmaram Pandurang, 76.
Atmiya Sabha, 31.
Automatic writing, 220, 225.
Avalon, Arthur, 305 n.
Avesta, 8 n., 82, 85, 344.
Awakening of India, 5, 13.
Bābā Bhārati, 296.
Badrinārāyana Monastery, 433.
Bankim Chandra Chatterji, 295.
Banurji, K. C., 67.
Barendra Ghose, 362.
Basava, 301.
Basava Puranas, 302.
Bentinck, Lord, his policy, 17, 387;
abolition of sati, 12, 17, 33, 387, 401;
reforms, 17 f., 387, 395; decides in
favour of English education, 18.
Besant, Mrs., 208, 210, 309, 357;
becomes a Theosophist, 267; ac-
cepts Judge's missives, 268; goes
to India, 268; action on the Judge
case, 268-71, 285; success in India,
271; action with regard to Mr.
Leadbeater, 273-7; becomes Presi-
dent, 273; her occultism, 282 ff.;
defence of Madame Blavatsky,
259-60; 447-55; defence of Hin-
duism, 277, 287-9, 438; statements
about Christianity, 272, 274, 289-91;
books, 271, 272, 275; character,
277; portrait facing p. 195.
Bethune, Drinkwater, 15, 388.
Bettalay, Michael, marries Madame
Blavatsky, 221.
Bhagat, 443.
Bhagavadgita, 7, 207, 288, 295-6, 364,
438, 440.
Bhandarkar, Sir R. G., 76; portrait
facing p. 76.
Bharata Dharma Mahāparishad, 316.
Bharata Jaina Mahāmaṇḍala, 334.
Bharata Mahila Parishad, 394.
Bharatvarshiya Digambara Jain Ma-
hasabha, 330.
Bhupendra Nath Dutt, 358, 362.
Bible, the, in the Brahma Samāj, 45.
Bijoy Krishna Gosvāmī, 47, 294.
Bipin Chandra Pal, 30, 359, 362.
Blavatsky, Madame, 27, 208, 438;
birth, 211; childhood, 211;
riage, 211; bigamy, 221-2; im-
morality, 211-3;
her son,
myth of her virginity, 209, 213,
213;
260; her pretended widowhood,
222; wanderings, 211; spiritualism,
211, 212, 213-20, 222; settles in
America, 214; Russian correspond-
ents, 209; founds Theosophical
Society, 218-9; her interests, 222-3;
her capacities, 220-1, 265; goes to
India, 226; settles in Bombay, 226;
travels in India, 228; her 'phenom-
ena,' 228; the Mahātmas, 27, 209,
227; the Koot Hoomi letters,
231-2; settles in Madras, 232;
rooms at headquarters, 232, 234-5;
journey to Europe, 236; the Cou-
lomb affair, 237 ff.; returns to
India, 244; leaves India finally,
252-3; occultism,
261;
222-5, 261-4; literary ethics, 223-5;
books,
appearance, 264-5; portrait facing
p. 195; character, 260, 265-7;
death, 264.
Blavatsky, N. V., 211, 211 n., 221.
Blavatsky-Coulomb letters, the, 213,
238-40, 244, 245, 246 n., 251, 256,
451-2.
Bombay Native Education Society, 74.
Book of Dzyan, The, 261-2.
Bormhos, 134.
Boycott of British goods, 365.
Boy-marriage, 399-400.
Bragdon, Claude, Episodes from an
Unwritten History, 447, 456.
Brahma Dharma, 41.
Brahma Marriage Act, 48, 53, 389.
Brahma Samāj, 307, 320, 339, 384,
405, 419, 435, 436, 439, 441; founded
by R. M. Ray, 22, 34; the building,
35; almost dies, 39; revived by
D. N. Tagore, 22, 39-40; inspiration
of the Vedas, 40; organization, 39;
prayer, 40; K. C. Sen, 22; phi-
lanthropy, 42; social reform, 41,
42, 43, 49; first schism, 44; second
schism, 54; relation to Christ, 39,
42, 45, 45-6, 58-68; rationalism,
41; dress, 48; cult, 34, 39; work
for Khasis of Assam, 71; members
of Samaj outside Hindu society,
38; Adi B. Samāj, 46; Sādhāran
B. Samāj, 38, 55; New Dispensation
Samāj, 55.
Brahma Samāj, Lahore, 173 ff.
Brahma Samaj of India, 46.
Brahma Sankar Misra, 165.
Brahma Sena, 174.
Brahmavādin, 207, 299.
Brahma Vidālaya, 42.
Brahmo pāsanā, 40.
British Government in India, 2, 5,
6, 8, 14, 16-9, 23-4, 28, 31, 53, 92,
143-4, 356, 363, 364, 379, 387-8,
395, 397-8, 401, 402, 411-4, 424-9,
433; rise and purification, 5, 6, 12;
attitude to Hinduism, 9, 11, 17;
to Missions and Christianity, 7,
8-11, 15; to reform, 17-9, 24; to
education, 18; taken over by the
Crown, 17, 19; religious neutrality,
British Indian Association, the, 93.
Brooch miracle, The, 228-31.
Brotherhood, the great white, 227.
Brotherhood of men, as taught by
Theosophists, 225, 286, 288.
Buddhism, 4.
Budha Dal, 338.
Caine, W. S., 422.
Cama, Hormusji, 344. **
Cama, K. R., 85 f., 343, portrait fac-
ing p. 76.
Carey, Wm., 6, 10, 14.
Caste, 15, 29, 33, 42, 43, 44, 79, IOI,
115, 127, 128, 181, 184, 308-10, 328,
332, 337, 340, 342, 371, 377, 388,
389, 391, 393, 418-21, 432, 436.
Caste Conferences, 308-10.
Catholic Missions, 5 n.
Central Hindu College, 271, 275, 276,
Central Hindu College Magazine, 288.
Chaitanya, 30, 47, 198, 293-4, 443.
Chaitanya literature, 293-4, 385.
Chaitanya methods, 47, 293.
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