scholar, theologian, minister.
belonging to the astral world, see p. 195. devotion, love for God.
commentary, especially on the Vedānta-sūtras. celibate student.
ten orders of sannyāsīs, organized by Śankaracharya and named from the danda or beggar's stick which each sannyăsi 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
Śaiva:
samskāras :
sannyǎsi:
and religious attainments.
a word meaning 'curtain,' used instead of zenāna.
a word used for any modern Hindu ascetic. Sivaite.
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, 111, 359. Ārati, 58, 179. Aravinda Ghose, 362.
Aryan Brotherhood, the, 419-20. Ārya Samāj, 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,
113, 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.
Badrinārāyaṇa 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.
Bhagavadgitä, 7, 207, 288, 295-6, 364, 438, 440.
Bhandarkar, Sir R. G., 76; portrait facing p. 76.
Bhupendra Nath Dutt, 358, 362. Bible, the, in the Brahma Samāj, 45. Bijoy Krishna Gosvāmi, 47, 294. Bipin Chandra Pal, 30, 359, 362. Blavatsky, Madame, 27, 208, 438; birth, 211; childhood, 211; riage, 211; bigamy, 221-2; morality, 211-3; her son, 213; myth of her virginity, 209, 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; books, 222-5, 261-4; literary ethics, 223-5; 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 Samaj, 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 Samaj, Lahore, 173 ff. Brahma Samaj of India, 46. Brahma Sankar Misra, 165. Brahma Sena, 174. Brahmavädin, 207, 299. Brahma Vidālaya, 42. Brahmopāsanā, 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, 101, 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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