Apollonius, 508.

  April-Fool, 455.

  Apsaras, 137, 169, 355, 365.

  Arabia, 547.

  [=A]ra[n.]yakas, 178, 219.

  ardhan[=a]r[=i]cvara, 447.

  Arhat, 280, 285, 303, 320, 564.

  Arjun, 511.

  Arjuna, 361.

  Arrian, 459.

  arrow-oath, 534.

  art, artists, 549.

  Aryaman, 46, 121, 397.

  Aryan, 11, 26, 548.

  [=A]rya Sam[=a]j, 521.

  acani, 464.

  ascetics, 148, 254, 258, 304, 352 ff.;
    asceticism, 287, 366, 470, 520.

  acoka, 540.

  Acoka, 311, 340, 341, 435.

  astrology, 256, 438, 543.

  Asuras, 42, 49, 104, 170 ff., 186 ff., 358

  Asura Maya, 368.

  Acvins, 38, 54, 78, 80, 381.

  Atharva Veda, 3, 29, 43, 151, 175, 419, 477, 571.

  Atharvan, 110, 378, 477.

  [=A]tm[=a], 42, 47 (soul), 56, 220 ff., 232,
    249, 354, 396, 398, 442.

  [=A]tm[=i]ya Sabh[=a], 516.

  atonement, 376.

  Avadh[=u]tas, 502.

  avasthas, 412.

  avatar, 162, 196, 215, 340, 389, 393, 404, 424,
    430;
    number of, 444, 468;
    Vishnu’s last avatar, 522.

  Avesta (see Iranian), 12, 16, 422.

  avy[=u]ha 442.

  Ayenar, 464.

  axe (see Paracu R[=a]ma), 527.

  Aztecs, 557.

  B[=a]b[=a]l[=a]ls, 514.

  Baber, 437.

  Babrius, 558.

  Babylon, 543.

  Bacchic rites, 414, 427, 528.

  Bactria, 32, 33, 434.

  B[=a]dar[=a]ya[n.]a, 495, 497.

  B[=a]la Gop[=a]la, 503.

  Balar[=a]ma, 442, 469.

  bali, 540.

  Bali, 478.

  bamboo (see pole-rite), 536.

  bandana, 533.

  banian, 540.

  Bardesanes, 561.

  Barlaam, 557.

  Basava, 482, 547.

  basil, see tulas[=i].

  Baskets, see Tripi[t.]aka.

  Beh[=a]r, 435.

  bel-tree, 453, 536, 541.

  bell, 557.

  Bella Pennu, 530.

  Bellerophon, 530.

  Benares, 459.

  Bhaga, 41, 50 ff.;
    bhaga, 490.

  Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a], 389 ff., 399, 400, 401, 447.

  Bhagavat, 303, 389.

  Bh[=a]gavatas, 447, 497.

  Bh[=a]irava, 464, 491.

  Bh[=a]ktas, 447.

  bhakti (see faith), 429, 503, 519.

  Bh[=a]rata, 349 ff., 438, 457.

  Bh[=a]rs, 534, 535 ff.

  Bh[=a]ts, 479.

  Bhava, 462, 464, 548.

  Bhav[=a]n[=i], 494.

  bhik[s.]u, 258, 281, 303, 310, 374;
    bhik[s.]uk[=i], 426.

  Bhils, 533.

  Bh[r.]gu, 168, 397, 423.

  bicycle, used to make converts, 570.