An Outline of the Religious Literature of India c14.3

c14.3

Ahaṃkāra, t.t. of the Sāṅkhya system, 98, 130. Ahappey, 352. Ahiṃsā, non-injury, 71; especially non-injury to animal life, 72. Ahmedabad, 318. Ahobila Monastery, 320. Aikya, 261. Aiṅg, 201. Aiśvārika, theistic (from Īśvara), 274. Aitareya Āraṇyaka, 30, 295, 363. Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 27, 28, 363; commentary, 295. Aitareya U., 54, 55, 235, 364. Aitareyins, a school of the Ṛgveda, 27, 54. Ajita, name of an Āgama, 193. Ājīvikas, 77 n. 1. Ajjasama, 120, 399. Ajñā, name of one of the occult circles, acc. to Śākta Yoga, 269. Akalaṅka, 216, 219, 404. Akalaṅka-stotra, 216, 404. Akālīs, 340. Ākāśa, ether; t. t. of Vaiśeṣika system, 133. Akbar, 284, 291, 310, 337. Akṣamālikā U., 364. Akṣapāda Gautama, 370. Akṣi U., 364. Akṣobhya, 273. Akutobhayā, 397. Alandi, 301. Alavantar Madavappattar, 296, 373. Alayavijñāna, 160, 273. Alberuni, 205, 223. Alexander the Great, 33, 36, 42, 46. Al Haqq, 331, 343. Allahabad, 174, 304, 327. Allāma Prabhu, 353. Allegory, 28. Aḻvārs, Vaiṣṇava poet-musicians of the Tamil country, 182, 187, 232, 379; date, 188; they taught Śūdras and outcastes as well as Caste people, 244; they are leaders and teachers of the Śrī-Vaiṣṇava sect, 187; their images worshipped in the temples, 187; their names, 188; their influence, 220; their hymns collected and arranged, 241; called Nālāyira Prabandham, 241; set to Dravidian music, 241; introduced into the temples, 240, 241. Alwar, 334, 342. Ama, 214. Amalānanda, 222, 368.