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Abu, Mt.
acalaliṅga
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Ādivarāha
Ādivāsīs
adoption
adravya
adṛṣṭa
adultery
Advaita Vedānta Darśana
Advaita-siddhi
Advaitācārya
Advayatāraka Upaniṣad
Āgamanī
Āgamānta Śaivism
āgamas
āgāmī-karma
Agastya
aghamarṣaṇa
Aghamarṣaṇa-vrata
Aghamarṣaṇasūkta
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Aghora
Aghora Śivācārya
Aghora-panthī
agnaukaraṇa
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āgneyī-dhāraṇā
Agni
agnicayana
āgnīdhra
Agnihotra
agnikṣetra
agniprākāra
Agnipurāṇa
agnisāra
agnīṣoma-praṇayana
Agniṣṭoma
Agniveśa
agnyādhāna
agnyādheya
agrahāra
āgrahāyaṇī
Āgrayaṇa
Ahalyā
Ahalyābāī Hoḷkar
ahaṅkāra
āhāra
āhāraśuddhi
āhārya
āhāva
āhavanīya
ahiṁsā
Ahīna
Ahirbudhnya Saṁhitā
āhitāgni
āhnika
Ahobila Maṭha
Ahobilam Temples
āhuti
Aihoḷe
aikyasthala
aindrī-śānti
Airāvata
aiśvarya
Aitareya
Aitareya Āraṇyaka
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
Aitareya Upaniṣad
aitihya
aja
Aja
ajaḍa
Ajagava
ajahal-lakṣaṇā
Ajāmila
Ajantā
ajapā-japa
Ajātaśatru
ajātivāda
ajina
ajīva
Ājīvakas
ājñācakra
ajñāna
ājya
akāla-bodhana
Akampana
ākāśa
ākāśagamana
ākāśamaṇḍapa
ākāśīdhāraṇā
akhaṇḍākāra-vṛtti
ākhyāna
akhyāti
akiñcana-bhakti
Akka Mahādevī
akṣamālā
Akṣamālikā Upaniṣad
Akṣapāda
akṣapaṭala
akṣara
akṣarābhyāsa
akṣayapātra
Akṣayavaṭa
akṣayya
Akṣayya-tṛtīyā
Akṣi Upaniṣad
akṣimocana
akṣipuruṣa
Akṣipuruṣa-vidyā
alabdha-bhūmikatva
Alakā
Alakanandā
Alakhnāmīs
Alakṣmī
Alampur
Āḷandī
alaṅkāra
Alaṅkāra-śāstra
ālasya
alātaśānti
alaukika-upāya
ālaya-vijñāna
ālīḍhāsana
aliṅga
Allama Prabhu
Āḷvārs
āmalaka
āmantraṇa
Amar Dās, Guru
Amarakaṇṭaka
Amarakoṣa
Amaranātha
Amarasiṁha
Amarāvatī
āmaśrāddha
amātya
amāvāsyā
Ambā
Ambarīṣa
ambaṣṭha
āmbhasī-dhāraṇā
Ambikā
Ambuvācī
aṁhaspati
āmikṣā
āmnāya
amṛt
amṛta
Amṛtabindu Upaniṣad
amṛtakalaśa
Amṛtanāda Upaniṣad
amṛtatva
Amṛtsar
aṁśāvatāra
Aṁśumān
anadhyāya
anāhatacakra
anāhatanāda
anaikāntika
ānanda
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa
Ānanda-tīrtha
Ānandabodha
Ānandagiri
ānandamayakośa
Ānandāśrama Mudraṇālaya
Ananta
Ananta-caturdaśī
Ananta-śayana
anārabdha
Ānarta
anārya
Anāsakti-yoga
anāśramin
Anasūyā
anātman
āṇavamala
anavasthā
anavasthitatva
Āṇḍāḷ
Āṇḍavan Maṭha
andhatāmisra
Āndhra
anekāntavāda
aṅga
aṅga and liṅga
Aṅgad, Guru
Aṅgada
aṅgamejayatva
aṅganyāsa
Aṅgāraka
aṅgasthala
aṅgavidyā
Aṅgiras
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
Angkor Vat
aṅgula
aṇimā
animal sacrifices
Aṇimāṇḍavya
Aniruddha
anirvacanīya
anitya
añjalihasta
Āñjaneya
aṅkurārpaṇa
anna
anna-homa
Anna-sūkta
annakūṭa
Aṇṇamācārya
annamaya-kośa
annaprāśana
Annapūrṇā
Annapūrṇā Upaniṣad
anṛta
antaḥkaraṇa
antarāla
antarāyas
antardhānatva
antardhauti
antarikṣa
antarvedi
Antaryāga
Antaryāmi Brāhmaṇa
antaryāmin
antyaja
antyāvasāyin
antyeṣṭi
aṇu
anubandha-catuṣṭaya
anūbandhyā
Aṇubhāṣya
anudātta
Anugītā
anugraha-mūrti
anukramaṇī
anuloma
anumāna
Anumati
anupalabdhi
anupātaka
Anūrādhā
Anuśāsana-parva
anuśaya
anustaraṇī
anuvāda
anuvāka
anuvākyā
aṇuvrata
Anuvyākhyāna
anuvyavasāya
anuyāja
anvādheya
anvāhārya
anvāhārya-pacana
anvaṣṭakā
anvaya
ānvīkṣikī
anvitābhidhāna-vāda
anyathākhyāti
anyathāsiddha
anyonyābhāva
anyonyāśraya
apaciti
āpad-dharma
apadeśa
Apāṁ-napāt
apāna
apāṅkteya
Apāntara-tamas
aparā-prakṛti
aparā-vidyā
Aparājitā
Aparānta
aparānta-jñāna
Aparārka
aparigraha
aparokṣa
aparokṣānubhūti
apasmāra-puruṣa
Āpastamba
apathya
apavāda
apavarga
Aponaptrīyā
Appar
Appayya Dīkṣita
aprākṛta-śarīra
aprameya
Āprī
apṛthak-siddha
apsarās
āpta-vākya
Aptoryāma
apūrva
apūrva-vidhi
ārabdha
ārambhavāda
araṇi
Araṇyakāṇda
Āraṇyakas
Araṇyaparva
Araṇyaṣaṣṭhī
arcā
arcāvatāra
arcirādi-mārga
ardha-kṛcchra
ardha-maṇḍapa
Ardha-nārīśvara
Ārdrā
argha
arghya
Arhat
ariṣaḍvarga
ariṣṭa
Ariṣṭanemi
Arjan, Guru
Arjuna
ārṣa-jñāna
ārṣa-liṅga
ārṣa-vivāha
ārta
artha
artha-kriyā-kāritva
artha-pañcaka
arthāpatti
Arthaśāstra
arthavāda
Aruḷnandi
Aruṇa
Aruṇagirināthar
Aruṇapraśna
Arundhatī
Arundhatī Darśana Nyāya
Arundhatī Nyāya
Āruṇeyī Upaniṣad
Āruṇi
Āryabhaṭa
Aryaman
Āryans
Āryasamāj
Āryāvarta
Āṣāḍha
asamavāyi-kāraṇa
asamprajñāta
āsana
āsanamūrti
asat
asatkāryavāda
asatkhyāti
asatya
aśauca
āśaya
ascetics
Asiatic Society, The
asiddha
asidhārā-vrata
Asiknī
Asita-devala
Āśleṣā
aśmārohaṇa
asmitā
Aśoka
Aśokāṣṭamī
Aśokavana
asparśa-yoga
aspṛśyatā
āśrama
Āśrama Upaniṣad
aṣṭa-dhātus
Aṣṭa-mūrti
aṣṭādaśa-vidyās
Aṣṭādhyāyī
aṣṭaka
aṣṭakā
aṣṭākṣarī
aṣṭalohas
aṣṭamaṅgalas
Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya
aṣṭāṅga-yoga
aṣṭapāśas
aṣṭasiddhis
aṣṭatāla
Aṣṭāvakra
aṣṭāvaraṇas
Aṣṭavasus
asteya
asthisañcayana
āstika
Āstīka
āstika-darśana
aṣṭottaraśatanāma-stotra
Astrology
Astronomy
aśuddha-māyā
aśuklākṛṣṇa
asuras
Āsuri
Āśvalāyana
Āśvalāyana-Gṛhyasūtras
Āśvalāyana-Śrautasūtras
Aśvamedha
Āśvamedhika-parva
Aśvapati
Aśvatīrtha
aśvattha
Aśvatthāman
Āśvayujī
Āśvinaśastra
Aśvinī
aśvinī-mudrā
Aśvins
Atala
Atharva-pariśiṣṭa
Atharvan
Ātharvaṇa-jyotiṣa
Atharvāṅgirasa
Atharvaśikhā Upaniṣad
Atharvaśira Upaniṣad
Atharvaveda
atheism
atideśa
atikrāntabhāvanīya
atikṛcchra
atipātaka
Atirātra
Atirudra
atisāntapana
atithi
ātivāhika
ātma-māyā
Ātmabodha
ātmaguṇa
ātmahatyā
ātmajñāna
ātmakhyāti
ātman
ātmānātma-viveka
Ātmaprabodha Upaniṣad
ātmasamarpaṇa
ātmāśrayatva
Ātmopaniṣad
Ātreya
Atri
Atri Smṛti
ātura-saṁnyāsa
atyantābhāva
Aulūkya-darśana
aupaniṣada-vrata
aupasada
aupāsanāgni
aurasa
Aurobindo
Aurva
auṣadha
Auśanasa Dharmaśāstra
avabhṛtha
avaccheda-vāda
avadhūta
Avadhūta Upaniṣad
Avadhūtagītā
āvāhana
avakīrṇin
avāntara-dīkṣā
Avanti
āvaraṇa
āvaraṇa-devatā
āvaraṇa-śakti
āvasathya
avasthā-pariṇāma
avasthā-traya
avatāra
āveśāvatāra
Aveṣṭi
Avidhavā-navamī-śrāddha
avidyā
avikṛta-pariṇāma-vāda
avirati
āvīta
Aviyoga-vrata
Avvaiyār
avyakta
Avyakta Upaniṣad
avyaṅga
ayācita
Āyādi-ṣaḍvarga
āyamukha
ayana
ayanāṁśa
āyaśarīra
Ayodhyā
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
āyudha
Āyudha-puruṣa
Āyurveda
āyuṣya
Āyuṣyasūkta
ayuta-siddha
Ayyappan