The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hindusim vol 2

Chintapurni, 149–150, 638
Chir Ghat, 127, 150
Chitpavan brahmins, 131,
150–151, 369, 407, 509
Chitrakut, 102, 151
Chitswami, poet, 64, 151
Chittirai, 151, 685
Chittirai festival, 136, 151, 227, 438
Chokamela, poet, 151–152, 407,
459, 596, 732
“Chokamela and Eknath” (Zelliot),
152, 220
Chola Dynasty, 104, 127, 135,
147, 152, 379, 392, 464,
496, 509, 546, 548, 549,
643, 685, 687
Christianity, 45
Chudakarana, 147, 269
Chudakarana samskara, 118, 152,
225, 449, 591
Chunar sandstone, 152, 197,
510, 575
Churail, 152–153
Churails, 114
Cinnabar, 153, 193
Classical Hindu Mythology
(Dimmitt/van Buitenen),
155, 157, 533, 552
Clothey, Fred, 450, 490, 680,
701, 703
Coburn, Thomas B., 187
Collyrium, 153
Commensality, 48, 111, 153, 217
The Complete Illustrated Guide to
Ayurveda (Warrier), 75
The Complete Works of
Swami Vivekananda
(Vivekananda), 768
Conch shell, 153–154
Consecration, 154, 522, 546, 548
Coomaraswamy, Ananda, 154, 776
Corbelling, 154
Coromandel Coast, 141, 154,
265, 591
Corpse, 129, 154, 165, 535. See also
Cremation
characteristics, 4, 62, 160, 424
Coryat, Thomas, 155
Cosmic Egg, 155, 156
Cosmic time, 155–156, 214, 337, 338,
338, 375, 423, 707. See also Time
manvantara, 424
Cosmology, 14, 22, 44, 156–157,
217, 220, 254, 415, 437. See
also Earth; Elements
symbolic, 115
Coulson, Michael, 2, 413, 446, 758
Courtright, Paul, 241
Cow, 129, 157, 193, 271, 311, 341,
360, 364, 414, 447, 500, 601,
645, 731, 746
Godana, 250
goshalas, 157, 258
Kamadhenu, 188
leather and, 388
sacred, 41, 79, 158, 314, 491
slaughter, 158–159, 159, 282,
355, 563
Cow dung, 62, 158, 291
Cow Protection Movement, 157,
158–159
Cow slaughter, 158–159, 159, 282,
355, 563
Coward, Harold, 261
“Cow’s mouth,” 412
Craven, Roy, 369, 671
Creation, 156, 389, 423, 493
Creation Hymn, 159–160, 573
Cremation, 46, 62, 68, 91, 108, 123,
155, 160–161, 600. See also
Burial; Death
ghats, 202
Manikarnika Ghat, 91, 161
Cremation ground, 161, 275, 333,
348, 419, 748
Cuckoo, 161–162, 369
The Cult of Jagannath (Tripathi),
534, 665
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