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Adi Sakhis tradition, closing declaration Asad, Talal 59 107–108 Assamese Vaiṣṇava tradition 116, 126–127, aesthetic emotion 202 152 ahiṃsā (non-violence) 272, 274–275, 279, in Kāmākhyā Nām 145–146 281, 286–287 Nām in 126–127 as religious identity 286–287 Śākta Tantra in 127–128 Air India disaster 230 use of mantra in 127 Akali Dal 31 Austin, J. L. Takhat (‘Immortal Throne’) 32 How To Do Things With Words 189 34–37, 43 avaktavya (‘yes no’ or ‘true false’) 63–64 Albanese, Catherine 176 Ayyappan Temple 238 Ambedkar, B. R. 256 Azusa Street Revival 253 American Academy of Religion (AAR) xxi Buddhism Section 20–21 Baba Dayal 39–40 development of South Asian Studies at -nama (‘Book of Ordinances’) 19–21 39 Hinduism Group 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Baba Hindal 104 Jain Consultation 20 Babbar 36 range of approaches and lenses 21–22 Babha, Homi 56 Religion in Modern India Group 18 Baird, Robert 16, 17, 18 Religion in South Asia (RISA) 18–19, Bakheng (Cambodia) 79 21, 22 Bala Janam-Sakhi 103, 104 Sikh Studies Consultation 20 Balak Singh, Baba 40 Amin, Idi 236 Ballantyne, Tony 178 amrit ceremony 35, 38–39 Bayly, Susan 250 Ananda Marriage Act 30, 40 Saints, Goddesses, and Kings 256–257 Anandapur Sahib Resolution 229 beauty anekāntavāda (‘no one view’) 50, 59, in theosophy 201 60–61, 64 Beldio, Patrick 219 as counteranthropologising strategy Bell, Catherine 184 60–65 Bell, Clive 202 ironising critique of 64–65 Bergunder, Michael 253 as perspectivalism 61–63 Besant, Annie 196, 196n5 Angkor Wat (Cambodia) 68, 79–81 Besant, Annie and Charles W. Leadbeater bas refliefs 80–81 Thought-Forms 206–207, 209 Churning of the Ocean of Milk bas Bethel Assembly of God Church 255 relief 68, 81–82 bhagati 286, 287 replica in India 86 Bhagavad Gita 84 anthropology 58 Gandhi and on 281 reflexive turn in 179, 180 Bhai Bala art Bala Janam-Sakhi 104 abstract 202, 217 Bhai Gurdas Harris on 202–203 Vars 102 materialism in 217, 219 Bhairavī temple 134 sacred 218 bhakti spirituality in 202, 217–218, 219 at Kāmākhyā site 116, 118 art theology 218–219 in Kāmākhyā women’s Nām art therapy 218, 219 ­performances 125–126, 127, 147 294 index

Bhaktivedanta Swami, Prabhupada A. C. in diaspora 160–162 83 monastic debate in 161 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 259 performers of 167–168 Bhartṛhari political issues and 168 Sphota theory of language 9, 13 strategic essentializing and 163–164 Vakyapadiya 8 three main phases of 158 Bhindran Taksal 38 in Tibetan culture 157–158 Bhindranwale, Jarnail Singh 38, 229, 230 typical performance 161 Bhogal, Balbinder 285 Western awareness of 159–160 Biernacki, Loriliai 127, 128, 129 Chantlie, Audrey 127 Bilimoria, Purushottama 57 Chardi Kala Jatha 43–44 Blavatsky, Madame 216 Chatman, Seymour Bloomsbury group 202 caveats of theories of 92 Bourdieu, Pierre 184 model of a text 91–92, 93 bricolage 176 Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure Brown, Judith 249 in Fiction and Film 91–92 “Who is an Indian?” 255–256 Chinese immigrants, to Canada 223–224 Brown, Peter 106 Christianity 246 Buddha 61 changes in 246 Buddhism in India 247–248, 254, 260, 264–265 in India 247 Indian conversions 256–257, 258, logic 63–64 260–263, 264 Buddhism (Tibetan) Indianness of xxv, 265, 266–267 adaptation of 155, 156 interreligious dialogue 265–267 Western interest in 162–163 megachurch phenomenon 255 Thomas (Syrian) 247, 248–249, 250, Cambodia 251–252, 256 Hindu architectural traditions in 70, Churning of the Ocean of Milk bas relief 79 68, 81–82 Hindu law in 71 Cicero 285, 287, 288, 290 Hindu names in 74–75 Coedes, George 70 Hindu temple on flag of 68 Cohen, David William 110 Hindu tradition in 74–75, 76 Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi 274 matrilinear culture in 76–77 colonialism 75, 227, 261, 283, 283–285 Canada Coonan Cross Oath 251 evolution of 223 counteranthropology 50, 57, 58–60 federal system 225–226, 231, 239 measuring success of techniques 59 immigration policy 224, 228, 234 position of 58–59 nationalism in 224–225 practical methods of 60n16 Canadian Group of Painters 196 Coward, Harold G. ix, xvii, xix, xx, xxi, Canadian Indian Friendship Society 240 17, 265–266, 266, 267 Carey, William 265 guru-śiṣya training with Murti 8, 9, 10, Caribbean 75 11, 12, 13, 14 Hindu traditions of 76, 235, 236 legacy of relationship with Murti 11–14 Carman, John 259–260, 264 meeting Murti 3–4 Catholic Christianity Neufelft and 16 in India 249–252 oral tradition in teaching of 12–13 Certeau, Michel de 176 The Perfectibility of Human Nature in ‘chams (Tibetan monastic dance) xxiii, Eastern and Western Thought 10 156–159, 166 Pluralism: Challenge to World Religions adaptations of 167–168 10 audience and 166 Sacred Word and Sacred Text 10 creation of ‘third-space’ 164, 165 Sin and Salvation in the World Religions dancing lamas 159–160 10 detail in 158–159 The Sphota Theory of Language 9–10