a
An immense tree from whose branches hang the V
ā
lakhilyas
ṛc
Praise, hymn
ṛddhipāda
Basis of magic power
Recherche
À la recherche du temps perdu
by Marcel Proust
Renou
Louis Renou, indologist. 1896–1966
Residue
Ś
e
ṣ
a
Ṛ
g Veda
Wisdom made up of hymns; A collection of 1,028 hymns divided into ten books (
maṇḍalas
), belonging to the eponymous Veda. It is believed to have been put together between 1200 and 1000
B.C.
Ring
Der Ring des Nibelungen
, by Richard Wanger
riṣ-
To consume oneself
rocaná
Space of light
Rohi
ṇ
ī
Tawny One; Aldebaran
Romance of the Horse
Narrative implicit in the course of the
aśramedha
ṛṣi
Seer
Ṛ
ś
ya
ś
ṛ
ṇ
ga
Son of the
ṛṣi
Vibh
ā
ṇ
ḍ
aka: hermit
ṛta
Order, truth; Heinrich Lüders dedicates a considerable part of his two-volume
Varuṇa
(unfinished) to a demonstration of how and why the two meanings are copresent
ṛtáran
Endowed with truth
Rudra
Yelling One or Tawny One, according to the ancient etymologists; antecedent of
Ś
iva
Rüdras
Eleven divinities who, with the Vasus, the
Ā
dityas, and the two A
ś
vins, make up the thirty-three Vedic gods
Rukmi
ṇ
ī
First wife of K
ṛ
ṣ
ṇ
a
rūpa
Form
ruran
Roaring
sabhā
Meeting place, assembly hall
sāhā
The girl who takes part in the rite of the
aśramedha
Sah
ā
Name of an Apsaras
Sahadeva
The youngest of the five P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
avas, twin brother of Nakula, whose parents were Dasra, one of the A
ś
vins, and M
ā
dr
ī
, P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
u’s second wife
Ś
ā
kalya
A bralunan of the Kuru-Pa
ñ
c
ā
las
śakti
Power: the
śakti
pur excellence is
Ś
iva’s consort
Ś
akuntal
ā
Daughter of Vi
ś
v
ā
mitra and the Apsaras Menak
ā
; from her union with King Du
ṣ
yanta she gives birth to Sarvadamana, later known as Bharata, emperor of India
Ś
ā
kyas
The royal clan to which the Buddha belonged, hence his name
Ś
ā
kyamuni, “Wise man of the
Ś
ā
kyas”
śāla
Shorea robusta,
Vatica robusta
, a resinous tree common in India
Ś
ā
lavat
ī
An area of the principality of Kosala
Ś
ā
lva
A tribe settled on the banks of the Yamun
ā
Ś
ā
ma
ś
ravas
Disciple of Y
ā
jñavalkya
śamī
Acacia suma, Mimosa suma, Prosopis spicigera
, a tree of the acacia family
Sa
ṃ
jayin Vairat
ī
putra
Philosopher living at the time of the Buddha
saṃjīranī vidyā
The science of resurrection
Sa
ṃ
j
ñ
a
Name; simulacrum of Sara
ṇ
y
ū
created by Sara
ṇ
y
ū
herself; also known as Ch
ā
y
ā
, “Shadow”
S
ā
ṃ
khya
One of the six schools of thought fundamental to Indian philosophy
saṃnyāsin
Renouncer
sampad
That which falls together, equivalence
saṃsāra
Migration; the circle of rebirth, becoming of phenomena
Ś
ā
ṃ
tanu
King of the lunar dynasty, father of Bh
ī
ṣ
ma, husband of Satyavat
ī
, and father of Vicitrav
ī
rya
saṃtati
Continuity
S
ā
ñ
c
ī
A place in Madhya Pradesh sacred to Buddhism
Sandhy
ā
Conjunction, dusk; daughter of Brahm
ā
Sannati
Daughter of Dak
ṣ
a and V
ī
ri
ṇ
ī
śāntarasa
Flavor of peace
Saptar
ṣ
is
The seven
ṛṣis
who reside in the stars of the Great Bear, also known as
ṛṣis
of the first list, partly to indicate that they came before all the other
ṛṣis
and partly because of the antiquity of the tradition that bears witness to them: Bharadv
ā
ja, Ka
ś
yapa, Gotama, Atri, Vi
ś
v
ā
mitra, Jamadagni, and Vasi
ṣ
ṭ
ha. The
ṛṣis
of the second list, predominant in the epics, are Mar
ī
ci, Atri, A
ṅ
giras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vasi
ṣ
ṭ
ha. Bh
ṛ
gu is sometimes included in the second list
Saram
ā
Indra’s she-dog
Sara
ṇ
y
ū
Daughter of Tva
ṣ
ṭ
ṛ
, twin sister of Tri
ś
iras, wife of Vivasvat, mother of Yama and Yam
ī
and of the A
ś
vins
Sarasvat
ī
Flowing One; wife of Brahm
ā
, sacred river of the Punjab, whose waters sink into the sands of the Rajasthan
Ś
arava
ṇ
odbhava
Born-in-a-reed-marsh; name of Skanda
Ś
ā
riputra
Disciple of the Buddha
S
ā
rn
ā
th
Place where the Buddha began to preach, near V
ā
r
ā
nas
ī
Sarva
Everything; one of the names of Rudra
Ś
arva
Archer; one of the names of Rudra
Ś