of the
Ṛ
g Veda
Guardian of the
Mango Trees
Ā
mrap
ā
l
ī
Guardians
Phūlakes
; to whom Plato entrusts control of the city
Guñg
ū
The new moon
Harappa
With Mohenjo-daro, one of the two main centers of civilization in the Indus valley, which flourished between 2500 and 1700
B.C.
Hastin
ā
pura
A city of the P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
avas and the Kauravas, near the present Delhi
Head of the Antelope
M
ā
rga
ś
ī
r
ṣ
a; mouth corresponding to November-December
Hegel
G.W.F. Hegel, 1770–1831
He-who-came-thus
Tath
ā
gata, the Buddha
He-who-feels-
repugnance
B
ī
bhatsu; epithet of Arjuna
He-who-has-the-
blue-neck
N
ī
laka
ṇ
ṭ
ha; epithet of
Ś
iva
He-who-holds-
the-bowl
Kap
ā
lin; epithet of
Ś
iva
Him
ā
laya
Himavat
Himavat
Him
ā
laya; father of P
ā
rvat
ī
hiṃs
-
To wound
Hindukush
A mountainous region between Afghanistan and the west of India (Pakistan and Kashmir)
Hipparchus
Hipparchus of Nicea, second century
B.C
., astronomer who identified and described the precession of the equinoxes
Hoffmann
Karl Hoffmann, indologist, 1915–
hotṛ
He who pours the oblation; one of the four main officiating priests, whose duty is to recite hymns and ritual formulas
Hradecak
ṣ
us
Eye of the Pond; one of the six Apsaras who escort Urva
ś
ī
hṛdyá samudrá
The ocean of the heart
Hr
ī
Modesty
I
Aham
idam
This
iduṃ sarram
All this
India
The Island of the Jamb
ū
Indo-Aryans
Ā
ryas
Indra
King of the Devas and one of the
Ā
dityas
Indr
ā
n
ī
Indra’s wife
Indraprastha
A city of the P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
avas, corresponds to the present Delhi
Indus
Sindhu
Iran
Ē
r
ā
nšahr, “Land of the
Ā
ryas”
Ī
ś
ā
na
Lord; one of the names of Rudra
Island of the Jamb
ū
Jamb
ū
dv
ī
pa; ancient name of the Indian subcontinent
ira
“In a certain sense”; “so to speak.” “The particle
ira
stresses indetermination, evokes latent values” (L. Renou and L. Silburn, “
Nirukta
and
ánīrukta
,” in
L. Sarup Memorial Volume
, Hoshiarpur, 1954, p. 76)
jagatī
A Vedic meter made up of three lines of twelve syllables
Jamadagni
Devouring fire; a
ṛṣi
, descendant of Bh
ṛ
gu, according to some traditions, one of the Saptar
ṣ
is; introduced the
rirāj
meter
jambū
Rose-apple tree,
Eugenia jambos
; Island of the Jamb
ū
, Jamb
ū
dv
ī
pa, is the ancient name of India
Janaka
Generator; king of Videha
Janamejaya
One who makes men tremble; son of Par
ī
k
ṣ
it
Janapadakaly
ā
ṇ
ī
The beauty of the land: girl betrothed to
Ā
nanda (or, according to some, to Nanda)
jaráyantī
Awakening, making one grow old
Jay
ā
Maid of P
ā
rvat
ī
Jayadratha
One who has victorious chariots; king of Sindhu, ally of the Kauravas against the P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
avas
Jena
City in Germany
Jetavana
One of the Buddha’s favorite parks
Jina Mah
ā
v
ī
ra
A spiritual master at the time of the Buddha, founder of Jainism
K.
Josef K. in
The Trial
and K. in
The Castle
, novels by Franz Kafka
Ka
Who? Secret name of Praj
ā
pati
Kadr
ū
Daughter of Dak
ṣ
a, sister of Vinat
ā
, mother of a thousand N
ā
gas; according to the
Śatapatha Brāhmana
, 3.2.4.1, she and Vinat
ā
were
māyās
, “magic forms,” evoked by the Devas to win the
soma
Kafka
Franz Kafka, 1883–1924
Kail
ā
sa
A mountain in western Tibet on whose slopes the Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahm
ā
putra rivers all flow
Kakuda K
ā
ty
ā
yana
A philosopher at the time of the Buddha
K
ā
la
Time; one of the names of
Ś
iva
K
ā
lak
ū
ṭ
a
The poison of the world, drunk by
Ś
iva during the churning of the ocean
K
ā
landakaniv
ā
pa
Offered to the squirrels; one of the Buddha’s favorite parks
Kal
ā
vat
ī
Sister of Men
ā
kali
When playing dice the losing throw, “the dog’s throw,” which gives a remainder of one; in the sequence of the
yugas
, it comes after the
kṛtayuga
, the
tretāyuga
, and the
drāparayuga
K
ā
l
ī
Black One, Dark One; an epithet of Dev
ī
, and hence of P
ā
rvat
ī
K
ā
lid
ā
sa
An Indian poet and playwright who lived between the fourth and fifth centuries
A.D.
kaliyuga
Age of the Losing Throw
kalpa
A cosmic cycle corresponding to a day of Brahm
ā
; divided into four aeons,
yugas
, it ends with the
pralaya
, “dissolution,” also known as the “night of Brahm