abharana 137
adoration 90
Adyapith Kali 5
Adyashakti Mahamaya 228
Aegean universal mother 66
Agamavagisha 217
Aindri xxx
air 80
akshara 54
anga-nyasa 79
Annapurna 158
aratrikam 93
Asarh 121
aspiration xxix
Atman 71
avahana 100
Aztec goddess 65
Babu, Mathur see Biswas, Mathur Nath
Bakultala 188
bali 117
Bamakhepa 274
Banalinga 101
Baneswar 57
Basanti Puja 122
Bauls 82
Beltala 195
Belur Math 124
Bengali New Year 116
Bhadra121
Bhagavati 231
bhairavas 110
Bhairavi xxix
Bhairavi Brahmani 71, 195, 259
Bhajanananda, Swami 90, 98, 241
bhakti 262
Bhattacharya, Kenaram 235
Bhattacharya, Maheshwar 234
Bhavani 215
Bhavatarini Kali xxxii, 25, 44
Bhuvanesvari xxix
bija-mantra 79
Biswas, Mathur Mohan see Biswas, Mathur Nath
Biswas, Mathur Nath 166, 168, 251, 257
black step 63
Brahmacharini xxx
Brahmi xxxi
Brahmo Samaj 269
Broken-Image Krishna 149
buddhi tattva 8
Caillech 67
Campbell, Joseph, 271
Chaitra 122
chalkumra 121
chandi xxiii, xxx, 57, 98, 111
Chandra xix
Chandradevi 244
Chandraghanta xxx
chant 93
charanamrita 94
Chatterjee, Sarvananda 275
Chattopadhyaya, Khudiran 244
chosen deity 91
Coatlicue 65
concert tower 183
conch shell 93
conclusion of the worship 104
cosmic womb 102
cult 91
daily worship 92
Daksha xxvii
dakshina 58
Dakshina Kali 38
Dakshineswar Kali 5
Dakshineswar Kali Puja 125
Dakshineswar Kali Temple xxxii, 3, 145, 147
darkest night of the moon 117, 125
Das, Lakshmi Narayana 217
Das, Rajchandra 159
death 154
deepa 137
destroyer 154
destroyer aspect 67
Devi worship 92
Devi-kavacha xxx
dhupa 137
Digambari 51
Divine Child Jesus 205
Divine Father 49
divine form 92
Divine Mother xxvii, xxx, 5, 18, 24, 49, 74, 113, 124, 183, 262
Divine Mother Kali 28
divine wisdom 54
divinization of the worshipper 99
divya 74
Diwali 231
Durga Puja xxiii, 121, 122, 123
earth, 80
ego-sense 81
elephant-headed god 123
embodiment of illusion xxx
enters Kali's temple 62
eternal life 119
ether 80
excessive energy 74
eye of knowledge 123
faithful milkmaid 95
Falgun 122
fatherhood 155
fearful 37
fire 80
five organs of action 81
five organs of knowledge 81
five vital airs 81
gandha 137
gandha taila 137
Ganesh 101
Ganesha xxxi, 5, 57, 98, 113, 123
Ganges water 14
Garland of Letters 54
garland of skulls 56
garland-maker 96
Gayatri Mantra 92
Gazipukur 203
Gazitala 203
God of death 157
god of lust xxx
God, the Father 154
God-intoxicated mystics 211
Goddess of learning 123
Goddess of Tantra 70
Goddess of wealth 123
Gopala 118
Gopis 19
Goswami, Chandra Shekhar, 234
Great Mother Goddess xix, 53, 64, 89, 102, 113, 133, 142
Hamsa 81
Hindu Trinity 154
holy shalagram 57
homa fire 120
homa fire ceremony 140
Hriday 251
I-Thou relationship 90
Indra xix
inertia 74
intellect 81
Invocation in the image 100
Ishwari xxxi
jackal 56
Jagaddhatri Puja 121
Jagadiswar 153
Jagadiswari 224
Jaistha 121
Jalandhara xxviii
Jaleswar 153
japam 111
Jatileswar 153
Jatneswar 153
Jhautala 195
kala 60
Kalaratri xxx
Kali xxii, xxix, xxxi, 3, 21, 39, 44, 51, 64, 70, 98, 158
altar 101
blackness 48
boon 84
charanamrita 58
inner courtyard 22
Puja 57, 121, 125, 130, 132, 137, 138, 231
shrine 117
temple 23
tongue 55
within the human body 81
worship 37
yantra 80
Kalighat xxviii
Kalyani 125
Kama xxx
Kamakhya Temple xxviii
Kamalakanta 234
Kamarpukur, 244
Kaumari xxxi
King Ritadhwaja 6
kirtan party 133
kitchens 202
KRĪM 79
Krishnananda
Agamavagisha 217
Krittivasa 215
Kumari 53
Kumari Puja 124
Kushmanda xxx
Lakshmi xxx, 5, 13, 57, 98, 123, 158
lion 123
love body 76
Ma Tara 62
Madhavacharya 216
Madonna and child 205
Mahadeva xxix
Mahagauri xxx
Mahalaya 123
Mahanirvana Tantra 47
Maharaja Krishna Chandra 220, 229
mahat tattva 8
mahayuga 60
Maheshwari xxxi
Mahishasura-mardini 123
Maidan 19
male and female principle 7
Manikarnikaghat xxviii
mantras 31
Matangi xxix
Mayadevi 234
mind 80
mistress of time 59
Mitra, Durga Charan 218
moon god xix
Mother Goddess see Great Mother Goddess
Mother Kalika xxviii
Mother of the Shakta Tantra 98
mother worship xxvi
motherhood 155
mover on the waters 98
mukhopadhyaya, Ram Chandra 258
Muladhara lotus see Muladhara chakra
Mundaka Upanishad 64
murti 101
mystical indweller 81
Nageswar 153
naivedya 137
Nakeswar 153
Nakuleswar 153
name and form 55
Nandiswar 153
Narada xxvii
Narasimhi xxxi
Narendra 290
Nares war 153
Natmandir 110, 111, 113, 117, 133, 137
Nature of Worship 89
Navadurga xxx
Nawab Sirajuddaula 220
new moon 117
new moon night 121
Nidhiram 215
night of cosmic slumber xxx
Nimai 280
Nirjareswar 153
Nitya Kali 40
nyasa 100
offering of cooked food 105
Om krīm Kali 79
padya137
panca-makara 73
panchadip 131
panchapradip 107
panchavati 189
pani sankha 94
paniya 137
papa purusa 99
Paramesvari 228
pasu 74
Phalaharini Kali 40
Phalaharini Kali Puja 121
prana pratistha 100
prasad 31, 58, 96, 107, 108, 109, 142, 203
priests' quarters 206
puja vessels 102
punarachamaniyam 137
Puranas 64
pure mind 77
purusha 8
pushpa137
pushpanjali 105
Queen Madalasa 6
quest for bliss 213
Radha-Krishna shrine 152
Raghuvir 248
raja guna 55
Raja Ramkrishna 237
rajas 8
Rajkumari 275
Raktabija xx
Ramayat sect 204
Ramdulal 228
Ramgiri xxviii
Ramkumar 165
Rammohan 228
Rani Bhavani 238
Rani Rasmani 17, 44, 150, 159, 199, 203
Ratanti Puja, 121
Rati xxx
renunciation 158
resurrection 154
Rhea 66
Roy, Harihar of Atgram 237
rudraksha beads 135
sacred shalagrams 101
sacredness 90
sacrificial place 139
sacrificial rite 113
sacrificing animals 119
Sahasrara chakra 81
samanya arghya 99
samkalpa 98
Sandhya 92
sannyas193
Sara-Kali 68
Saradananda, Swami 178, 196, 205
Sat-Chid-Ananda 7
Satyam shivam sundaram 86
savior of the world 44
seed mantra 79
Self 89
Sen, Keshab Chandra 269
Sen, Ramram 216
service to the deity 100
sevaks 97
Shailaputri xxx
Shaktas xxxi
Shakti pithas xxviii, xxix, xxxi
Shakti worshippers xxxi, 25, 31, 125
shastanga pranam 140
She who is Naked 52
Shiva xix, xxvii, xxx, 5, 8, 41, 48, 51, 71, 91, 98, 154, 157, 158
puja 140
Ratri 132
yantra 80
Shivaduti xxxi
Shravan 121
Siddha Kali 40
Siddheswari 215
Siddhidatri xxx
side entrance 63
sindur 58
Skandamata xxx
sleeping serpent 81
snana-yatra 121
snaniya 137
Sodasi xxix
soul's surrender 93
sound 55
special worship 116
spiritual current 15
Sri Chaitanya 62
Sri Chandramani Devi 183
Sri Raghuvir 260
Sri Rama 244
Sri Ramakrishna xxxii, 9, 44, 53, 56, 110, 150, 168, 241
picture 101
room 172
tantric sadhana 195
picture 101
Sri Sarada Ma 57
Sri Sri Jagadiswari Mahakali 44
Srimad Devi Bhagavatam 92, 124
staff rooms 202
storage rooms 202
Sufi Govinda 265
sun god xix
supreme female principle 80
supreme male principle 80
supreme reality 154
Surya xix
swords 61
“taking the holy dust” 28
tama guna 55
tamas 8
Tej Chandra see Maharaja Tej Chandra
temple office 207
terrible mother 37
three gunas 8
time, 60
Trimurti Puja 124
Tripuramalini xxviii
trustees of the Dakshineswar Temple 97
tulsi leaf 101
universal mother 125
Vaisakh 116
Vaishnavas 147
Vaishnavi on Garuda xxxi
Varahi xxx
Varanasi 157
Varanasi sari 123
Varuna xix
vastra 137
Vedanta philosophy 7
Vedas 64
vedi 94
vilvapatra 137
vira 74
Vishnu kitchen 203
Vishnu Temple 149
Viswanath 215
Vivekananda, Swami xxv, 156, 241, 287
Vrindaban 190
warrior god 123
water 80
white sattva guna 55
wisdom 74
worship 91
Yajneswar 153
Yama xix
yantra 141
Yogeswar 153
yugas 60