AZHAGAR KOIL: Vishnu temple at Azhagarkoil, 12 miles from Madura, considered to be second most sacred temple of Vaishnavites.

AZHWARS: The Vaishnavite Saints numbering 12.

BALI: King Bali of the Netherworlds, whose pride was curbed by Lord Vishnu.

BANASURA: The demon by name Bana for whom Lord Siva worked as gate-keeper.

BHAGAVADGITA: Song of the divine one, Krishna; a celebrated philosophic epic inserted in Mahabharata.

BHAGAVAN: God.

BHAIRAVA: Energy of Lord Siva created to desecrate the sacrifice conducted by King Daksha.

BHAJANA: Congregatory mode of singing and uttering the name of God to glorify Him.

BHAKTA: A devotee of God.

BHAKTI : Devotion to God.

BHASHYA: Commentary; an explanatory work.

BHASKARA: Sun.

BHASMASURA: The demon who got blessings from Lord Siva that wherever he put his palms would turn into ashes. Bhasma means ashes.

BHIKSHATANA: Gone around begging. Lord Siva went round as a mendicant for begging in Darukavanam.

BHRIGU: Son of Brahma, a great saint.

BRAHMA: Name of one of the gods of Hindu Trinity.

BRAHMAN: The Absolute God; the very source of all creation,

BRIHADEESWARA: Brihat, the big Iswara, Lord Siva at Tanjore.

BUDDHISM: The teachings of Lord Buddha.

CHAKRA: The discus. The most powerful and the last weapon of Lord Vishnu for annihilation.