Encyclopedia of Hinduism

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nnnnnnnnnnn Encyclopedia of Hinduism Constance A. Jones and James D. Ryan J. Gordon Melton, Series Editor J:AF Encyclopedia of W ...

Encyclopedia of Hinduism Copyright © 2007 by Constance A. Jones and James D. Ryan All rights reserved. No part of this book may ...

About the Editor vii List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Note on Terms and Spelling xv Introduction: Hindui ...

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vii Series editor J. Gordon Melton is the director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara, Califor ...

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Amritanandamayi Ma 26 Sikh devotees outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar 28 Anandamayi Ma 32 Sri Aurobindo 52 Devotional practi ...

Brahmin priest performing puja to Lord Vishnu 336 Lord Krishna’s birthplace, where his puranic tale begins 337 Rama, an incarnat ...

xi The Encyclopedia of World Religions series has been designed to provide comprehensive coverage of six major global religious ...

K xii Encyclopedia of Hinduism practiced by one’s neighbors, a vital resource in the continuing task of building a good society, ...

xiii We are particularly indebted to colleagues who have generously shared the products of their research and have edited our wo ...

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xv Because the spelling of Hindu terms today relies upon transliteration from several different languages from different languag ...

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xvii The Origins of Hinduism Until the 19th century, Hinduism was consid- ered the indigenous religion of the subcontinent of In ...

The first attested elements that can be argued to be “Hindu” are found in the Indus Valley civilization complex, which lay geogr ...

were a regular feature of the larger public rites of the Vedic tradition. Two other Vedas, the Yajur and Sama Vedas, were based ...