Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

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Acknowledgement svi Preface vii Introduction 1 A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 15 Chronology 216 Appendice s Thematic Bibliog ...

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Preface T o write a concise encyclopedia of Hinduism is a daunting task con- sidering the enormous diversity of what is called ‘ ...

A great many entries are concerned with mythology. While mythol- ogy has its own truth, it goes without saying that no historica ...

Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduismseparates the various elements of compounds through short dividing dashes. Sanskrit words do not ...

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H induism has no known founder, no known historic beginnings, no central authority, no common creed. It has many founders of div ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 2 populations. Side by side with the Hindus there always lived adherents of other traditions, ...

3 Introduction Mohenjo Daro Khajura ̄ho Pataliputra MAGADHA VIDEHA (Pi ̄tha) ̇ (Navadvip) Dva ̄raka Some ́svara Ellora Tirupati ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 4 millions of people who visit these places, not as tourists but as pilgrims. Many Hindu expa ...

5 Introduction understanding of these hymns and their position in the Indian tradition has undergone a dramatic change as well. ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 6 the Pallavas, Indian religion reached out to Java (Indonesia), Champä (Thailand) and Cambod ...

7 Introduction MI ZO RA M B B A A N N G G L L A A D D E E S S H H Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea SRI LANKA TAMIL NADU KA RN AT AK A A ...

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism 8 believer in socialism, insisted on India becoming a ‘secular democracy’, under his successo ...

9 Introduction (the former East Bengal) and Ÿrï Laökä, but also in Europe, in North America, in Africa, Australia and Oceania. H ...