Religious Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

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van der Leeuw, Geradus 8, 55
Varuna 100
Vatsyayana 112
Vedas 138, 205, 222–223
Vedic religion: atheism in 35–36;
cosmic law 103; creation myth
45; deities 108–109, 148; fire in
90–91; priest 190; purification
197; sacrifice 254; worldview
262
Venda 64, 65
Vestal Virgins 43
Vico, Giambattista 157
Vinaya Pitaka 145, 223
violence 7, 160, 207, 254–256; and
dance 65; and sacred 255
Virgil 196
virtues 82
Vishnu 70, 89, 147, 244–245
visions 27–28, 73, 214, 256–257;
quest for 85, 256
viśistādvaita 147
Vohu Manah 103
Voltaire 157
Vritra 45, 70

Wagner, Peter 142
al-Wahid 100, 148
wahy 204
Wakantanka 100
walī 218
wanagi 238
Watt, W. Montgomery 15
Weber, Max 78, 225
White, Hayden 162
white clothing 211
White Corn Mother 238
Whitehead, Alfred n. 250

Whitehouse, Harvey 11

Williams, Raymond 62

Wilson, Bryan 225

Wilson, John 73, 140

windigo 242

Winnebago 51

wisdom 31

Wissenschaft 14

Wittgenstein, Ludwig 8

women 257–259

world of desire 57

world of form 57

world religions 259–260

worldview 30, 36, 260–261

worship 242, 262–264; of ancestors

4, 23; standardization 46

Wovoka 140

xiangliu 70

Yajur 222

Yama 89

Yamanah, battle of 222

Yamunā 89

yang 74, 76, 103, 257

yin 74, 76, 103, 257–258

yoga 136–137

Yoruba 97, 99, 100, 105,

217, 237

Zaehner, R. C. 153

zakāt 94

Zen Buddhism 132, 146, 147, 164,

200, 201, 240

Zeus 183

Zoroastrianism 90, 103

Zulu 197

Zuni 74, 163