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This authoritative dictionary covers all aspects of Hinduism, including practices, festivals, beliefs, gods, sacred sites, languages, and religious texts--everything from Tantra to temples, from bhakti to Divali. The most wide-ranging dictionary of its kind, it features 2,800 clear, concise, up-to-date, and fully cross-referenced entries, including many biographical entries for key thinkers, teachers, and scholars. Its detailed appendices include maps, a useful pronunciation guide, a chronology, a list of principal sources,...
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William Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Cardiff University.
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Hindu literature has a language all its own, consisting of countless terms derived largely from Sanskrit (an ancient language of India). This dictionary of almost 2,800 terms is certainly geared toward the uninitiated—those who do not know a dhvaja (“banner”) from a dvarapala (“doorkeeper”). Pronouncing terms like these is made easier with diacritical marks throughout and a pronunciation guide in the back. At least half of the terms are...
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0198610262
- ISBN 13 9780198610267
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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