Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One

Regions, Pilgrimage, Deities

Helene Basu, Angelika Malinar, Vasudha Narayanan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

876 Seiten

2009
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-17641-6 (ISBN)

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The six-volume Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism is a thematically organized encyclopedia, presenting the latest research on all the main aspects of the Hindu traditions. Its essays are original work written by the world’s foremost scholars on Hinduism. The encyclopedia aims at a balanced and even-handed view of Hinduism, recognizing the divergent perspectives and methods in the academic study of a religion that is both an ancient historical tradition and a flourishing tradition today. Following a pluralistic approach, the encyclopedia embraces the greatest possible diversity, plurality, and heterogeneity. It thus emphasizes that Hinduism encompasses a variety of regional religious traditions, as well as a global world religion.

Volume I of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism covers two main thematic fields. First it presents the regional traditions of Hinduism with articles on the Indian states and main regions of India and on historical regions outside of India. Here the reader will also find entries on sacred space and pilgrimage traditions, sacred time and festival traditions. The second thematic field concerns the various gods, goddesses and divine powers of Hinduism past and present.

Please see Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism (6 vols set) ISBN 978 90 04 27128 9 (Publication December 2014) for the complete set information.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2009
Reihe/Serie	Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism ; 22/1
Mitarbeit	Chef-Herausgeber: Knut A. Jacobsen
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-04-17641-1 / 9004176411
ISBN-13	978-90-04-17641-6 / 9789004176416
Zustand	Neuware