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41polytheism — polytheist, n. polytheistic, polytheistical, adj. polytheistically, adv. /pol ee thee iz euhm, pol ee thee iz euhm/, n. the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. [1605 15; POLY + THEISM; cf. F polythéisme] * * * Belief in… …
42Buddhism — • The religious, monastic system, founded c. 500 B.C. on the basis of pantheistic Brahminism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Buddhism Buddhism …
43Advaita Vedanta — (IAST IAST|Advaita Vedānta ; Sanskrit Unicode|अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA2|əd̪vait̪ə veːd̪ɑːnt̪ə) is a sub school of the Vedānta (literally, end or the goal of the Vedas , Sanskrit) school of Hindu philosophy. [… …
44japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
45Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
46Murti — Murthy redirects here. For other uses, see Murthy (disambiguation). A clay Ganesha murti, worshipped during Ganesh Chaturthi festival. In Hinduism, a murti (Devanagari: मूर्ति), or murthi, or vigraha or pratima …
47Radha Krishna — Hdeity infobox| Caption = Radha (right) Krishna (left), surrounded by gopis, in Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir, 2005 Name = Radha Krishna Sanskrit Transliteration = IAST| rādhā kṛṣṇa Devanagari = राधा कृष्ण Kannada = Pali Transliteration = Tamil… …
48prayer — prayer1 prayerless, adj. prayerlessly, adv. prayerlessness, n. /prair/, n. 1. a devout petition to God or an object of worship. 2. a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession …
49Veneration — in Noto St Conrad of Piacenza (San Corrado) Veneration (Latin veneratio, Greek δουλεία, douleia), or veneration of saints, is a special act of honoring a saint: an angel, or a dead person who has been identified b …
50Bhagavata — Bhagavata, with the literal meaning of that which comes from Bhagavan or the Lord, signifies in the context of Hinduism. In this context bhakti has the primary meaning of adoration , while Bhagavat means the Adorable One , and Bhagavata is a… …
