Hinduism. Jainism. Sikhism (Dictionary)

Year: 1996
Category: Religion
Publisher: Republic, Moscow
ISBN: 5-250-02557-9
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Number of pages: 577
Description: This edition is the first in our country, a dictionary dedicated to the three most common in India religions: Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism.
This is - the result of many years of work indologists Moscow and St. Petersburg (historians, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians and critics). The dictionary entries reflected the history of the origin of these religions and their modern state; characterized by their multiple directions, sects, organizations; analyzed the sacred books, describes beliefs and rituals.
The authors of the dictionary also paid attention to the philosophical schools belonging to these religions, and religious leaders who contributed to the theology and philosophy of a religious direction.