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    Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1913) is a book written by Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Responding to the call of Swami Vivekananda, Sister...
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  • Hinduism: myths and realities)
    alternative name of India, meaning the "land of Hindus". Among the earliest known records of 'Hindu' with connotations of religion may be in the 7th-century...
    299 KB (31,107 words) - 20:56, 22 April 2024
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    Hindus (Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] ; /ˈhɪnduːz/) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical...
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    Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Sanskrit texts such as the Vedic literature...
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  • "episodes of direct religious persecution of Hindus were rare", as were communal riots between Hindus and Muslims. According to André Wink, the mutilation...
    190 KB (21,960 words) - 05:58, 22 April 2024
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    Manasa (category Hindu goddesses)
    (2003). Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. Kessinger Publishing. p. 330. ISBN 0-7661-4515-8. "Government of Bihar". Lrc.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original...
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  • their myths, legends, and history together, considering myths and legends to be true accounts of their remote past. In particular, creation myths take...
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  • Nahusha (category Characters in Hindu mythology)
    Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. Courier Corporation. pp. 371–372. ISBN 978-0-48-621759-8. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nahusha. Hindu Mythology...
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  • creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are...
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  • Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according...
    54 KB (6,379 words) - 18:55, 19 April 2024
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    viewed as aspects of the same Ultimate Reality called Brahman. From ancient times, the idea of equivalence has been cherished for all Hindus, in its texts...
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  • Japanese myths
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    and the influence of these myths. Two important sources for Japanese myths, as they are recognized today, are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. The Kojiki...
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  • Greek myths and legends)
    is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader...
    109 KB (12,225 words) - 12:27, 9 April 2024
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    are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primeval waters which appear in certain creation myths, as the flood waters are described...
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