The origins of evil in Hindu mythology
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Author
Publication
1976 - University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, California
Language
English
Word Count
102,750 words, Guess
Page Count
411 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveoriginsofevilinh0000ofla
- ISBN-100520031636
- ISBN-139780520031630
- LibraryThing1366821
- Goodreads3684999
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number75040664
- OCLC Control Number2732474
- Better World Books9780520031630
- Open LibraryOL21123501M
Classifications
- LCCBJ1401'O35
- LCCBJ1401 .O35
- LCCBL1100.E9 O34x
and 1 more
- DDC294.513
Description
Presenting a subject rarely studied, the author shows there is a history of ideas about evil in Hinduism.
First Sentence
Theodicy, the term used to designate the problem of evil and its attempted resolution, is derived from the Greek theos, god, and dike, justice; its was put into general currency by Leibniz, who used it to signify the defense of the justice of God in face of the fact of evil.
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Series Statement
- Hermeneutics studies in the history of religion -- 6
Other Editions
- The origins of evil in Hindu mythology
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