Publication

1976 - University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, California

Language

English

Word Count

102,750 words, Guess

Page Count

411 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Hermeneutics studies in the history of religion -- 6

Other Editions

  • The origins of evil in Hindu mythologyUniversity of California Press1976-01-01

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