Bible Encyclopedias

Ahmednug`ar
a considerable hindu town 122 m. e. of bombay.

Ama`ra Sinha
a hindu buddhist, left a valuable thesaurus of sanskrit words.

Anquetil`-Duperron
brother of the preceding, an enthusiastic orientalist, to whom we owe the discovery and first translation of the zend-avesta and schopenhauer his knowledge of hindu philosophy, and which influenced his own system so much (1731-1805).

Ar`yans
Or Indo-Europeans, a race that is presumed to have had its primitive seat in Central Asia, E. of the Caspian Sea and N. of the Hindu-Kush, and to have

Asuras, the
in the hindu mythology the demons of the darkness of night, in overcoming whom the gods asserted their sovereignty in the universe.

Atman, the
In the Hindu philosophy, the divine spirit in man, conceived of as a small being having its seat in the heart, where it may be felt stirring, travelling

At`tock
a town and fortress in the punjab, on the indus where the kabul joins it—a river beyond which no hindu must pass; it was built by akbar in 1581.

Avatar`
or descent, the incarnation and incarnated manifestation of a hindu deity, a theory both characteristic of vishnuism and marking a new epoch in the religious development of india.

Baboo
or ame applied to a native hindu gentleman who has some knowledge of english.

Balkh
anciently called bactria, a district of afghan turkestan lying between the oxus and the hindu-kush, 250 m. long and 120 m. broad, with a capital of the same name, reduced now to a village; birthplace of zoroaster.

Banga
the hindu name for the delta of the ganges.

Bar-Durani
the collective name of a number of afghan tribes between the hindu-kush and the soliman mountains.

Baro`da
a native state of gujerat, in the prov. of bombay, with a capital of the same name, the sovereign of which is called the guicowar; the third city in the presidency, with hindu temples and a considerable trade.

Benares
The most sacred city of the Hindus, and an important town in the NW. Provinces; is on the Ganges, 420 m. by rail NW. of Calcutta. It presents an amazing

Bidpaï
or he presumed author of a collection of hindu fables of ancient date, in extensive circulation over the east, and widely translated.

Bolor-Tagh
a high tableland in central asia, stretching from the hindu kush mountains northwards to the tian shan.

Brahma
In the Hindu religion and philosophy at one time the formless spirit of the Universe, from which all beings issue and into which they all merge, and

Brahminism
The creed and ritual of the Brahmans, or that social, political, and religious organisation which developed among the Aryans in the valley of the Ganges

Buddha, Gautama
Or he founder of Buddhism about the 5th century B.C., born a Hindu, of an intensely contemplative nature, the son of a king, who did everything in