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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: India
India is covered over with a network of railways, along which the chief business centres and the chief objects of interest for the traveller are situated -- the rest being accessible by journeys of a few miles by tonga along decent roads.
India consists of eight ecclesiastical provinces, seven of which are in the peninsula and the eighth in Ceylon.
In the last respect the Government of India cannot be said to be partial to Christians as compared with non-Christians; since it spends large sums of State money over a number of non-Christian religious edifices and institutions in continuance and perpetuation of the practice of their predecessors in the government of the country.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm   (12511 words)

  
 Templenet Encyclopedia - Index to States
The Kali temple at Kalighat - Calcutta is revered as one of the Shakti Peeths in India.
Abounding in natural beauty, the Himalayan region in India is full of places of worship, dating back to ancient times.
Numerous legends associated with the great epics of India are associated with these shrines.
www.templenet.com /encyclo.html   (481 words)

  
 Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While rapid growth in China and now India, and moderate growth in Latin America, has lifted millions beyond subsistence living, Africa has gone backwards in terms of foreign trade, investment, and per capita income.
The formation of the Old Kingdom of Egypt in the third millennium BCE marked the first known complex religious system on the continent.
Around the ninth century BCE, Carthage (in present-day Tunisia) was founded by the Phoenicians, and went on to become a major cosmopolitan center where deities from neighboring Egypt, Rome and the Etruscan city-states were worshipped.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Africa   (5315 words)

  
 Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Xuanzang, world-famous for his sixteen-year pilgrimage to India and career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of scholastic Chinese Buddhism.
According to legend, Silabhadra (529-645), abbot of Nalanda, was considering suicide after years of wasting illness when he received instructions from deities in a dream, commanding him to endure and await the arrival of a Chinese monk in order to guarantee the preservation of the Mahayana tradition abroad.
It was in this Temple that Xuanzang devoted the rest of his life to the translation of the Sanskrit works that he had brought back out of the wide west, assisted by a staff of more than twenty translators, all well-versed in the knowledge of Chinese, Sanskrit, and Buddhism itself.
www.iep.utm.edu /x/xuanzang.htm   (4283 words)

  
 Llewellyn Encyclopedia
The grimoire contains elaborate instructions in the form of a six-month program of purification and prayer, designed to lead the magician to higher states of consciousness in which "knowledge and conversation with the Holy Guardian Angel" is possible.
Abraxas: A popular magical deity in the ancient world, Abraxas (also called Abrasax) was depicted on classical amulet gems as a humanlike figure with a rooster’s head and serpents for feet, wielding a charioteer’s whip.
Asatru: Those who practice Asatru devote themselves to the Nordic, Germanic, and Icelandic Deities, and may do so to the exclusion of all other Deities by a voluntary covenant.
www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /glossary.php   (7112 words)

  
 Matchless-gifts.com: Religious Gift Items from India
For deliveries within India, please use the coupon code "INDIA" while placing your order to have the postage deducted on checkout.
All orders are guaranteed, and we will replace any damaged or missing CD at our own expense.
We are wholesale suppliers of all items from India.
www.matchless-gifts.com /catalog/default.php?cPath=30   (251 words)

  
 Daksha
Daksha probably began as one of the pre-Vedic deities of India.
In Vedic and post-Vedic times he took on differing characteristics.
Article "Daksha" created on 06 May 1997; last modified on 27 December 1998 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/d/daksha.html   (357 words)

  
 Pregnancy
Being an account of Jesus' escape from death on the cross and of his journey to India.
spirituality, the soul, deities, and quotations from the scriptures.
An account of three weeks spent in India as part of an Australian community
www.pregnancysitec.com /chineselunarcalendarandpregnancy   (731 words)

  
 roleplaying tips for roleplayers and gamemaster roleplaying advice for all roleplaying systems and rpgs
World Building Library is a series of articles, exploring different aspects of real world phenomena and integrating those elements into a role-playing environment.
Look for the first titles at your favored vendor of electronic products: Items of Myth and Legend: India I and II, Tibetan Deities, and Tibetan Exorcisms.
Some of the tips in this week's issue appeared in shorter form in Issue #300.
www.roleplayingtips.com /issue303.asp   (4359 words)

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