The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (205 page)

Annaphura
(W. Syrian liturgies)
:

see
ANAPHORA
.

 
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(Skt., ‘one who gives nourishment’). Household Goddess for Hindus, who guarantees to her worshippers that food will not fail.

 
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(P
li),
Anyatirthika Parivr
jakas
(Skt.). Wanderers of other views. In Buddhist scriptures, the name for groups of non-Buddhist
ascetics
that were contemporaries of the
Buddha
. Because they were seen as rivals and competitors to Buddhism, they are generally represented unfavourably, though there is some evidence to suggest that the Buddha himself may have regarded them more highly than his own followers.

 
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Anne, St
.

Mother of the Virgin
Mary
, of whom nothing certain is known: she does not appear in the Bible, but only in legends beginning with the
Protogospel of
James
. Her cult, by then widely popular, was attacked by the Reformers. Feast day, in the W. (with St Joachim her husband), 26 July; in the E., 25 July.

 
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Annihilationism
(doctrine of no afterlife)
:

see
UCCHEDAV
DA
.

 
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