The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2632 page)

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and
Ny
yapari
uddhi
, but also poetic works (including a drama, two
mahak
vyas
, and thirty devotional poems in
k
vya-style
).
Vedanta Society
.
A Hindu movement formed in New York in 1896 by Swami Vivekananda, a disciple of Sri
Ramakrishna
. It is the W. branch of the Ramakrishna Math (monastery), based at Belur near Calcutta, and was established for the purpose of acquainting the West with the spiritual heritage of India in return for the scientific, educational, and other material benefits of the West.
Ved
nta S
tra
(Hindu text):
Vedas
(more comprehensively,
Veda
). The four collections which lie at the foundation of Hindu scripture,
g Veda
,
S
ma Veda
,
Yajur Veda
,
Atharva Veda
. They constitute the foundation of revealed (
ruti
) scripture.

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