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(1878–1965).
Pioneer in revealing and interpreting Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to the West. In 1919 in Gangtok, Evans-Wentz met the Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup (former teacher of Alexandra David-Neel who wrote
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
, 1965) and together they began translating the
Tibetan Book of the Dead
, 1927, a totally unknown manuscript which Evans-Wentz had picked up in a Darjeeling bazaar. Other books haphazardly followed:
Tibet's Great Yogi
,
Milarepa
, (1928);
Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines
, (1935);
Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
, (1954) (pt. 2 of which he considered his most important work), and
Cuchama and Sacred Mountains
, (1981) (posthumously).

 
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(Heb.,
avvah). According to Jewish scripture, the first woman. According to the
aggadah
, Eve was Adam's second wife after
Lilith
had left him, and the serpent approached Eve rather than Adam because it knew women are more easily tempted (
ARN
1. 4). Eve is buried beside Adam on Mount
Machpelah
.
In Islam the wife of Adam is mentioned in the
Qur’
n
, but not by name. Further details, including the name Eve (Arab., Haww
’), are given in legends, probably from Rabbinic and Syriac sources.
aww
’ died two years after Adam and was buried beside him at
Mecca
.

 
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Evening Prayer
or Evensong
.

The evening office of the Anglican Church. ‘Evening prayer’ is also a title for Roman Catholic vespers. See also
MORNING PRAYER
.

 
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Even Shetiyyah
(rock on which, according to Jews and Muslims, world is founded)
:

see
EBEN SHETIYYAH
.

 
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