The History of Reverence for the Earth
Reverence for the earth as Pṛthvī or Bhūdevī (variations of the name include Bhū Devī and Bhūmi/Bhūmā) may be traced to the earliest textual literature of Hinduism. Whether in a textual source or in…
Bhū(devī)(5,660 words)
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Archana Venkatesan, “Bhū(devī)”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Edited by: Knut A. Jacobsen, Helene Basu, Angelika Malinar, Vasudha Narayanan. Consulted online on 21 October 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2212-5019_beh_COM_1030270>
First published online: 2012
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