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 lay pr…
Bhū(devī)(5,574 words)
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Venkatesan, Archana, “Bhū(devī)”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online, Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Knut A. Jacobsen, Helene Basu, Angelika Malinar, Vasudha Narayanan. Consulted online on 27 January 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2212-5019_BEH_COM_1030270>
First published online: 2018
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