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Bhagavadgītā (BHĀGAVADGĪTĀ)
The "Song of the Blessed One" is a didactic poem of 700 stanzas, inserted in Book VI of the Mahābhārata, chaps. 23-40 according to the critical edition of… -
Bhakti
From the Sanskrit root bhaj ("to adore"), it is in Brahmanical and Hinduistic India the attitude of mystical devotion toward a particular divinity. Already… -
Bhamo, Apostolic Prefecture of (BHAMO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
It was erected in 1938 with territory detached from the vicariate of Northern Burma (which on that occasion had its name changed to that of Mandalay). It is… -
Bhutan
Small Himalayan state, of 50,000 sq km, enclosed between Tibet, Sikkim and Assam; independent in name, in fact under British control. It is entirely…