The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1864 page)

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Praxis
(Gk., ‘activity’). Action which arises from true belief, the manifestation of religion in practice. This is of particular importance in
liberation theology
.
Pray
ga
or Prag
.
‘Place of sacrifice’. Hindu place of
pilgrimage
(
t
rtha
), later called by Muslims All
h
b
d, at the meeting point of
Ga
g
and Yamun
rivers, and the subterranean Sarasvat
. It is therefore called
trive
, ‘triple-thread’. Even its soil is so sacred that a small part of it can cleanse from sin. It is one of the seven
sacred cities
, and one of the four sites of the
ku
bha-mela
, which takes place every twelve years. To avoid the Muslim name, Hindus usually call it Il
h
b

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