The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2625 page)

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ts
putr
yas flourished in that region until the 11th cent. CE.
Their texts, which do not survive, were written in Apabhra
a and treat positively the notion of personal identity (
pudgala
). The V
ts
putr
yas were therefore
Pudgalav
dins
.
Vaudois
(adherents of Christian reform movement):
Vaughan, Henry
(1622–95)
. Welsh doctor and
Metaphysical
poet, known as the Silurist. His main work,
Silex Scintillans
(The Flashing Flint) was influenced by G.
Herbert
. Aware of the restlessness of human nature and of the experience of the absence of God, he is especially remembered for vivid images of mystical vision.

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