The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (528 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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Chen-yen
(Chinese Esoteric Buddhism)
:

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Cherub

(from Heb.,
keruv
). A winged heavenly creature.

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Cherubic hymn
or Cherubikon
.

The hymn, probably of the 6th cent., sung at the
Great Entrance
in the Orthodox liturgy.

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Chhant

(Pañj

, ‘poem, song’). In the

di
Granth, the chhants are
hymns
between a
chaupad
and an
a

in length, i.e. usually four stanzas of six lines. Within each
r

g
the chhants follow the a

apad

s and precede the
v

rs
.

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