The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (585 page)

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Daena
(conscience)
:
Daeva
(Old Pers.,
daiva
; Middle Pers.,
d
v
: ‘shining one’). One of a group of gods in Ancient Persia (cf.
DEVA
) who were denounced by
Zoroaster
as demonic and as gods of war and strife.
Daf Yomi
(Heb., ‘daily page’). Prescribed daily passage of
Talmud
study. Devised by R. Meir Shapira in 1928, a double page of Talmud is prescribed for study each day. The entire Babylonian Talmud can be completed in seven years.
D
gaba
(P
li
dh
tu
, ‘element, essence’ +
garbha
, ‘chamber, cave’). A Buddhist mound where
relics
are kept, hence occasionally a relic-container. A d
gaba usually has the same form as a
st
pa
but not all st
pas are d
gabas, because not all st
pas contain relics.

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