The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (699 page)
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that everything is apprehended as suffering. Therefore, the ‘truth’ of suffering is something which has to be discerned or discovered, like the truth of anicca. Hence it figures as a subject of contemplation (
dukkh
nupassan
, cf.
VIPASSAN
) in Buddhist meditational practice.
dukkh
nupassan, cf.VIPASSAN
) in Buddhist meditational practice.
Duleep Singh
(son of Rañjit Si
gh)
:
(son of Rañjit Si
gh):
T SINGHDumézil, Georges
(1898–1986).
French scholar of Indo-European thought and structure. Much influenced by
Durkheim
and Mauss, he made wide-ranging comparative studies, seeking to demonstrate the underlying importance of tripartite structures and functions (for an example see
P
AVAS
), and also of paired relations between heavenly beings and earthly counterparts. Although accused of imposing patterns and ‘shaving the corners’, his views were influential for a time in the study of religion.
French scholar of Indo-European thought and structure. Much influenced by
Durkheim
and Mauss, he made wide-ranging comparative studies, seeking to demonstrate the underlying importance of tripartite structures and functions (for an example see
P
AVAS), and also of paired relations between heavenly beings and earthly counterparts. Although accused of imposing patterns and ‘shaving the corners’, his views were influential for a time in the study of religion.
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