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''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'', 1st ed., 2012, is a comprehensive, multi-volume, English language encyclopedia of Hinduism, comprising ', a Sanskrit phrase, meaning "the eternal law", or the "eternal way", that is used to refer to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Hinduism-is-an-intellectual-system-not-religion/Article1-899317.aspx )〕 It is a 7,184 page, 11-volume publication with full-color illustrations of temples, places, thinkers, rituals and festivals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.rupapublications.com/client/Book/Encyclopedia-of-Hinduism.aspx )〕 ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'' is an inspiration and dream project of Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President of Parmarth Niketan and India Heritage Research Foundation. Under preparation for 25 years, it has been edited by Dr. Kapil Kapoor with contribution from over 2000 scholars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120219/spectrum/book1.htm )〕 The encyclopaedia provides conceptual perspective and a general understanding of the different facets of Hinduism. It does not confine itself to religion alone, and has in it entries on art, history, language, literature, philosophy, polity, sciences, and women's studies. The editorial introduction records: :"This encyclopaedia has been prepared to give a fairly comprehensive idea of an ancient way of life, a culture that has roots going back thousands of years and has been called ‘Hinduism’ in the last two hundred years of English discourse. It is a book of knowledge about facts, theories, systems, practices, institutions, beliefs, texts, thinkers and values of, what in fact is, a continuity of one of the two living knowledge cultures of the world, the Vedic (Semitic being the other). Hindu society has been a ‘knowledge society’ in its proper sense for at least 5000 years: the word ‘Veda’ itself means ‘knowledge'." On 3-4 April 2010, a preview and blessings ceremony for the ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'' was held at Parmarth Niketan, attended by H.H. the Dalai Lama, M.M. Swami Gurusharananand, Swami Avdheshanand Giri, Sant Shri Rameshbhai Oza, Swami Ramdev, Sant Shri Morari Bapu and other religious leaders as well as top political leaders, including Shri L.K. Advani and then-Governor of Uttarakhand Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, and IHRF board members and trustees.〔(April 2010 Special Newsletter ) Parmarth Niketan〕 The International Edition of the ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'' was launched at the University of South Carolina on 26 September 2013.〔("USC to launch ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'' Aug. 26" ) University of South Carolina News〕〔(25 बरसों में संजोया हिन्दू धर्म का विश्वकोश ) BBC〕〔(25 Years in Making, Hindu Encyclopedia Complete ) Associated Press〕 The ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'' was presented to the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 23 June 2014.〔(President of India receives a copy of ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism'' ) Press Information Bureau, Government of India, President's Secretariat, Press Release 23-06-2014〕 == Inception == The idea was conceived by Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, at a Hindu-Jain Temple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1987. Subsequently, in November of the same year, the India Heritage Research Foundation was formed to execute the idea of preparing an authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date ''Encyclopedia of Hinduism''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://blog.lkadvani.in/blog-in-english/a-landmark-publication )〕 Dr. K. L. Seshagiri Rao, Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies at University of Virginia was appointed the Chief Editor. == Development == Over the next five years, Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Dr. K. L. Seshagiri Rao assembled an international team of scholars. In 1998, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India at the time, spoke effusively in praise of the project: :"Your undertaking is rightly called the 'Project of the Third Millennium.’ This is a monumental undertaking. It is indeed a Jnana Yajna. Hence, all those who have offered their time, talent and scholarship as ahuti for the success of this Yajna deserve our heartiest applause and felicitations." In early 2006, Dr. Kapil Kapoor, Professor of English and Concurrent Professor of Sanskrit Studies who had retired as rector for Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi the previous year, was appointed chief editor of the project. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Encyclopedia of Hinduism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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