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Names: Bodewitz, H. W., author. | Heilijgers-Seelen, Dorothea Maria, 1949- editor.
Title: Vedic cosmology and ethics : selected studies / by Henk Bodewitz ; edited by Dory Heilijgers, Jan Houben, Karel van Kooij.
Description: Boston : Brill, 2019. | Series: Gonda indological studies, ISSN 1382-3442 ; 19 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019013194 (print) | LCCN 2019021868 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004400139 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004398641 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Hindu cosmology. | Hinduism–Doctrines. | Hindu ethics.
Classification: LCC B132.C67 (ebook) | LCC B132.C67 B63 2019 (print) | DDC 294.5/2–dc23
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ISSN 1382-3442
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