The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 13, 1980
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780520040984
Subjects: Hinduism; Myths & mythology; General; History / Asia; Sociology
First sentence: Theodicy, the term used to designate the problem of evil and its attempted resolution, is derived from the Greek theos, god, and dike, justice; its was put into general currency by Leibniz, who used it to signify the defense of the justice of God in face of the fact of evil.