The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1163 page)
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Jin
za
:
za:
see FUNERAL RITES (Islam).
Jine
vara
(follower of Jain monk Vardhamana)
:
vara(follower of Jain monk Vardhamana)
:
SJingikan
(Jap., ‘Department of
Shinto
’). One of the two principal administrative branches of the centralized government, the so-called
ritsu
-ry
state, of the pre-Nara (710–94) and Heian (794–1185) periods. The Dept. of Shinto had jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the worship of the gods (
kami
). It supervised the rites of enthronement (Daij
sai), the rites of national purification (Oharae), the festivals of the first fruits and harvest, as well as the upkeep of shrines and the discipline of shrine priests. The Dept. of Shinto was briefly revived with the
Meiji
Restoration of 1868, only to be abolished in 1871.
Shinto
’). One of the two principal administrative branches of the centralized government, the so-called
ritsu
-ry
state, of the pre-Nara (710–94) and Heian (794–1185) periods. The Dept. of Shinto had jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the worship of the gods (kami
). It supervised the rites of enthronement (Daij
sai), the rites of national purification (Oharae), the festivals of the first fruits and harvest, as well as the upkeep of shrines and the discipline of shrine priests. The Dept. of Shinto was briefly revived with theMeiji
Restoration of 1868, only to be abolished in 1871.
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