The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1773 page)

Panentheism
:

see
PANTHEISM
.

 
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P’ang Yün
or P’ang-chu-shih
(Jap., H
Un/H
Koji
;

740–808)
. A lay Ch’an/Zen Buddhist, regarded in his time as ‘a second
Vimalak
rti
’. He remains a model of how Zen attainment is possible to laypeople, and not just to monks. His sayings were collected after his death in
P’ang chü-shih yü-lu
(Jap.,
H
Koji goroku
).

 
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(1918– ).
Christian promotor of Hindu–Christian dialogue. He was brought up to read the
Veda
as well as the
Bible
. In 1968 he published, on the basis of his experience of
dialogue
,
The Unknown Christ of Hinduism
. Along the lines that led to the formulation of the concept of anonymous Christians (see
RAHNER
), he argued that Christ is universal and that his presence and reality can be articulated in Hindu terms. This book led to the correction by M. M. Thomas that Christ has already been acknowledged in Hinduism by various people in various ways, which he proceeded to review, in
The Acknowledged Christ of the Indian Renaissance
. Panikkar also wrote
The Trinity and the Religious Experience of Man
(1973), and
The Vedic Experience
(1977).

 
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P
ini
.

Author of
A
dhy
yi
, the earliest surviving work on Sanskrit grammar, written at some time between the 7th and 4th cents. BCE. The religious importance of grammar lay in the necessity to transmit and interpret sacred and ritual texts correctly, in order to relate adequately to
abda
.