The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1864 page)

(Gk., ‘activity’). Action which arises from true belief, the manifestation of religion in practice. This is of particular importance in
liberation theology
.

 
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Pray
ga
or Prag
.

‘Place of sacrifice’. Hindu place of
pilgrimage
(
t
rtha
), later called by Muslims All
h
b
d, at the meeting point of
Ga
g
and Yamun
rivers, and the subterranean Sarasvat
. It is therefore called
trive
, ‘triple-thread’. Even its soil is so sacred that a small part of it can cleanse from sin. It is one of the seven
sacred cities
, and one of the four sites of the
ku
bha-mela
, which takes place every twelve years. To avoid the Muslim name, Hindus usually call it Il
h
b