The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (939 page)

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, the servant in relation to the master.
Hanuman-n
aka
or
Mah
n
aka
.
An epic play, in fourteen long acts, portraying the adventures of Hanum
n.
Han Yü
(786–824).
Taoist writer, of exemplary prose style, who was a fierce defender of Confucianism, not simply against Buddhism, but also against the widespread and tolerant eclecticism which accepted Buddhism and Taoism as complementary to Confucianism. Although not effective in public life because of his uncompromising attitude, he was ‘rediscovered’ in the 10th-cent. Confucian revival, and became a hero of that movement. Han Yü ended his days in exile in S. China.
aqq
(Arab.). The true, the real, that which is exactly opposite to
b
il
, the unreal, the transitory. Al-Haqq is thus supremely the title of God in the Qur’
n. He alone is absolute, all else is derived from him, and is dependent on him for each moment of its existence.

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