VICE PRESIDENT RELEASES INTERNATIONAL EDITION OF 'ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HINDUISM' BY INDIA HERITAGE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that an encyclopaedia is to be distinguished from a dictionary. The latter, however comprehensive, give meanings of words and concepts without a serious effort at integration and depth. Addressing after releasing the International Edition of Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by India Heritage Research Foundation at a function here today, he said that an encyclopaedia, on the other hand, is designed to offer comprehensive, well organised, integrative, inter-thematic, and intensely cross-referenced presentation in depth. Its contents should also be balanced and capable of intellectual scrutiny. They should take cognizance of the tensions inherent in academic examination of some subjects.