Pandeism

See also pandeism

English

Etymology 1

Blend of pantheism and deism; from Ancient Greek πάν (pán, “all”) and Latin deus (“god”). First used in the variation "Pandeisten" (pandeists) by Moritz Lazarus and Heymann Steinthal in Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft (1859), p. 262.; as if pan- +‎ deism.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pænˈdeɪˈĭzˈəm/

Noun

Pandeism (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of pandeism.

Etymology 2

Blend of Pande- from Pandu and the Pandavas (figures from the historical mythology of India) and -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pænˈdiˈĭzˈəm/

Noun

Pandeism (uncountable)

1. (archaic) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) a secret religious sect hypothesized to exist in a range extending from India to Europe and Northern Africa
   • 1835, Godfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis: Or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions, p.439.

     I am induced to think that this Pandeism was a doctrine, which had been received both by Buddhists and Brahmins.

   • 2005, Suzanne Olsson, Jesus in Kashmir: The Lost Tomb, page 94:

     ... an ancient secret religious order known as the Pandeists were well established outside of India ...

External links

• Pandeism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pandeism (Godfrey Higgins) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pandeism (Godfrey Higgins)