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The Hindu Pantheon was a book written by Edward Moor, an early European scholar of Indian religion. The book was intended as an introduction to Hinduism for an English audience and was the first of its kind. It was published in London in 1810.
The Hindu Pantheon was illustrated with examples from Moor's own collection of Hindu artifacts, which are currently displayed in the British Museum. Many of the illustrations were engraved by William Blake.
The Hindu Pantheon is illustrative of the Enlightenment concept of education of foreign cultures and religions; it was significant as it sought to dispel any European preconceptions that Hinduism was a largely primitive pagan religion.
Chapters
1. The Matsya, or fish 2. Kurma, or the tortoise 3. Varaha, or the boar 4. Nara-Singha, or man-lion 5. Vamana, or the dwarf 6.7.8.9. (instead described in other, separate sections of the work) Parasu Rama, Rama Chandra, Krishna, Buddha 10.Kalki, or the horse