Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume IV: Historical Perspectives, Poets, Teachers and Saints, Relation to other Religions and Traditions, Hinduism and Contemporary Issues

I reviewed volume one of this monumental work at length for Reference Reviews (RR 2010/201) – the sheer scale of the enterprise seemed to warrant extensive notice. When the second volume came out, the editor once more allowed me a couple of pages to expatiate on it (RR 2011/150). In the interests of saving paper, and of saving the time and patience of Reference Reviews readers, I said then that I would write a brief comment on each of the next two volumes as they appeared, but, if the editor allowed me, would sum up the entire work on receiving...