[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c2.4 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c2.4 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c2.4) The work is no doubt very defective. The full harvest of Sanskrit learning has not yet been gathered in, but the knowledge which has been stored by former labourers ought to be made readily available for the service of their successors, to lighten their labours and strengthen them for onward progress. There is nothing in this book for which authority is not to be found in some one or more of the many works upon Hindu literature and religion, but the aim has been to condense and bring together in a compact form that information which lies scattered in many volumes. Hindu mythology is so extensive, and the authorities are often so at variance with each other, that I cannot but feel diffident of the success of my labours. I have worked diligently and carefully, I hope also intelligently, but mistakes have no doubt been made, and it may be that matters have been passed over which ought to have been recorded, and others have been printed which might well have been left unnoticed. But while I have no expectation of any near approach to perfection, I do hope that a good beginning has been made, and that a basis has been laid on which a greater and more worthy structure may hereafter be raised. If the work is received with anything like favour, I shall be constantly on the watch to improve it, and honest criticism will be welcomed and carefully considered. - [Previous: c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c2.3) - [Next: c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c2.5) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c2.4) · Pramāṇa