1. Modern ‘Bestiaries’, compendia of creatures to which moral significance need not adhere, have been produced by well-known writers including Guillaume Apollinaire, T.H

2. / kəmˈpen·di·əm / plural Compendiums or compendia us / kəmˈpen·di·ə / a short but complete account of a particular subject, esp

3. Most revered are the Vedas and Agamas, two massive compendia of shruti (that which is heard), both revealed by God to illumined sages centuries and millennia ago.

4. - Latin for "that which is weighed together," it is a complete summary or abridgment or a concise collection of materials—not an all-encompassing or comprehensive work (plural is Compendiums or compendia)