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Definition of Hinduism
1. Noun. The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
Generic synonyms: Faith, Organized Religion, Religion
Specialized synonyms: Brahmanism, Brahminism
Member holonyms: Shivaism, Sivaism, Saktism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Hare Krishna, International Society For Krishna Consciousness, Iskcon, Hindoo, Hindu
Geographical relationships: Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic Of Bangladesh, Bharat, India, Republic Of India, Kingdom Of Nepal, Nepal
2. Noun. A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils.
Examples of category: Bhakti, Mandala, Asana, Matsyendra, Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavadgita, Gita, Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum, Veda, Vedic Literature, Ayurveda, Mantra, Kamasutra, Ahimsa, Sanskrit, Sanskritic Language, Cycle Of Rebirth, Moksa, Karma, Samsara, Caste, Jati, Varna, Arjuna, Hindu Deity, Bengali, Guru, Mahatma, Saddhu, Sadhu, Enlightenment, Nirvana
Generic synonyms: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief
Specialized synonyms: Darsana, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Krishnaism, Shivaism, Sivaism, Saktism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Vishnuism, Yoga, Vedism
Definition of Hinduism
1. Noun. A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hinduism
1. A complex body of social, cultural, and religious beliefs and practices evolved in and largely confined to the indian subcontinent and marked by a caste system, an outlook tending to view all forms and theories as aspects of one eternal being and truth, and the practice of the way of works, the way of knowledge, or the way of devotion as a means of release from the round of rebirths. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinduism
Literary usage of Hinduism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The permanent contact of this religion with Hinduism may be said to have begun
with the ... While many of the Mohammedan kings were tolerant of Hinduism, ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The Brahmans gave a direction to Hinduism, but it was the natural development of the
... Hinduism is a social organization and a religious confederacy. ..."
3. A History of Missions in India by Julius Richter (1908)
"spiritual struggle consequent upon a genuine consideration of the relative merits
of Hinduism and Christianity, of East and West, the use of false and ..."
4. India's Problem Krishna Or Christ by John Peter Jones (1903)
"There is a very interesting conflict now going on in Hinduism—between the ...
1 do not expect much from a Christianized Hinduism any more than I do from a ..."
5. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1904)
"In spite of the many books which have been written on Hinduism, "some dealing
with the whole field, others with particular phases or localities," Dr. ..."
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