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Definition of Hindooism
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 Hindooism
1. n. The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
Definition of Hindooism
1. Noun. (dated form of Hinduism) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindooism
Literary usage of Hindooism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asia and Europe: Studies Presenting the Conclusions Formed by the Author in by Meredith White Townsend (1901)
"... of hindooism AMONG the great creeds which have influenced masses of mankind,
there is none the inner strength of which it is so difficult to discern, ..."
2. Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1866)
"CHRISTIANITY AND hindooism. An Advent Lecture. DEUTERONOMY vi. 4, 5. — "Hear, O
Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord. — And thou shall love the Lord thy God ..."
3. English Rule and Native Opinion in India: From Notes Taken 1870-74 by James Routledge (1878)
"The elder believe that hindooism, although overgrown with excrescences, has for
its germ and origin the worship and unity of the one true (rod, ..."
4. The Theological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Religious Thought and Life by Charles Beard (1867)
"Idol- worship is not hindooism absolutely. ... hindooism is like an old Indian
templo. Constructed out of the rude materials of ancient Hindoo minds, ..."
5. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"A Relic of hindooism.—Ideas of a Supreme Being and Future State.—The Mongol
Dyaks—Remains of Former Chinese Influence.—An Advanced Tribe.—Position. ..."
6. Genseric, King of the Vandals and First Prussian Kaiser by Poultney Bigelow (1918)
"CHAPTER XIX Some observations on the rise and fall of empires—Relative progress
of Paganism and Christianity—Mahometanism— Buddhism—hindooism. ..."
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