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1. (n.) Hinduism
the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, etc.
Etymology: (1820–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Hinduism, Hindooism
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
2. (noun) Hinduism, Hindooism
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Hinduism
the religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Hinduism
the name given to certain forms of religion among the Hindus, the characteristics of which are the worship of divinities exalted above the rest, and the highly concrete and intensely personal conception of these, which comes out in sundry accounts respecting them of a biographical nature which divinities are identified either with Çiva or Vishnu, and their religions called Çivaite or Vishnuite, while their respective followers are styled Çaivas or Vishnavas.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Hinduism
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. (From Webster, 3d ed)
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