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Hinduism   Listen
noun
Hinduism  n.  
1.
The dominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system anud belief in reincarnation.
Synonyms: Hindooism.
2.
A complex of beliefs and values and customs including worship of many gods, especially the Trimurti composed of Brahma the Creator; Vishnu the preserver; and Shiva the destroyer.
Synonyms: Hindooism.





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"Hinduism" Quotes from Famous Books



... million and a half square miles where the venerable Kaisar-i-Hind rules nearly two hundred millions of subjugated people. He portrayed all the light splendors of Mohammedan elegance, the wonders of Delhi and Agra, he sketched the gloomy temple mysteries of Hinduism, and holy Benares rose up before her eyes beneath the ...
— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage
... mantra is a definite succession of sounds. Those sounds, repeated rhythmically over and over again in succession, synchronise the vibrations of the vehicles into unity with themselves. Hence a mantra cannot be translated; translation alters the sounds. Not only in Hinduism, but in Buddhism, in Roman Catholicism, in Islam, and among the Parsis, mantras are found, and they are never translated, for when you have changed the succession and order of the sounds, the mantra ceases to be a mantra. If you translate ...
— An Introduction to Yoga • Annie Besant


Words linked to "Hinduism" :   Bhagavad-Gita, Sanskrit, Sivaism, Ayurveda, Sri Lanka, Brahminism, sadhu, asana, yoga, Bhagavadgita, faith, mandala, India, mantra, Veda, religion, jati, guru, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, bhakti, varna, religious belief, Hare Krishna, Bangla Desh, ISKCON, Krishnaism, Bengali, East Pakistan, organized religion, Vedanta, Ceylon, Darsana, Bangladesh, Hindooism, cycle of rebirth, samsara, ahimsa, mahatma, Hindu, matsyendra, People's Republic of Bangladesh, nirvana, Mimamsa, enlightenment, Shivaism, Hindoo, Arjuna, Sanskritic language, Gita, karma, caste, Mahabharatum, saddhu


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