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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



... Externally coinciding with Hinduism, so far as the avatar of Buddha may be regarded as a pendant for the incarnation of Brahma, the worship of the former is essentially distinguished from the religion of the latter in one important particular. It does not regard ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent


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