hindooism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Hinduism
Hinduism is a religion, or a way of life, found most notably in
India and
Nepal. Although Hinduism contains a broad range of philosophies, it is a family of linked religious cultures bound by shared concepts, recognisable rituals,
cosmology,
shared textual resources,
pilgrimage to sacred sites and the questioning of authority. It includes various denominations each with an interwoven diversity of beliefs and practices.
Hindooism
Noun
1. the predominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system and belief in reincarnation
(synonym) Hinduism
(hypernym) religion, faith
(hyponym) Brahmanism, Brahminism
(member-meronym) Shivaism, Sivaism
2. a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme beingof 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
(synonym) Hinduism
(hypernym) religion, faith, religious belief
(hyponym) Darsana
(class) bhakti
Hindooism
(n.)
Alt. of Hinduism
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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hindooism
Eng: hindooism
Urdu: ہندو مت ۔ ہندو دھرم ۔ ہندو مذہب ۔
