| NOUN | group | Hindooism, Hinduism | the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal |
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| cognition | Hindooism, Hinduism | a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | Hinduism | |
| Category of | Arjuna | (Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God |
| Ayurveda | (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life | |
| Bengali | (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) | |
| Bhagavad-Gita, Bhagavadgita, Gita | (Hinduism) the sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic) | |
| Hindu deity | A deity worshipped by the Hindus | |
| Kamasutra | (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law | |
| Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum | (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families | |
| Sanskrit, Sanskritic language | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) | |
| Vedic literature, Veda | (from the Sanskrit word for 'knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit | |
| ahimsa | A Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence | |
| asana | (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga) | |
| bhakti | (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana | |
| caste | (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus | |
| cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms | |
| guru | A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher | |
| jati | (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive / distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India | |
| karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | |
| mahatma | (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage | |
| mandala | Any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe | |
| mantra | (Sanskrit) literally a 'sacred utterance' in Vedism | |
| matsyendra | (Hinduism) a religious posture | |
| moksa | (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth | |
| nirvana, enlightenment | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation | |
| sadhu, saddhu | (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | |
| samsara | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth | |
| varna | (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | |
| Narrower | Darsana | (from the Sanskrit word for 'to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma |
| Krishnaism | worship of Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu | |
| Mimamsa | (from the Sanskrit word for 'reflection' or 'interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads | |
| Shaktism, Saktism | worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva | |
| Shivaism, Sivaism | worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon | |
| Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Vishnuism | worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon | |
| Vedanta | (from the Sanskrit for 'end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas | |
| Vedism | The form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas | |
| Broader | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
| Spanish | hinduismo, Hinduismo, Hinduísmo | |
| Catalan | hinduisme | |
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