Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Dated form of
Hinduism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
- noun the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Hindooism.
Examples
-
The Oxford English Dictionary traces "Hindooism" to an 1829 reference in the Bengalee, Vol 43, and also refers to an 1858 usage by the German Indologist Max Müller.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
-
The Oxford English Dictionary traces "Hindooism" to an 1829 reference in the Bengalee, Vol 43, and also refers to an 1858 usage by the German Indologist Max Müller.
-
Dermot Killingley, however, cites a reference to "Hindooism" by Rammohun Roy in 1816.
-
Dermot Killingley, however, cites a reference to "Hindooism" by Rammohun Roy in 1816.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
-
Protestants: and we expect that Hindoos, who believe that the privileges of Hindooism can be forfeited by a merely physical act, will expose theirs to the danger of being made Christians!
-
Hindooism is more fantastic, and less pleasingly endeared to us, than the paganism of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
-
-- The city here represented is the religious centre of Hindooism, and one of the oldest cities on the globe.
Shepp's Photographs of the World Daniel B. Shepp
-
I could not but acknowledge that the local governments had, as it seemed to him, evinced but little sympathy with Hindooism; and that whatever might be European policy in respect to religion, the East India Company might have participated in the desire which prevails in Europe to develop ancient customs, and the reasons of those customs.
-
This place bears evidence of having been ruled over by some chief pretending to Hindooism.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
-
"Hindooism says that the moon, Soma, was turned into a female called Chandra -- 'the White or Silvery One.'"
Moon Lore Timothy Harley
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.