Vi fant 2 definisjoner av hindooism på engelsk.
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| hindooism - 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 | ||
| Hinduism, Hindooism | ||
| religious belief, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| krishnaism worship of Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu | ||
| shivaism, sivaism worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon | ||
| saktism, shaktism worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva | ||
| vishnuism, vaishnavism, vaisnavism worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon | ||
| yoga a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind | ||
| vedism the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas | ||
| hindooism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal | ||
| Hinduism, Hindooism | ||
| organized religion, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
| bharat, india, republic of india a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 | ||
| bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971 | ||
| democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, sri lanka, ceylon a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 | ||
| kingdom of nepal, nepal a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China | ||
| brahmanism, brahminism the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads | ||
| shivaism, sivaism worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon | ||
| saktism, shaktism worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva | ||
| vaishnavism, vaisnavism worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon | ||
| international society for krishna consciousness, iskcon, hare krishna a chant to the Hindu god Krishna | ||