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Hinduism :: Hinduism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

Mahabharatam :: Mahabharatam (n.) A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India..

Hindi :: Hindi (n.) The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written..

Madjoun :: Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos.

Brahmin :: Brahmin (n.) A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.

Yuga :: Yuga (n.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world..

Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..

Hindoos :: Hindoos (pl. ) of Hind.

Hindoostanee :: Hindoostanee (a.) Alt. of Hindustan.

Shastra :: Shastra (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas..

Hindustani :: Hindustani (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.

Guru :: Guru (n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos..

Pariah :: Pariah (n.) One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste..

Pundit :: Pundit (n.) A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official..

Yoga :: Yoga (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties..

Brahmo-somaj :: Brahmo-somaj (n.) A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindoos.

Caste :: Caste (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

Juggernaut :: "Juggernaut (n.) One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos..

Suds :: Sudra (n.) The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.

Sadh :: Sadh (n.) A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects.

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