Definition of hindu

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Hindu (n.) Same as Hindoo.

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Hindooism :: Hindooism (n.) Alt. of Hinduis.
Hindus :: Hindus (pl. ) of Hind.
Trinity :: Trinity (n.) Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti..
Vaisya :: Vaisya (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1..
Veda :: Veda (n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature..
Hindu :: Hindu (n.) Same as Hindoo.
Hindustani :: Hindustani (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like..
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..
Vedanta :: Vedanta (n.) A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the Anta, or end or substance..
Trimurti :: Trimurti (n.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer..
Vishnu :: Vishnu (n.) A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation..
Hinduism :: Hinduism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
Hindustani :: Hindustani (n.) The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
Hindu :: Hindu (n.) A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
Urdu :: Urdu (n.) The language more generally called Hindustanee.
Telugu :: Telugu (n.) A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
Hindoostanee :: Hindoostanee (a.) Alt. of Hindustan.
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