Difference between revisions of "Hinduism"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_127304" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74684" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74684" /> == | ||
<p> The name given to certain forms of religion among the Hindus, the characteristics of which are the worship of divinities exalted above the rest, and the highly concrete and intensely personal conception of these, which comes out in sundry accounts respecting them of a biographical nature which divinities are identified either with [[Çiva]] or Vishnu, and their religions called Çivaite or Vishnuite, while their respective followers are styled Çaivas or Vishnavas. </p> | <p> The name given to certain forms of religion among the Hindus, the characteristics of which are the worship of divinities exalted above the rest, and the highly concrete and intensely personal conception of these, which comes out in sundry accounts respecting them of a biographical nature which divinities are identified either with [[Çiva]] or Vishnu, and their religions called Çivaite or Vishnuite, while their respective followers are styled Çaivas or Vishnavas. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_127304"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/hinduism Hinduism from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_74684"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hinduism Hinduism from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74684"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hinduism Hinduism from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name given to certain forms of religion among the Hindus, the characteristics of which are the worship of divinities exalted above the rest, and the highly concrete and intensely personal conception of these, which comes out in sundry accounts respecting them of a biographical nature which divinities are identified either with Çiva or Vishnu, and their religions called Çivaite or Vishnuite, while their respective followers are styled Çaivas or Vishnavas.
