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Hinduism - basic knowledge of Hinduism.
Title: Hinduism - basic knowledge of Hinduism.
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 1686 | Pages: 7.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hinduism - basic knowledge of Hinduism.
Hinduism
Hinduism is India's native religious and cultural system, followed today by nearly one billion followers, mostly in India, but with large populations in many other countries. Also called Sanatana Dharma, "eternal religion," and Vaidika Dharma, "religion of the Vedas," Hinduism covers a broad range of philosophies spanning from polytheism to monotheism. It is a family of countless faiths with four primary denominations: Saivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism. These four hold such differing beliefs that …showed first 75 words of 1686 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1686 total…adopt these ideas. At any rate, the Hindu people have a unique religion and culture.
Works Cited
Hinduism Home Page. <http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/hinduism/>
<http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8047_1.html>
<http://www.himalayanacademy.com/>
< http://web.mahatma.org.in/index.jsp>
< http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555715/Hinduism.html>
Spodek, Howard. "Hinduism and Buddhism" The World's History. Ed.2. Prentice Hall, New Jersey,2001.
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