Hinduism - a system of religious beliefs and social customs, with adherents esp. in India, with a belief in reincarnation, the worship of several gods, and an ordained caste systems, as the basis of society.
Source: Short Oxford English Dictionary
Illustrated Dictionary of Vedic Rituals
Encyclopedia of Hinduism
The A-Z of Hinduism
Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
The Hindu world / edited by Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby.
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Hinduism
“In Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an unspent fruitfulness of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek release from the anguish of our human condition through ascetical practices or deep meditation or a loving, trusting flight toward God.”
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