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Hinduism Dictionary - G

Gaja, Galactic, Gana, Ganachara, Ganapati, Ganapati Upanishad, Gandharvaveda, Ganesha, Ganesha Chaturthi, Ganesha Visarjana, Ganges, Gangetic Plain, Garbha, Garbhadhana, Garbhagriha, Gargya, Gautama, Gay, Gayatri, Gayatri, Gayatri Mantra, Germinate, Ghanta, Ghee, Gheranda Samhita, Gloom, Go, God Realization, Goddess, Godhead, Gods, God's power, Gopura, Gorakshanatha, Gorakshanatha Saivism, Gorakshapantha, Gorakshashataka, Gotra, Grace, Grandeur, Grantha, Granthavidya, Grihastha, Grihastha ashrama, Grihastha dharma , Grihastha dharma, Griheshvara and grihini, Grihya Sutras, Gross plane, Guha, Guhavasi Siddha, Guheshvara, Gujarat, Guna, Gurkha, Guru, Guru bhakti, Guru Gita, Guru Jayanti, Guru parampara, Guru Purnima, Gurudeva, Gurukula, Guru-shishya system, Gush,

Hinduism Dictionary - H

Hamsa, handas Vedanga, handogya Upanishad, Harihara, Hatha yoga, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Havana, Heart chakra, Heaven, Hell, Heterodox, Heterosexual, Hierarchy, Higher-nature, Himalayas, Himsa, Hindu, Hindu cosmology, Hindu solidarity, Hinduism, Hiuen Tsang, Holy feet, Holy orders, Homa, Homosexual, Hri, Hued, Human dharma, Humors,

Hinduism Dictionary - I

Icha shakti, Icon, Iconoclastic, Ida nadi, Ida nadi, Illusion, Illustrious, Immanent, Immature, Immature soul, Immemorial, Immutable, Impasse, Impede, Impediment, Impending, Imperishable, Impermanence, Impersonal, Impersonal being, Impersonal God, Impetus, Implore, Impoverished, Inanimate, Inauspicious, Incandescent, Incantation, Incarnation, Incense, Incisive, Incognito, Increment, Individual mind, Individual soul, Individuality, Indomitable, Indra, Indriya, Induce, Indus Valley, Indwell, I-ness, Inexhaustible, Inexplicable, Infatuation, Infinitesimal, Inflict, Infuse, Ingest, Inherent, Inherent sin, Inherit, Initiation, Injunction, Inmost, Innate, Inner, Inner advancement, Inner bodies, Inner discovery, Inner form of the guru, Inner law, Inner life, Inner light, Inner light, Inner mind, Inner planes, Inner self, Inner sky, Inner truth, Inner universes, Inner universes, Innermost body, Innumerable, Inscrutable, Insignia, Instinctive, Instinctive mind, Instinctive mind, Instrumental cause, Intellect, Intellectual mind, Intellectual mind, Internalize, Internalized worship, Interplay, Intervene, Interweave, Intimacy, Intrigue, Intrinsic, Intrinsic evil, Intuition, Invigorate, Invocation, Iraivan, Iraivan Temple, Isha, Isha Upanishad, Ishanyaguru, Ishta Devata, Ishtalinga, Ishvara, Ishvarapujana, Islam, Issue forth, Itihasa, Itinerant,

Hinduism Dictionary - J

Jabala Upanishad, Jagadacharya, Jaimini, Jaiminiya Brahmana Upanishad, Jainism, Janaloka, Jangama, Japa, Jatakarma, Jati, Jayanti, Jiva, Jivanmukta, Jivanmukti, Jivayajna, Jnana, Jnana pada, Jnana pada, Jnana shakti, Jnana yoga, Jnanamrita, Jnaneshvari, Jnani, Joint family, Juncture, Jyotisha, Jyotisha shastri, Jyotisha Vedanga,

Hinduism Dictionary - K

Kadaitswami, Kadavul, Kailasa, Kailasa Parampara, Kaivalya, Kaivalya Upanishad, Kala, Kala, Kala 64, Kalamukha, Kalasha, Kali, Kali Yuga, Kallata, Kalpa, Kalpa Vedanga, Kalyana, Kama, Kama Sutra, Kamandalu, Kamika Agama, Kanada, Kandar Anubhuti, Kannada, Kanphati, Kapalika, Kapha, Kapila, Karana Agama, Karana chitta, Karana Hasuge, Karana sharira, Karavana Mahatmya, Karma, Karmasamya, Karmashaya, Karttikeya, Karttikeya Stotram, Karuna, Karuna Agama, Karunakarak Kadavul, Karunya, Kashaya, Kashmir, Kashmir Saivism, Katha, Katha Upanishad, Kathirgama Purana, Kaundinya, Kaurusha, Kaushitaki Upanishad, Kavadi, Kavi, Kaya siddhi, Kayavarohana, Kedareshvara Temple, Kena Upanishad, Kerala, Keshanta, Kindred, Kirtana, Knower, Konrai, Koran, Kosha, Krishna, Krittika Dipa, Kriya, Kriya pada, Kriya pada, Kriya shakti, Kriyakramadyotika, Kriyamana karma, Kshama, Kshatriya, Kudala Sangamadeva, Kula, Kula guru, Kularnava Tantra, Kumara, Kumbha, Kundalini, Kunkuma, Kurma Purana, Kurukshetra, Kushika, Kuttuvilaku, Kutumba,

Hinduism Dictionary - L

Lakshmi, Lakulisha, Lalla, Lance, Larder, Laud, Lavish, Left-handed, Legend, Legislate, Legitimate, Lekhaprartha havana, Lest, Liberal Hinduism, Liberation, Licentious, Light, Linga, Linga Diksha, Linga Purana, Lingachara, Lingavanta, Lingavanta, Liturgy, Livelihood, Loka, Lotus asana, Lute,

Hinduism Dictionary - M

Macrocosm, Madhumateya, Madhva, Maha, Mahabharata, Mahadeva, Mahadeva Mountain, Mahakala, Mahakutumba, Mahamandapa, Mahanarayana Upanishad, Mahanirvana Tantra, Mahapralaya, Mahapralaya, Mahaprasthana, Maharaja, Maharashtra, Maharishi, Maharloka, Mahasakara-pinda, Mahasamadhi, Mahasamadhi day, Mahasivaratri, Mahatala, Mahatma, Mahavakya, Mahesha, Maheshvara, Maitreya, Maitri Upanishad, Mala, Mala, Malaparipaka, Malati-Madhava, Malice, Manana, Manas, Manas chitta, Mandala, Mandapa, Mandira, Mandukya Upanishad, Mangala kriya, Mangalavede, Manifest, Manifold, Manikkavasagar, Manipura chakra, Mankolam, Manomaya kosha, Manomaya kosha, Mansahara, Mansahari, Mantra, Mantra Gopya, Manu Dharma Shastra, Marga, Marital, Mariyamman, Marriage covenant, Matanga Parameshvara Agama, Material cause, materialism, Mati, Matrimonial, Matsyendranatha, Mattamayura Order, Matter, Mature, Maya, Mayura, Mean, Meat-eater, Mediatrix, Meditation, Mediumship, Mendicant, Menses, Mental body, Mental plane, Merge, Merger of the soul, Meritorious, Mesmerizing, Metamorphosis, Metaphysics, Meykandar, Meykandar Shastras, Microcosm-macrocosm, Milestone, Milieu, Millennium, Mimamsa, Mind, Minister, Minutiae, Mirabai, Mirific, Misconception, Mitahara, Modaka, Moksha, Monastic, Monism, Monistic theism, Monk, Monotheism, Mortal, Mortal sin, Mrigendra Agama, Mudra, Muhurta, Mukhya, Mukti, Mukti Upanishad, Mula, Mula mantra, Muladhara chakra, Multitude, Mundaka Upanishad, Muni, Murti, Murugan, Muse, Mushika, Muslim, Mutual, Mysticism, Myth, Mythology,

Hinduism Dictionary - N

Nada, Nadanadi shakti, Nadi, Naga, Naivedya, Nakshatra, Nalvar, Namadiksha, Namah Sivaya, Namakarana, Namaskara, Namaste, Namo Narayanaya, Nandi, Nandikeshvara, Nandikeshvara Kashika, Nandinatha, Nandinatha Sampradaya, Narada Parivrajaka, Narada Sutra, Naraka, Narasinha Purvatapaniya, Narayana, Narayanakantha, Nastika, Nataraja, Natchintanai, Natha, Natha Matha, Natha Sampradaya, Nayanar, Neo-Indian religion, Nepal, Neti neti, Neuter, Neutron star, New age, New Year, Nimbarka, Nirguna Brahman, Nirukta Vedanga, Nirvahana, Nirvani and upadeshi, Nirvikalpa samadhi, Nishchitartha, Nityananda, Nivedana, Niyama, Niyati, Nondual , nondualism, Nonhuman birth, Noninjurious, Noninjuriousness, Nonperseverance, Nonviolence, Northern Saivism, Notable, Novelty, Novitiate, Nucleus of the soul, Nunk, Nurturance, Nyaya,

Hinduism Dictionary - O

Objective, Oblation, Obscuration, Obscuring grace, Obstacle, Obstinate , obstinacy, Occult, Odic, Offset, Offspring, Olai, Old soul, Om, Ominous, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Oneness, Ontology, Orbit, Ordain, ordination, Original sin, Orthodox, Outgrow , outgrown, Outstretch, Overshadow, Overwhelm,

Hinduism Dictionary - P

Pada, Padapuja, Padartha, Paddhati, Padma, Padma Purana, Paduka, Pagan, Pageantry, Paingala Upanishad, Pancha Ganapati Utsava, Pancha nitya karma , karmas, Pancha shraddha, Panchabhuta, Panchachara, Panchakshara Mantra, Panchamukha Ganapati, Pancharatra, Pancharatra Agama, Panchartha Bhashya, Panchatantra, Panchayatana puja, Pandit, Panentheism, Pantheism, Papa, Papa-duhkha, Papman, Para, Parable, Parabrahman, Paradox, Parakhya Agama, Parama, Paramaguru, Paramahamsa, Paramatman, Parameshvara, Parampara, Parartha puja, Parasamvid, Parashakti, Parasiva, Parvati, Pasha, Pashu, Pashupalaka, Pashupata Saivism, Pashupata Sutra, Pashupati, Pashupatinatha mandira, Patala, Patanjali, Path, Pathaka, Pati, Pati-pashu-pasha, Pati-pashu-pasha, Paushkara Agama, Penance, Pendant, Perfections, Periyapuranam, Personal dharma, Personal God, Perspective, Pilgrimage, Pinda, Pinga nadi, Pingala, Pir, Pitha, Pitriloka, Pitta, Plague, Plane, Pleiades, Pliant, Plotinus, Pluralism, Polygamy, Polytheism, Pomp, Pontifical, Potent, Potentialities, Pradakshina, Pradosha, Pragmatic, Prakriti, Pralaya, Pramukha, Prana, Pranagnihotra Upanishad, Pranalinga, Pranama, Pranamaya kosha, Pranamaya kosha, Pranatyaga, Pranava, Pranayama, Pranic body, Prapatti, Prarabdha karma, Prasada, Prashna Upanishad, Prashnottaram, Pratyabhijna, Pratyabhijna Darshana, Pratyabhijna Sutra, Pratyahara, Prayashchitta, Prayojaka, Prayopavesha, Precede, Precinct, Precursor, Premaiva Sivamaya, Prenatal, Preservation, Preside, Pretaloka, Prevail, Primal Soul, Primal Sound, Primal Substance, Principle, Pristine, Procreation, Procurer, Progeny, Prohibition, Prominent, Promiscuity, Prone, Pronged, Propel, Prophecy, Propound, Protocol, Protrude, Province, Prow, Prudent, Psalm, Psychic, Puja, Pujari, Pulsate, Punarjanma, Punjab, Punsavana, Punya, Purana, Pure Consciousness, Purgatory, Puritan, Purity impurity, Purnima, Purohita, Pursue, Purusha, Purusha dharma, Purusha dharma, Purushartha, Hinduism Dictionary - Q, Qualified nondualism, Quantum, Quell,

Hinduism Dictionary - R,

Rabindranath Tagore, Race, Rage, Rahu, Raja Yoga, Rajanya, Rajas, Rama, Ramakantha I, Ramakantha II, Ramakrishna, Ramanuja, Ramaraja, Ramayana, Ramprasad, Rasatala, Rationalize, Raurava Agama, Ravana, Reabsorption, Reaction, Reaffirmation, Reality, Realization, Realm, Reap, Rebellious, Rebound, Recluse, Reconcile, Redeem, Reembody, Reincarnation, Relative, Religion, Relinquish, Remorse, Remote, Renaissance, Render, Renowned, Renukacharya, Renunciation, Replenish, Repose, Repudiation, Rescind, Resemble, Resent, Residue, Resplendence, Restive, Restraints, Retaliation, Revealing grace, Ri paduka, Rig Veda, Rigorous, Rishi, Rita, Rita, Rite, Rites of passage, Ritukala, Rudra, Rudraksha, Rudrashambhu, Rudrayamala Tantra

Hinduism Dictionary - S,

Sacrament, Sacred thread, Sacrifice, Sadachara, Sadasiva, Sadhaka, Sadhana, Sadhana marga, Sadharana dharma, Sadhu, Sadhvi, Saguna Brahman, Sahasra lekhana sadhana, Sahasrara chakra, Saiva, Saiva Agamas, Saiva Siddhanta, Saiva Vishishtadvaita, Saivism, Saivism six schools, Saivite, Sakha marga, Sakshin, Sama Veda, Samadhi, Samarasa, Samavartana, Sambandar, Samhara, Samhara, Samhita, Sampradaya, Samsara, Samsari, Samskara, Samskaras of adulthood, Samskaras of birth, Samskaras of childhood, Samskaras of later life, San Marga, San Marga Sanctuary, Sanatana Dharma, Sanatkumara, Sanchita karma, Sanctify, Sanctum sanctorum, Sandalwood, Sandhya upasana, Sangama, Sankalpa, Sankhya, Sannidhana, Sannyasa, Sannyasa ashrama, Sannyasa dharma, Sannyasa diksha, Sannyasa Upanishad, Sannyasin, Sanskrit, SANT, Santosha, Sarasvati, Saravana, Sari, Sarvabhadra, Sarvajnanottara Agama, Sat, Satan, Satchidananda, Satguru, Satgurunatha, Satsanga, Sattva guna, Satya, Satyaloka, Saucha, Saumanasya, Savikalpa samadhi, Sayujya, Scarlet, Scepter, Scripture, Secluded, Seed karma, Seer, Self God, Self Realization, Self-assertive, Self-conceit, Self-luminous, Self-reflection, Servitude, Seva, Seval, Sexuality, Shabda kosha, Shad darshana, Shakahara, Shakta, Shakta Tantrism, Shakta Tantrism, Shakti, Shakti Vishishtadvaita, Shaktipat, Shaktipata, Shaktism, Shaktopaya, Shakya, Shamanism, Shambhavopaya, Shandilya Upanishad, Shankara, Shankara, Shankaracharya pitha, Shanmata sthapanacharya, Shanmukha, Shanmukha Gayatri, Sharana, Sharira, Shashtyabda purti, Shastra, Shastri, Shatapatha Brahmana, Shatkona, Shatsthala, Shatter, Sheath, Shikhara, Shiksha Vedanga, Shishya, Shloka, Shraddha, Shraddhadharana, Shrauta, Shrauta Shastra, Shruti, Shubha muhurta, Shuddha Saiva Siddhanta, Shuddha tattvas, Shuddhashuddha tattvas, Shuddhavidya, Shudra, Shukla Yajur Veda, Shulba Shastra, Shum, Shunya Sampadane, Shuttle, Siddha Marga, Siddha Siddhanta, Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati, Siddha yoga, Siddha yogi, Siddha Yogi Sampradaya, Siddhanta, Siddhanta shravana, Siddhi, Sikhism, Simantonnayana, Sin, Siva, Siva Advaita, Siva consciousness, Siva Drishti, Siva Purana, Siva Rakshamani Dipika, Siva Samhita, Siva Sutra, Sivachaitanya, Sivachara, Sivacharya, Sivajnanabodham, Sivakarnamrita, Sivalaya, Sivalinga, Sivaloka, Sivaloka, Sivamaya, Sivamayakosha, Sivanadiyar, Sivananda, Sivaness, Sivanubhava Mandapa, Sivaratri, Siva's five faces, Sivasayujya, Siva-Shakti, Sivasharana, Sivathondu, Sivaya Namah, Sivena saha Nartanam, Skanda, Skanda Shashthi, Slaughter, Smarta, Smarta Sampradaya, Smartism, Smriti, Snare, Social dharma, Solace, Solemn, Soliloquy, Solitaire, Somananda, Somanath Temple, Soul, Sound , Soundless Sound, Sovereign, Sow, Span, Spanda Karika, Spark, Spectrum, Speculate, Sphatika, Sphere, Spiritual evolution, Spiritual unfoldment, Splendor, Spouse, Sri, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Chakra, Sri Lanka, Sri Rudram, Srikantha, Srikumara, Srinagara, Srinatha, Srishti, Srishti, Stave off, Steadfast, Sthapati, Sthapatyaveda, Sthiti, Sthiti, Sthula sharira, Stingy, Stoics, Straits, Stranglehold, Stratification, Stri dharma, Stri dharma, Subala Upanishad, Subatomic, Subconscious mind, Subconscious mind, Subjective, Sublime, Subliminal, Subramanya, Subramuniyaswami, Subside, Substance, Substratum, Subsubconscious mind, Sub-subconscious mind, Subsuperconscious mind, Subsuperconscious mind, Subtle body, Subtle plane, Successor, Suchi, Suicide, Sukshma sharira, Sully, Sundaranathar, Sundarar, Superconscious mind, Superconscious mind, Superconscious mind, Supernatural, Supplicate, Suprabheda Agama, Supreme, Supreme God, Surdas, Surpass, Surrender, Surya, Sushumna nadi, Sushumna nadi, Sustainable, Sustenance, Suta Samhita, Sutala, Sutra, Svadharma, Svadharma, Svadhishthana, Svadhyaya, Svarga, Svarloka, Svatmarama, Svayambhu Linga, Svayambhuva Agama, Svayambhuva Sutra, Svetashvatara Upanishad, Swami, Swami Sivananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swamini, Swastika, Swirl, Symbolism, Syncretism, Synonymous, Synthesis,

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Hindu: Encyclopedia - Hindu

A Hindu (archaic Hindoo) is an adherent of philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, also known as Sanatan (सनातन) Dharma or Vedic Dharma. It is the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural system of Bharat (India), Nepal and the island of Bali While almost all Indians were known as Hindus to the outside world till the 20th century, many ...

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Hindu - Religion for the common Hindu

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Hindu: Encyclopedia II - Hindu - Religion for the common Hindu To all Hindus, the Vedas are not the source of religious guidance. The Vedas and the Upanishads live on in the Hindu ethos as the inspiration of the ancient traditions, social practices and religious institutions of Hindu peoples. They were the basis of most commonly accepted social and religious practices in Hindu, and indeed Indian society. The Puranas are a wide collection of religious treatises, biographies and stories on the historical, mythological ...

The word Hindu is not a religious word. It is secular in origin. It is derived from the word Sindhu, which is the name of a major river that flows in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. The ancient Greeks and Armenians used to refer the people living beyond the river Sindhu as Hindus and gradually the name struck. When the Muslims came to the sub continent they called the people living in the region as Hindustanis to distinguish them from the foreign Muslims. Subsequently when the British established their rule, they started calling the local religions collectively under the name of Hinduism.

Hindu: Origin And Significance Of The Term Hindu

That part of the great Aryan race which migrated from Central Asia, through the mountain passes into India, settled first in the districts near the river Sindhu, now called the Indus, on the other side of the river. The Persians pronounced the word Sindhu as Hindu, and named their Aryan brethren Hindus. Hindu is only a corrupt form of Sindhu.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda