hinduizem
1. hinduizem
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal [religija večine ljudi v Indiji, Bangladešu, Šrilanki in Nepalu]
2. hinduizem
a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils [telo verskih in filozofskih prepričanj ter kulturnih praks, ki so domače Indiji in temeljijo na kastnem sistemu; odlikuje jih vera v reinkarnacijo, vera v najvišje bitje različnih oblik in narav, prepričanje, da so nasprotujoča si prepričanja vidiki iste večne resnice in želja po osvoboditvi od zemeljskih zlih vplivov]