Hinduism

Title: Hinduism
Category: Society & Culture / Religion | Words: 1319 | Pages: 5.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Hinduism

Hinduism Introduction Hinduism is a religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of the Natives as well as the people who have migrated from India to other parts of the world. Statistically there are over seven hundred million Hindus, mainly in Bharat, India and Nepal. Eighty five percent of the population in India is Hindu. The word Hindu comes from an ancient Sanskrit term meaning 'dwellers by the Indus River,' referring …showed first 75 words of 1319 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1319 total…Vedas is the Rig-Veda, which is made from an ancient form. This text was composed between 1300 and 1000 BC and contains 1028 hymns dedicated to many different gods. Other Vedas books are the Yajur-Veda (the text book for sacrifice), the Sama-Veda (a hymnal), and the Atharva-Veda (a collection of magic spells). The         Atharva-Veda was probably added around 900 BC. The rituals for worship were also written down so that they would always be done correctly and never forgotten.

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