Hinduism

E3461

Dharmic religion Indian religion henotheistic tradition polytheistic tradition religion world religion

Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.

Aliases (10)

Statements (104)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dharmic religion → Indian religion → henotheistic tradition → polytheistic tradition → religion → world religion →
hasApproximateFollowers	over one billion →
hasBelief	eternal soul → law of karma → reincarnation →
hasCoreConcept	Brahman → atman → bhakti → dharma → jnana → karma → karma-yoga → moksha → samsara → varnashrama-dharma → yoga →
hasDeity	Brahma → Devi → Durga → Ganesha → Hanuman → Kali → Krishna → Lakshmi → Parvati → Rama → Saraswati → Shiva → Vishnu →
hasEthicalPrinciple	ahimsa → aparigraha → asteya → brahmacharya → satya →
hasFestival	Diwali → Dussehra → Ganesh Chaturthi → Holi → Janmashtami → Makar Sankranti → Navaratri → Rama Navami →
hasGoal	liberation from samsara → moksha →
hasHistoricalPeriod	Vedic period → post-Vedic period →
hasMajorTradition	Shaivism → Shaktism → Smartism → Vaishnavism →
hasOriginPlace	Indian subcontinent →
hasPhilosophicalSchool	Advaita Vedanta → Dvaita → Mimamsa → Nyaya → Samkhya → Vaisheshika → Vedanta → Vishishtadvaita → Yoga school →
hasPopulationRank	third-largest religion in the world →
hasPractice	bhajan → kirtan → meditation → pilgrimage → puja → yajna →
hasPrimaryRegion	Bali → Bangladesh → India → Nepal → Sri Lanka →
hasSacredGeography	Ayodhya → Ganges River → Kashi → Mathura → Rameswaram → Tirupati → Varanasi →
hasSacredLanguage	Sanskrit →
hasSacredSymbol	Om → Sri Yantra → Swastika →
hasScripture	Atharvaveda → Bhagavad Gita → Dharmashastras → Mahabharata → Puranas → Ramayana → Rigveda → Samaveda → Upanishads → Vedas → Yajurveda →
hasViewOnDivinity	monism → monotheism → panentheism → pantheism → polytheism →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 604)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abhinavagupta → Adalaj Stepwell ("Hinduism (historical use)") → Adi Shankaracharya → Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → Airlangga → Anugrah Narayan Sinha → Anusapati → Arjuna → Aruna Asaf Ali → Arunachal Pradesh → Arya Samaj → Assam → Assamese people → Atharvaveda → B. R. Ambedkar → Bahraini American → Baji Rao II → Bal Gangadhar Tilak → Bal Gangadhar Tilak → Balaji Baji Rao → Balaji Vishwanath → Balinese ("Balinese Hinduism") → Balinese → Balitung → Bangladeshi American → Banke Bihari Temple → Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → Barong Temple → Batticaloa → Batukeshwar Dutt → Bellary → Bengal Subah → Bhagavad Gita → Bhonsle → Bhonsle of Nagpur → Bipin Chandra Pal → Birbal → Bombay Presidency → Brahma → Brahman → Brahmins → Braj → Brawijaya V → British Ceylon → British Malaya → British Sind → Burmese American → C. R. Das → C. Rajagopalachari → C. V. Raman → Cambodian American → Canggal inscription → Caribbean Americans → Caribbean Canadians → Chaguanas → Champa → Chandrasekhar Azad → Chhath Puja → Chittagong → Cochin → Dahyabhai Patel → Debendranath Tagore → Devdas Gandhi → Devi → Dharmashastras → Dhondu Pant → Dimasa people → Diwali → Dravidian peoples → Droupadi Murmu → Dussehra → Dutch East Indies → Dwarkadhish Temple → Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → Eknath → Ela Bhatt → Fijian New Zealanders → Gaekwad of Baroda → Gajah Mada → Gandhara civilization → Gandhi family → Ganesh Chaturthi → Ganesha → Gangaur → George Harrison → Gopal Krishna Gokhale → Gujarati people → Gupta Empire → Gwalior State → Hanuman → Harilal Gandhi → Hindu Rashtra Dal → Holi → Indian Malaysians → Indians in South Africa → Indira Gandhi → Indo-Greek Kingdoms → Indo-Mauritians → Indra Nooyi → J. B. Kripalani → J. D. Salinger ("Hinduism (influenced by)") → Jadeja Rajputs → Jagat Gosain → Jago Temple → Jam Sahib → Janakinath Bose → Janmashtami → Javanese → Jawaharlal Nehru → Jayabaya → Jayakatwang of Kediri → Jayanegara → Jayaprakash Narayan → Jhaverba Patel → Jibanananda Das → Johor Bahru → Junagadh → Jyotirindranath Tagore → Kahuripan → Kailash Satyarthi → Kakawin Smaradahana → Kali → Kali Puja → Kalpana Chawla → Kamala Nehru → Kapaleeshwarar Temple → Karamchand Gandhi → Karbi people → Kartikeya → Kashi → Kashi Vishwanath Temple → Kashmiri Pandit → Kashmiris → Kasturba Gandhi → Kediri Kingdom → Kempe Gowda I → Kertajaya → Khmer Empire → Kingdom of Kotte → Koneswaram Temple → Konkan → Krishna → Kumaon → Kumbh Mela → Kunwar Singh → Kurukshetra battlefield → Kushan Empire → Kutaraja → Kutch → Kuvempu → Lakshmibai Newalkar → Lala Lajpat Rai → Lata Mangeshkar → Lhotshampa → Mahabharata → Mahadev Desai → Mahadji Shinde → Mahatma Gandhi → Maheshwar Ghat → Majapahit Empire → Makar Sankranti → Mandalay → Mangal Pandey → Maniben Patel → Manilal Gandhi → Manipur → Maratha → Maratha Empire → Marathi people → Mariam-uz-Zamani → Mataram → Maurya Empire → Medan → Medang Kingdom → Mewar → Michael Madhusudan Dutt → Mishing people → Mithila region → Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan → Moropant Tambe → Motilal Nehru → Mpu Sindok → Mrinalini Devi → Mumbadevi → Mumbadevi Temple, Mumbai → Nabaneeta Dev Sen → Nagapattinam → Nagpur ("Hinduism (majority)") → Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → Namdev → Nana Fadnavis → Nana Sahib → Nannaya → Narali Purnima → Nathuram Godse → Nathuram Godse → Nathuram Godse → Navaratri → Nayakkar dynasty → Negombo → Nepali American → Newalkar dynasty → Nicobar Islands → Nusa Tenggara → Om → Om Birla → Omkareshwar Ghat → Oudh → P. Chidambaram → P. L. Deshpande → Padma Lakshmi → Pakistani American → Pakistani New Zealander → Palembang → Panipat district → Paramaribo → Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane → Penang → Peshwa → Poh Pitu → Porai Mata → Port of Spain → Portuguese India → Prabhavati Bose → Prambanan Temple → Pranami religious practices → Princely State of Porbandar → Puranas → Putlibai Gandhi → R. Venkataraman → Raden Wijaya → Rahul Gandhi → Raja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar → Rajaram I → Rajendra Prasad → Rajiv Gandhi → Rajputs → Rakai Pikatan → Ram Janmabhoomi → Ram Manohar Lohia → Rama Navami → Ramanujacharya → Ramayana → Ramdas Swami → Ramleela → Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna → Ranggawuni → Rani Lakshmibai → Rani Lakshmibai → Rigveda → Rishi Sunak → Rohilkhand → Romani → Réunion → S. R. Ranganathan → Sachin Tendulkar → Samaveda → Sambhaji → Sambisari Temple → Sanjay Gandhi → Sanjaya dynasty → Sarada Devi → Saraswati → Sarayu → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → Sarojini Naidu → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → Satya Nadella → Satyajit Ray → Satyendra Nath Bose → Satyendra Nath Bose → Satyendranath Tagore → Scindia of Gwalior → Sena dynasty → Shahu I → Shaivism → Shaktism → Sharchop → Shigmo → Shiva → Shivaji → Shivarama Karanth → Sikh Empire → Sindhi people → Singhasari Kingdom → Singosari Temple → Sinhalese people → Somnath Temple → Sri Aurobindo → Sri Krishnadevaraya → Sri Lanka → Sri Lankan American → Sri Vikrama Rajasinha → Sri Yantra → Srinivasa Ramanujan → Srivijaya Empire → Subhas Chandra Bose → Subhas Chandra Bose → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar → Sucheta Kriplani → Sudama → Sundanese → Surat → Surendranath Banerjee → Svetlana Alliluyeva → Swami Rock → Swami Vivekananda → Swarup Rani Thussu → T. T. Krishnamachari → Tagore family → Tamil people → Tatya Tope → Teej → Tikkana → Travancore → Trimbakeshwar → Tyagaraja → U. R. Ananthamurthy → United Provinces of Agra and Oudh → Upanishads → Vaishnavism → Vandana Shiva → Vedanta → Vedas → Vedic period ("Vedic religion") → Vidyapati → Vinayak Damodar Savarkar → Vinoba Bhave → Vishnu → Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar → Vrindavan → Wikramawardhana → Yajurveda → Yam Dwitiya → Yama → Yamunotri → Yerrapragada →	religion
Alwar → Balikpapan → Bundelkhand → Dhudike, Punjab, British India → Fiji → Hindi Belt → India → Indians → Indo-Mauritians → Indonesia → Kathmandu → Kerala → Kingdom of Kotte → Kurukshetra district → Madhubani district → Malay Peninsula → Malaysia → Nepal → Northeast India → Northern India → Patna → Punjab → Punjabi people → Singapore → South Africa → South African → South India → Southeast Asia → Suriname → Thar and Parkar District → Trinidad and Tobago → Tripura → West Bengal →	majorReligion
Caribbean → Coronation of Shivaji at Raigad in 1674 → East Java → Mahakoshal region → Malacca → Maritime Southeast Asia → North Sulawesi → Pahang → Pakistani diaspora → Riau → Southern Province, Sri Lanka → Sumatra → West Java → Western India →	hasReligion
Andhra Pradesh → Asian American → Eastern India → Garhwal → Majha → Meghalaya → Natal → North Sumatra → Saharsa district → Sitamarhi district → South Asia → Trichinopoly → Trincomalee →	hasMajorReligion
Balinese script → Bharatanatyam → Garba dance → Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) → Indo-Iranian peoples → Javanese script → Kathak → Kawi (Old Javanese) → Nagari script → Pandey → Prakrit → Wayang →	associatedWithReligion
Doaba → Georgetown, Guyana → Palashi → Panaji → Puducherry → West Bengal →	primaryReligion
Devanagari script → Hill Forts of Rajasthan → Nicobarese languages → Sharada script → Varanasi →	associatedReligion
Brahmoism → Dara Shikoh ("Hindu philosophy") → Din-i Ilahi → The Perennial Philosophy → Theosophy →	influencedBy
Chhath Puja ("Hindus") → Diwali ("Hindus") → Dussehra ("Hindus") → Janmashtami ("Hindus") → Yam Dwitiya ("Hindus") →	observedBy
Bengal → Kashmiris → Mon → Sinhalese people →	historicalReligion
Ashoka Chakra → Heaven → Kurukshetra battlefield →	associatedWith
Lombok → Mirpur Khas → South Sulawesi →	hasMinorityReligion
Bandar Lampung → Labuan → Malwa (Punjab) →	otherReligion
Arcot → Bali → Bhadrachalam →	religionMajority
Darbhanga district → Marwar →	dominantReligion
Lotus → Reva →	hasReligiousSignificanceIn
Indo-Caribbean people → Réunion →	mainReligion
British India → Malay Archipelago →	majorReligions
Bhutan → Sindh →	minorityReligion
Konkani → Malayalam →	primaryReligionOfManySpeakers
Arjuna Vishada Yoga →	belongsToTradition
Kali Puja ("Hindus") →	celebratedBy
law of karma →	centralTo
American culture →	containsReligiousTradition
A. R. Rahman →	convertedFromReligion
Khmer Empire →	culturalInfluenceFrom
Indian peafowl →	culturalSignificanceIn
Balinese →	cultureInfluence
Dominion of India →	demographicsMajorReligion
Hell →	depictedIn
Partition of India ("Hindus") →	dividedReligiousCommunities
Nostra Aetate →	focusesOn
Ficus →	hasCulturalSignificanceIn
Melilla ("Hindu") →	hasEthnicCommunity
Hinduism ("Vaishnavism") →	hasMajorTradition
Singh →	hasReligiousAssociation
Chamba →	hasReligiousSignificance
Shahjahanabad ("Hindus") →	hasSignificantCommunity
Eastern religions →	includes
South Asian ethnic groups →	includesMajorReligion
law of karma →	isInterpretedDifferentlyIn
Indians in South Africa →	largestReligion
Holi ("Hindus") →	mainlyCelebratedBy
Angkor Archaeological Park →	mainReligionHistorically
Vaishnavism →	majorBranchOf
Balinese ("Balinese Hinduism") →	majorityReligion
Kashi Vishwanath Temple ("Hindus") →	majorPilgrimageFor
Nainativu Island ("Hindus") →	majorPilgrimageSiteFor
Quanzhou →	majorReligionHistorical
Angkor Wat →	originalReligion
Vishishtadvaita →	partOf
Srirangam ("Hindus") →	pilgrimageSiteFor
Portuguese Ceylon →	preExistingReligions
Andhra State →	primaryReligionMajority
Mount Bromo →	religionAssociated
Bangladeshi ("Hinduism in Bangladesh") →	religionAssociatedWith
Annapurna →	religionAssociatedWithName
Tobagonian →	religionCommon
Dhundhar →	religionHistoricallyDominant
Sind →	religionHistoricallyPracticed
Oude →	religionInfluence