Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Hindooism | Yes | No | No | No |
varna | Yes | No | No | No |
Hindooism (noun) | varna (noun) |
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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 | (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) |
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal |