nnoun.groupthe religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and NepalRegion:Bangla DeshBangladeshEast PakistanPeople's Republic of BangladeshBharatIndiaRepublic of IndiaKingdom of NepalNepalCeylonDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaSri Lanka
Synset:Hindooism Hinduism
Hypernyms:faith organized religion religion
Inherited Hypernyms:hinduismreligioninstitutionorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:BrahmanismBrahminism
Member Meronyms:Hare Krishna ISKCON International Society for Krishna Consciousness Hindoo Hindu Saktism Shaktism Shivaism Sivaism Vaishnavism Vaisnavism
nnoun.cognitiona 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 evilsSynset:Hindooism Hinduism
Hypernyms:faith religion religious belief
Inherited Hypernyms:hinduismreligionbeliefcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:hinduismreligiontheological virtuecardinal virtuevirtuegoodmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:DarsanaKrishnaismMimamsaSaktismShaktismShivaismSivaismVaishnavismVaisnavismVedantaVedismVishnuism
Full Hyponyms:darsanakrishnaismmimamsashaktismshivaismvaishnavismvedantavedism