"Hinduism is the religion here, Hindu is not. I'll clean up the mistype. "
Hinduism
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Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as by its practitioners, a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal path" or "the eternal law".
Hinduism is one of the world's oldest major religions that is still practiced. Its earliest origins can be traced to the ancient Vedic civilization. A conglomerate of diverse beliefs and traditions, Hinduism has no single founder. It is the world's third largest religion following Christianity and Islam, with approximately a billion adherents, of whom about 905 million live in India and Nepal. Other countries with large Hindu populations include Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom and Canada.
Hinduism contains a vast body of scriptures. Divided as Śruti (revealed) and Smriti (remembered) and developed over millennia, these scriptures expound on theology, philosophy and mythology, and...
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