Hinduism

: the main religion of India which includes the worship of many gods and the belief that after you die
you return to life in a different form

: the dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social
observances and often mystical contemplation and ascetic practices

the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the originalAryan settle
rs as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads,the Bhagavad-Gita,
etc., having an extremely diversified character withmany schools of philosophy
and theology, many popular cults, and alarge pantheon symbolizing the many at
tributes of a single god.Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition bu
t are regardedas related religions.

the complex of beliefs, values, and customs comprising the dominantreligion of

India, characterized by the worship of many gods, includingBrahma as supreme
being, a caste system, belief in reincarnation, etc

A diverse body of religion, philosophy, and cultural practice native to and predominant in India, characteri
zed by a belief in reincarnationand a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposin
g theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desirefor liberation from earthly evils.