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Hin·du
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babu
(in India) a title or form of address more or less equivalent to Mr, placed before a person's full name or after his first name -
gentoo
a Hindu. -
hindu calendar
a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d. -
hindu kush
a mountain range in S Asia, mostly in NE Afghanistan, extending W from the Himalayas. Highest peak, Tirich Mir, 25,230 feet (7690 meters). -
hinduism
the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions. -
kapila
flourished early 6th century b.c, Hindu philosopher: reputed founder of the Sankhya system of Hindu philosophy.