[syn: Hinduism, Hindooism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hindooism \Hin"doo*ism\, Hinduism \Hin"du*ism\, n.
The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism.
Hindoostani
Hindoostanee
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hindooism
n 1: the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, and Nepal [syn: Hinduism, Hindooism]
2: 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 [syn: Hinduism,
Hindooism]