Unlike in Hindu and Jain sources, in ancient Buddhist texts ahimsa ( or its Pāli cognate ) is not used as a technical term.

Hindu religious texts contain account of saints and hermits practicing what would be called inedia, breatharianism or Sustenance through Light in modern terms.

According to one of the principal texts of Hindu philosophy, the Tattwa Kaumudi authored by Vacaspati in the 9th century A. D., the Creator used akasha ( ether ), the most " subtle " element, to create the other four traditional elements ; each element created is in turn used to create the next element, each less subtle than the last.

For example, ancient Hindu religious texts list clairvoyance amongst other forms of ' clear ' experiencing, as siddhis, or ' perfections ', skills that are yielded through appropriate meditation and personal discipline.

Many kinds of such spirits ( Vetalas, Pishachas, Bhūta ) are recognized in the later Hindu texts.

Within the Vedas the Hindu holy texts, Women were given the highest possible respect and equality.

One orthodox classification of Hindu texts is to divide into Śruti (" revealed ") and Smriti (" remembered ") texts.

The Arabs translated Hindu texts on numerology and spread it to the western world due to their trade links with them.

It is generally asserted that Hindu religious texts are the oldest known literature containing pantheistic ideas.

Unconscious aspects of mentality were referred to between 2500 and 600 BC in the Hindu texts known as the Vedas, found today in Ayurvedic medicine.

Historical texts from the Song dynasty and archaeological evidence suggest that Po-ni was heavily influenced by Hindu civilization, as transmitted by Hindu culture in Java and Sumatra, and not directly from India.

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Hindu and Egyptian mythology frequently feature in 19th century magical texts.

During these years Holst also became interested in Hindu mysticism and spirituality, and this interest led to the composition of several works set to translations of Sanskrit texts, including: Sita ( 1899 – 1906 ), a three-act opera based on an episode in the Ramayana ; Sāvitri ( 1908 ), a chamber opera based on a tale from the Mahabharata ; 4 groups of Hymns from the Rig Veda ( 1908 – 14 ); and two texts originally by Kalidasa: Two Eastern Pictures ( 1909 – 10 ) and The Cloud Messenger ( 1913 ).

The Nyaya Sutras of Aksapada Gautama ( c. 2nd century CE ) constitute the core texts of the Nyaya school, one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy.

The Upanishads (, IAST:, ) are a collection of philosophical texts which form the theoretical basis for the Hindu religion.

The story of a great flood is mentioned in ancient Hindu texts, particularly the Satapatha Brahmana.

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Category: Hindu texts

Various childhood episodes or Lilas of Krishna, growing in Yashoda's household abound in Hindu religious texts, important amongst them are, Krishna giving darshan to Yashoda with his Vishwaroopa or his Divine Form.

There exist several versions of Cosmology in existing Hindu texts.

* Vibhuti, the ash of cow dung and several other substances, used in Hindu rituals

In a book called Hudud-al-Alam, written in 982, it mentions a village near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, where the local king used to have many Hindu, Muslim and Afghan wives.

Indian Hindu artisans from the period of the Chola empire in Tamil Nadu, used bronze to create intricate statues via the lost wax casting method with ornate detailing depicting the Gods of Hinduism mostly, but also the lifestyle of the period.

The Chinese, Hebrew, Hindu, and Julian calendars are widely used for religious and / or social purposes.

Besides the Gregorian calendar, the Julian calendar, the Aztec calendar, and the Hindu calendar have cycles of years that are used to delineate whole time periods ; the Hindu calendar, in particular, summarizes its years into groups of 60, while the Aztec calendar considers groups of 52.

A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the Hindu caste system is sometimes used as an analogical basis for the study of caste-like social divisions existing outside Hinduism and India.

* Tamil does not have any diacritics in itself, but uses the Hindu numerals 2, 3 and 4 as diacritics to represent aspirated, voiced, and voiced-aspirated consonants when the Tamil script is used to write long passages in Sanskrit.

Daena has been used to mean religion, faith, law, even worship as a translation for the Hindu and Buddhist term Dharma, often interpreted as " duty " or social order, right conduct, or virtue.

The title of Samrāṭ has been used by many rulers of the Indian subcontinent as claimed by the Hindu mythologies.

In his lifetime, as part of his missionary activity, Francis Xavier used to refer to pagans as devil-worshipers and spiritually blind, Hindu teachings as repulsive and grotesque, Vishnu's transformation as foulest shapes, Shiva as shameless, Kali as clamoring for sacrifices, many-headed and many-armed gods and goddesses in temples as hideous forms and temples and altars as place of degrading rites.

Hindu () is a term used to refer to the adherents of Indian religions.

In a book called Hudud-al-Alam, written in 982 CE, it mentions a village near Jalalabad where the local king used to have many Hindu, Muslim and Afghan wives.

Some examples are the Chinese and Hindu calendars, and most calendar systems used in antiquity.

Some scholars restrict the use of the term " Prakrit " to the languages used by Hindu and Jain writers only ; others include the Buddhist languages, such as Pali and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and the inscriptional Prakrits.

Hindu merchants from Surat and Southeast African merchants from Pate, seeking to bypass both the Portuguese blockade and Omani meddling, used the Somali ports of Merca and Barawa ( which were out of the two powers ' jurisdiction ) to conduct their trade in safety and without interference.

Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the forms of hymns and mantras.

* Tamil calendar, a solar and sidereal Hindu calendar used in Tamil Nadu

It is used in Pujas to make a form of Hindu god Ganesha.

It is important to note here that the word " Sing " is used by various denominations among Hindus, for example Hindu Rajput's and Thakur's use the word " Sing " as part of their name.

Sikhs use the word " Singh " distinct from the word " Sing " that is used by Hindu Groups.