It is also reflected in the Manusmṛti ( 5. 27 – 44 ), a particularly renowned traditional Hindu lawbook ( Dharmaśāstra ).

* A " luni-solar calendar " is based on a combination of both solar and lunar reckonings ; examples are the traditional calendar of China, the Hindu Calendar in India or the Hebrew calendar.

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.

In traditional Hindu society, dharma has historically denoted a variety of ideas, such as Vedic ritual, ethical conduct, caste rules, and civil and criminal law.

The Hindu, Thai, Hebrew, Islamic, Tibetan, Mayan, Ani-yvnwiya ( Cherokee ), Neo-pagan, Germanic, Celtic, and the traditional Chinese calendars are all based on the phases of the Moon.

The following table gives the traditional English names for each month's full moon, the names given by Algonquian peoples in the northern and eastern United States, other common names, and Hindu.

The Hebrew, Buddhist, Hindu lunisolar, Burmese, and Tibetan calendars, as well as the traditional Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mongolian, and Korean calendars, plus the ancient Hellenic, Coligny, and Babylonian calendars are all lunisolar.

The plays built support among illiterate peasants steeped in traditional Hindu culture.

Gurukuls were traditional Hindu residential schools of learning ; typically the teacher's house or a monastery.

The first ruler of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, King Ramathibodi I ( ruled 1351 to 1369 ), made two important contributions to Thai history: the establishment and promotion of Theravada Buddhism as the official religion – to differentiate his kingdom from the neighbouring Hindu kingdom of Angkor – and the compilation of the Dharmashastra, a legal code based on Hindu sources and traditional Thai custom.

* Langa oni, traditional two piece garment worn by unmarried Telugu Hindu women.

Moksha Patam was associated with traditional Hindu philosophy contrasting karma and kama, or destiny and desire.

* Upaveda, traditional Hindu disciplines of scholarship

Ram Mohun Roy, Ram Mohun also spelled Rammohun, Rammohan, or Ram Mohan (; 14 August 1774 – 27 September 1833 ), was an Indian religious, social, and educational reformer who challenged traditional Hindu culture and indicated the lines of progress for Indian society under British rule.

The Hindu religion talks about ayurvede, the wisdom of traditional Hindu medicine.

* Ganapati Vandana-A traditional opening prayer to the Hindu god Ganesh, who removes obstacles.

In North India, Hindu women may often veil for traditional purposes, it is often the custom in rural areas to veil in front of male elders.

File: HinduBrideIndia. jpg | A bride during a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony in India.

According to Angkor scholar Georges Coedès, " Angkor Wat is, if you like, a vaishnavite sanctuary, but the Vishnu venerated there was not the ancient Hindu deity nor even one of the deity's traditional incarnations, but the king Suryavarman II posthumously identified with Vishnu, consubstantial with him, residing in a mausoleum decorated with the graceful figures of apsaras just like Vishnu in his celestial palace.

Hindu mythology is a large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas.

According to traditional Hindu astrology, worship or propitiation of Bṛhaspati or Guru ( Jupiter ) results in cure from ailments affecting the stomach and helps ward off sins.

As the courts of local Nawabs developed, distinct provincial styles with stronger influence from traditional Indian painting developed in both Muslim and Hindu princely courts.

* The lifestyle of Osho ( Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ) with his 93 Rolls Royces at his disposal ( though as a gift from his followers ), a bioterrorist attack at The Dalles, Oregon by some of his followers, the group's successful effort to take control of the city of Antelope, Oregon, his unusual teachings that contradicted both traditional morality and Hindu norms, the group therapy sessions with little restraints, and the liberal sexual freedom that he promoted.

This Hindu holy city is described as early as in the Hindu Epics.

Cārvāka emerged as an alternative to the orthodox Hindu pro-Vedic Āstika schools, as well as a philosophical predecessor to subsequent or contemporaneous nāstika philosophies such as Ājīvika, Jainism and Buddhism ( the latter two later spinning off into what may be described today as separate religions ) in the classical period of Indian philosophy.

Of those stating a choice, 47. 71 % described themselves as Christian, 17. 71 % as Hindu, 12. 26 % as Muslim and 10 % as having no religion.

Mount Meru of Hindu traditions has clearly mythical aspects, being described as 84, 000 Yojanas high, and having the Sun along with all its planets in the Solar System revolve around it as one unit.

Originally described as the chief of evil spirits in Vedic-era texts, Kubera acquired the status of a Deva ( god ) only in the Puranas and the Hindu epics.

It is sometimes identified with the legendary drug soma, as described in the Avesta and the Rig Veda, the respective ancient sacred texts of the Zoroastrian and Hindu faiths.

The Hindu deity Shiva and his followers were described in the scriptures as wearing " jaTaa ", meaning " twisted locks of hair ", probably derived from the Dravidian word " Sadai ", which means to twist or to wrap.

Gog and Magog are related to their Hindu counterpart called demon brothers Koka and Vikoka " whose names are obviously similar ", and refer symbolically, according to Guénon, not to groups of people on earth, but to entities belonging to the " subtle world " and having an existence presently hidden from the human realm and symbolically described as subterranean.

Built entirely using traditional methods and materials, Neasden ’ s Swaminarayan Mandir has been described as being Britain ’ s first authentic Hindu temple.

The warriors of ancient India blew conch shells to announce battle, as is described in the beginning of the war of Kurukshetra, in the Mahabharata, the famous Hindu epic.

The divine femme fatale of Hindu mythology, Mohini is described to have enchanted gods, demons and sages alike.

Thomas Blom Hansen described Elst as a " Belgian Catholic of a radical anti-Muslim persuasion who tries to make himself useful as a ' fellow traveller ' of the Hindu nationalist movement ".

Hatha yoga (, ), also called hatha vidya ( हठव ि द ् य ा), is a system of yoga described by Yogi Swatmarama, a Hindu sage of 15th century India, and compiler of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

J. P. was not very religious but he began to read regularly some of the most basic Hindu scriptures starting with Bhagavada Gita, deriving heroic inspiration from the great battle of the Mahabharata described in the book which enlightens the concept that the essence of man is immortal.

Bhakti yoga ( Devanāgarī: भक ् त ि य ो ग ) is a spiritual path described in Hindu philosophy which is supposed to be for fostering love, utter faith and surrender to God.

Kamadhenu ( ), also known as Surabhi ( ), is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hindu mythology as the mother of all cows.

Kamadhenu is regarded as a form of Devi ( the Hindu Divine Mother ) and is closely related to the fertile Mother Earth ( Prithvi ), who is often described as a cow in Sanskrit.

Although derived from his experience of Hindu mysticism, and referred to as ' mystical socialism ', his thoughts parallel those of several writers in the field of psychology and sociology at the start of the twentieth century, such as Boris Sidis, Sigmund Freud and Wilfred Trotter who all recognised that society puts ever increasing pressure on the individual that can result in mental and physical illnesses such as neurosis and the particular nervousness which was then described as neurasthenia.

The first Sangam ( mutaṟcaṅkam ) mudharchangam is described as having been held at " the Madurai which was submerged by the sea ", lasted a total of 4400 years, and had 549 members, which supposedly included some gods of the Hindu pantheon such as Siva, Kubera and Murugan.

* 825-Al-Khawarizmi described the algorism, algorithms for using the Hindu-Arabic numerals, in his treatise On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals, which was translated into Latin as Algoritmi de numero Indorum, where " Algoritmi ", the translator's rendition of the author's name gave rise to the word algorithm ( Latin algorithmus ) with a meaning " calculation method "

Thakkur " the darkest period in Sind history ", with the records speaking of massive forced conversions, temple destruction, slaughters and genocides ; the people of Sindh, described as inherently pacifist due to their Hindu / Buddhist religious inclinations, had to adjust to the conditions of " barbarian inroad ".

An example of divine retribution is the story found in many cultures about a great flood destroying all of humanity, as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Hindu Vedas, or Book of Genesis ( 6: 9-8: 22 ), leaving one principal ' chosen ' survivor.

According to Hindu Vaishnava theology the stories concerning the gopis are said to exemplify Suddha-bhakti which is described as ' the highest form of unconditional love for God ' ( Krishna ).