* Hindu philosophy

* Hindu philosophy

Also known as Lokāyata, it is a system of Hindu philosophy that assumes various forms of philosophical skepticism and religious indifference. It is named after its founder, Cārvāka, author of the Bārhaspatya-sūtras.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

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.

* Hindu philosophy

* Tattva, the basis of the universe according to Hindu Samkhya philosophy

All schools of Hindu philosophy posit that consciousness ( ātman ) is distinct and independent from mind and matter ( prakṛti ).

The schools of Hindu philosophy differ in their recommended methods to cultivate faith, including selfless action ( karma-yoga ), renunciation ( jnana-yoga ) and devotion ( bhakti-yoga ).

This period has been called the Golden Age of India and was marked by extensive achievements in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Hindu culture.

In contrast to Carnatic music, the other main Indian classical music tradition originating from the South, Hindustani music was not only influenced by ancient Hindu musical traditions, historical Vedic philosophy and native Indian sounds but also enriched by the Persian performance practices of the Mughals.

Hindu idealism is central to Vedanta philosophy and to such schools as Kashmir Shaivism.

Karma in Jainism conveys a totally different meaning than commonly understood in the Hindu philosophy and western civilization.

In Jainism, " karma " conveys a totally different meaning from that commonly understood in Hindu philosophy and western civilization.

Adi Shankara opened the southern door by defeating in debate all the scholars there in all the various scholastic disciplines such as Mimamsa, Vedanta and other branches of Hindu philosophy ; he ascended the throne of Transcendent wisdom of that temple.

It is part of the six Hindu systems of philosophy, based on the Upanishads, and posits that the ultimate monad is a formless, ineffable divine ground of all being.

), astrological philosophy from Hellenistic Alexandria, early Christian mysticism, early Gnostics, the Hebrew system of the Kabbalah, The Hindu Vedas, the Chinese " Circle of the Dead ", Egyptian " Book of the Masters of the Secret House " ( Ritual of the Dead ).

In Hindu philosophy, it is union with the Brahman ( Supreme Being ).

According to the Hindu philosophy the essence of God or Brahman can never be understood or known since Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one traditionally ' understands ' a given concept or object.

Political philosophy originates in Ancient India with the Hindu text Manusmṛti, or Laws of Manu and Chanakya's Arthashastra.

Earliest reference to panentheistic thought in Hindu philosophy is in a creation myth contained in the later section of Rig Veda called the Purusha Sukta, which was compiled before 1100 BCE.

Philosophical conceptions of qi from the earliest records of Chinese philosophy ( 5th century BCE ) correspond to Western notions of humours and the ancient Hindu yogic concept of prana, meaning " life force " in Sanskrit.

Within Hindu philosophy, there is a solid and ancient tradition of philosophical speculation on the nature of the universe, of God ( termed " Brahman " in some schools of Hindu thought ) and of the Atman ( soul ).

Hindu texts used the term shunya ( zero ) to indicate the empty column on the abacus.

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

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 term " sacred feminine " was first coined in the 1970s, in New Age popularizations of the Hindu Shakti.

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

The term ‘ Hindu ’ came to include persons professing any Indian religion ( i. e. Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism or Sikhism ) after India became an independent country

The usage of the word Hindu was popularized for Arabs and further west by the Arabic term al-Hind referring to the land of the people who live across river Indus and the Persian term Hindū referring to all Indians.

The reinterpretation presenting him as an īśvara shows a strong influence of Śaivism, as the term īśvara was usually connected to the Hindu notion of Śiva as a creator god and ruler of the world.

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.

Here the term " reincarnation " is not strictly applicable, yet Hindu gods are said to have reincarnated ( see Avatar ): Lord Vishnu is known for his ten incarnations, the Dashavatars.

While the English term " saint " originated in Christianity, the term is now applied in other world religions, with the Jewish Tzadik, the Islamic wali, the Hindu rishi or guru, and the Buddhist arahat or boddhisatva also referred to as saints.

In particular, Gerald Gardner, who first popularized Wicca in England, was a noted folklorist with an interest in Far Eastern culture who spent much of his adult life in Ceylon and Burma, so it seems very plausible that he could have been familiar with this Hindu term.

Buddhists do not worship Brahma ( a Hindu deity ) or " Deva " ( an ancient South Asian term for a deity, today meaning either a Hindi translation of the English " God "/ Latin " Deus " concept Christian Indians tend to use the term " Parameshvara " or " Supreme Creator God " for the Christian God the Father or a synonym for the ancient South Asian concept of Brahman ).

Daityas along with Danavas and Asuras are sometimes called Rakshasas, the generic term for a demon in Hindu mythology.

RSS, one of the main votaries of Hindutva has stated that it believes in a cultural connotation of the term Hindu.

" The term Hindu in the conviction as well as in the constitution of the RSS is a cultural and civilizational concept and not a political or religious dogma.

The word is cognate with the Hindu term Devi meaning goddess ( masculine Deva meaning god ) which in turn originates from the ancient Sanskrit language, one of the earliest Indo-European languages ; the word is also cognate with the Avestan term denoting the Zoroastrian concept of the Daevas and with the Lithuanian word deivė, meaning a female deity.

However, since the term Hindu is more of an umbrella term for dharmic traditions arising from the Indian subcontinent, there may be persons who believe in none of the above concepts and yet consider themselves Hindu.