Moving on towards the Monotheistic era of Hinduism when such ideals such as Shaivism and Vaishnavism, a specific deity for feministic worship was bought about under the Shaktism branch.

Islam spread in the Malay archipelago when Arabic traders came to trade spices with the Malays ; at that time, Hinduism formed the basis of the Malay culture, but syncretism with the Islamic religion and culture spawned the idea of a Bidadari.

The rishis were prominent when Vedic Hinduism took shape, as far back as some three thousand years ago.

This cult focussing on the joint worship of Shiva and the Goddess may even have had a high position in Hinduism, but when and how it faded away remains a mystery.

The predominance of Hinduism in Cham religion was interrupted for a time in the 9th and 10th centuries, when a dynasty at Indrapura ( Dong Duong in Quang Nam Province of modern Vietnam ) adopted Mahayana Buddhism as its faith.

Such individuals have tried to construct an intellectual defense of Hinduism during a phase when the fundamentalistic elements of other faiths have sought to denigrate the ancient religion in an effort to gain converts.

In the early 1930s de Acosta developed an interest in Hinduism and was encouraged to seek out Indian mystic Meher Baba when he arrived in Hollywood.

Furthermore, both men and women are gurus ( gurus are teachers of Hinduism but are not always ordained ; when they are, it is by their own guru ).

Some academics assert that such practices were influenced by Hinduism long ago when Muslims and Hindus co-existed in the sub-continent.

Hinduism has evolved over several centuries with vedic times when there was no restriction on animal worship and also animal consumption for food, to later Buddhist and Jain influence that led to the concept of non violence and animal respect and consideration, ahimsa ( non-violence ) is a major concept in Hindu belief ( Regenstein 1991, p. 223 ).

Since the swastika on the Flag of Nazi Germany was " right-facing " when displayed one-sided ( e. g. hanging on buildings ), this requires a redefinition of " sauwastika " as the variant current in Hinduism, and the " swastika proper " as the " left-facing " one current in Buddhism, contrary to Burnouf.

During the seventh to 13th centuries when Islam arrived it replaced Buddhism as the great cosmopolitan trading religion in many places accompanied by a consolidation of the communal peasant religions of Hinduism.

Like Islam and Buddhism, Hinduism was greatly modified when adapted to Indonesian society.

Officially identifying their religion as Hinduism was not a legal possibility for Indonesians until 1962, when it became the fifth state-recognized religion.

The Satya Yuga ( Devanagari: सत ् य य ु ग ), also called Sat Yuga, Krta Yuga and Krita Yuga in Hinduism, is the " Yuga ( Age or Era ) of Truth ", when mankind is governed by gods, and every manifestation or work is close to the purest ideal and mankind will allow intrinsic goodness to rule supreme.

The divergence of some of the fundamental aspects of local Hindu culture, the segregation of the Hindu community from Trinidad, and the disinclination to risk erasing the more fundamental aspects of what had been constructed as " Trinidad Hinduism " in which the identity of the group had been rooted, would often generate dissension when certain dimensions of Hindu culture came into contact with the State.

In cases when the cow has been ill treated, it becomes sinful or evil to drink such milk ( Note that the cow is sacred in Hinduism )

Its magazine has been criticised for having attitude of wilful ignorance, bigotry & intentional misinterpretations of Hinduism, after an issue said about Hindus as " The Indian sub-continent with one billion people, is a living example of what happens when Satan rules the entire culture ... India is one vast purgatory in which millions of people .... are literally living a cosmic lie!

Hinduism came to fore during the three year rule of Hindu king ' Hemu ' during 1553-56 when he had defeated Akbar at Agra and Delhi and had taken up the reign from Delhi as a Hindu ' Vikramaditya ' king after his ' Rajyabhishake ' or coronation at ' Purana Quila ' in Delhi.

) Hinduism, he believed, led to practices of peace to humanity, and the idea that when nationalist ideas were added to this peaceful belief system, a non-secular nation could be formed.

Later some who did not mix with anyone, after 12th century when they moved in Karnali region of Western Nepal they converted in Hinduism but still retained shamanic and Buddhist elements.

In later Hinduism, Soma was identified with the moon which waxes and wanes when the drug is drunk by the gods.

The Jainism and Buddhism was under stress by resurgent Hinduism when Islam was introduced to Tamil Nadu and Kerala regions of southern India ( 650-750 AD ).

Hinduism in Sri Lanka based on 2001 census data except for when the percentage is given in cursive ; these are from 1981 census instead

Allegory has been used widely in ancient sacred texts of Hinduism and all the religions that have sprouted off it ; and throughout the history of art in all forms of artwork.

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.

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.

It is used in most or all philosophies and religions of Indian origin — sometimes summarized under the umbrella term of Dharmic faiths — including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

In Hinduism, Green is used to symbolically represent the fourth, heart chakra ( Anahata ).

There are religious significance and aspects of the rooster and the cockfight which are exampled by the religious belief of Tabuh Rah, a religious and spiritual cockfight where a rooster is used in religious custom by allowing him to fight against another rooster in the Balinese Hinduism spiritual appeasement exercise of Tabuh Rah, a form of animal sacrifice, where ritual fights usually take place outside the temple and follow an ancient and complex ritual as set out in the sacred lontar manuscripts.

Balinese Hinduism also includes the religious belief of Tabuh Rah, a religious cockfight where a rooster is used in religious custom by allowing him to fight against another rooster in the religious and spiritual cockfight of the Balinese Hinduism spiritual appeasement exercise of Tabuh Rah.

In Hinduism, the term sin ( in Sanskrit ) is often used to describe actions that create negative karma by violating moral and ethical codes, which automatically brings negative consequences.

* In Hinduism, violet is used to symbolically represent the seventh, crown chakra ( Sahasrara ).

It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke shakti or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness.

Considered an auspicious ingredient in Hinduism and some schools of Buddhism, the areca nut is still used along with betel leaf in religious ceremonies, and also while honoring individuals in much of southern Asia.

Waxes and hard fats such as tallow have been used to make candles, used for lighting and decoration in a number of religious traditions, including Christianity and Hinduism, as well as various neo-pagan religions such as Wicca.

Today they are used particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, as well as in Neopaganism and Ceremonial Magic.

The earliest evidence of the group is from Vedic Sanskrit, the language used in the ancient preserved texts of the Indian subcontinent, the foundational canon of Hinduism known as the Vedas.

The word is also used to refer to ascetic practitioners of meditation in a number of South Asian religions including Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.

There are several weapons which were used by the gods of Hinduism, some of which are Agneyastra, Brahmastra, Chakram, Garudastra, Kaumodaki, Narayanastra, Pashupata, Shiva Dhanush, Sudarshana Chakra, Trishul, Vaishnavastra, Varunastra, and Vayavastra.

Gandharva is a name used for distinct mythological beings in Hinduism and Buddhism ; it is also a term for skilled singers in Indian classical music.

The religious belief of Tabuh Rah, a form of animal sacrifice of Balinese Hinduism includes a religious cockfight where a rooster is used in religious custom by allowing him to fight against another rooster in a religious and spiritual cockfight, a spiritual appeasement exercise of Tabuh Rah.

* Master used in Kung Fu and some forms of Buddhism, Shinto, Confucianism and Hinduism.

In religious use, enlightenment is most closely associated with South and East Asian religious experience, being used to translate words such as ( in Buddhism ) bodhi or satori, or ( in Hinduism ) moksha.

This shell is used as an important ritual object in Hinduism.

It is a ritual tool or spiritual implement which is symbolically used by Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, all of which are traditions of Dharma.

Belief in the sky father and the military prowess of Aryan supermen was a feature of Nazi racial ideology ; the swastika was chosen to embody this belief system because it was a symbol thought to be used by the ancient Vedic religion ( as well as modern Hinduism and Buddhism.