RLG205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vedic Period, Civilization V, Orthopraxy
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1) what is hinduism: general features of hinduism: veda and dharma, ritual and salvation (moksa), one and many gods. Www. asia. si. edu/explore/indianart/videopuja. asp: the historical development of hinduism, the pre-vedic age: the indus valley civilization, the vedic period, the veda. Hinduism is the complex relationship with various belief systems. The roots of hinduism are all the way back into the indus-valley civilization. In wide circulation since the 19th century through the writings of western orientalists and. Therefore reading hinduism into the past is problematic. There are prototypical forms of hindu practice and belief, and others are less so. There are aspects that seem important to most of these sects but in the peripheries of this map the practices would become less central to hinduism. There are two aspects: the scholar"s understandings and the hindu self-understanding who believe they are hindu. Many streams joining together to form a great river. In pre-islamic india, there were a number of distinct sects and regional religious identities.
