How to Use Hinduism in a Sentence

Hinduism

noun
  • In Hinduism, there are many gods, many holy places, and many styles of worship.
    Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The Bhagwad Geeta is one of the most revered scriptures of Hinduism.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2023
  • The film is inspired by the legend of Hanuman, a deity in Hinduism.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Shops selling meat, frowned upon in modern Hinduism, have been closed in some states.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The quote from one of Hinduism's most sacred scriptures is repeated throughout the film.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • Now, there are far more dance and music studios in the Dallas area where young kids can learn about Hinduism through the arts, Venkatraman said.
    Joy Ashford, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Mahmood went to school in Downers Grove and remembers learning about the Holocaust and a little about Hinduism in sixth grade.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • Sir Tim smashed a coconut to banish bad luck — a fitting ritual for the fresh start of a new year — and he and Anne fed cattle, which are sacred in Hinduism.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In Hinduism, which has a non-linear concept of time, the great god is involved in not only the creation, but also the dissolution.
    James Temperton, WIRED, 21 July 2023
  • Pugh stops during intercourse and picks up a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s holiest scriptures, and asks Murphy to read from it.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 24 July 2023
  • Over the last two decades, caste has also been at the heart of controversies around how Hinduism is portrayed in California textbooks.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In this tradition, a cohort of priests offer ritual prayers in honor of the river, which is worshiped as a goddess in Hinduism.
    Kamalpreet Singh, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
  • The tensions that the film presents — between Hindus and non-Hindus, rich and poor, those who use religion for just ends or violent ends — aren’t unique to Hinduism, but are present in societies around the world.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Varanasi, Hinduism’s most sacred city, lies near the state’s eastern border, and Modi chose to represent it in Parliament — a crafty choice for a man wishing to be hailed as a defender of his faith.
    Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • In Hinduism, the sun and planets have special significance and are associated with some deities.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • As the site’s ancient canals filled with ships, Buddhism and Hinduism left their own marks on the sprawling complex, including a possible contribution to curry cooking.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • In comparison, the movie’s villains only use Hinduism as a façade for violence and financial gain, rather than as a sincere fixture of their fanaticism.
    Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The other issue in the south is that the practice of Hinduism is quite different, including festivals and other regional traditions.
    Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
  • In the process, secularism has been redefined as the suppression of public expressions of other faiths, while Hinduism has increasingly been displayed as the religion of the state.
    Hari Kumar Atul Loke, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The lucky link goes back to rituals that use the burning of incense to enhance spirituality in Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, House Beautiful, 2 July 2023
  • Builders hoped to show all faiths are welcome at the site where Hindu worshipers will be able to pray before deities representative of Hinduism's different denominations.
    Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In particular, neo-Buddhism turned into a means for Dalits – who face rampant discrimination at the bottom of Hinduism’s caste ladder – to leave the system that was oppressing them.
    Marc Loustau, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Another video appears to show a student slapping a man wearing a saffron scarf, a color associated with Hinduism.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Those who practice Balinese Hinduism make a pilgrimage to the temple to find the balance between negative and positive energies.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And in early January, the chief justice made an unorthodox display of faith by paying a public visit to a temple in Dwarka, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites, situated in Gujarat.
    Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2024
  • But note that this particular prediction doesn’t even mention Kalki, Vishnu, or Hinduism.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
  • India One of Hinduism’s most fearsome antagonists is Vritra, leader of the dasas—demonic creatures with innumerable eyes and heads.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
  • Given the vast number of gods and goddesses in Hinduism — and with each deity carrying multiple alternative names — there is no shortage of inspiration found here.
    Avani Modi Sarkar, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2023
  • But Hinduism encompasses a wide range of spiritual beliefs, practices and traditions, and not all Hindus view eclipses as negative.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • New evangelical forms of Hinduism were overtaking it in popularity; later, Islam would enter the scene and put Buddhism under siege.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 21 July 2023

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