Hinduism in America

The book gives the history of Hinduism, various Hindu denominations in the United States, a brief review of various Hindu scriptures for a reader in America - the Vedas, Upnishads, epics, Bhagvad Gita. It also has essays on caste, cow, hindu litergy and the summary of the basic tenets of Hindusim.

First sentence: The word, Hindu, is a derivative of a Sanskrit word, Sindhu, or sea. To Aryans, river Indus was as vast as an ocean and they called it Sindhu. Persians and Greeks, for whom the letters s and h/i were phonetically identical, pronounced Sindhu as hindu and indu respectively. The people living to the east of the Indus River came to be known as Hindus, and their beliefs and way of life, as Hinduism. A

Year

2004

Publisher

Vid Publications

Editions

1

Pages

216

ISBN

9780970092908

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