Hinduisms

Hinduisms

English

Noun

Hinduisms

1. plural of Hinduism

   Lloyd Ridgeon, Major World Religions (2003) p. 13.

   • But it then follows that if Hindus think and say that there is Hinduism, and act to uphold it, then there is a Hinduism, or more probably several Hinduisms.

   Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger, Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes (1995) p. 23.

   • There are so many Hinduisms that no single Hindu could speak for the entire tradition.

   Ninian Smart, The Long Search (1977) p. 27.

   • It is no surprise then to find that Hinduism is really a sort of federation of Hinduisms.