Religions Of The World
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Hinduism if the world's oldest living faith. This book explores what it means to be a Hindu. It explains the rites associated with birth, marriage and death; the importance of the family; customs and taboos; holy places and shrines. It takes us inside a Hindu temple, and describes the festivals of the Hindu calendar, showing how the worship of 330 million different gods is not incompatible with belief in one Supreme Being.
One of a series of dictionaries of world religions designed for GCSE, this has topics and terms relevant to Hinduism arranged alphabetically and given concise explanatory entries. These range from basic concepts such as "Brahman" and caste to important Sanskrit terms such as "varnashrama dharma". The author has lived and taught in India, and has written several books on Hinduism and India.