Saturday, February 2, 2008

The Evolution of Hinduism


Hinduism denotes the various religious beliefs and practices now prevalent in India. It differs from Vedism, or Brahmanism, in being more vague and compre hensive. Vedism, or Brahmanism, denotes the ancient religion of the Hindu-Aryans, as contained in the Vedas and Brahmanas, in contradistinction to the religions of the aboriginal inhabitants. Hinduism comprises the religions of to-day, which are neither Vedic nor aboriginal, but a fusion of corrupt Vedic doctrines with aboriginal non-Aryan cults. Its literature is not the Veda, but the epic poems, the Kamayana and Mahabharata, and the more recent Puranas.How came the Vedic doctrines to be corrupted ? What made this fusion possible? Or, what were the factors which conditioned Hinduism ? is our enquiry in this Part.

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