1. (

• Hinduism ,
• Hindooism

) the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal ;

2. (

• Hinduism ,
• Hindooism

) a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils ;