How to Use Hinduism in a Sentence

Hinduism

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• Elephants are so revered in Hinduism that the Jeeps were often getting pulled over so people could pray to the lifelike elephants and offer flowers, Ganesh said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024
• In Hinduism, there are many gods, many holy places, and many styles of worship.
  — Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• The Bhagwad Geeta is one of the most revered scriptures of Hinduism.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2023
• Lord Krishna, a central figure in Hinduism, is revered as the eighth avatar of the god Vishnu.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
• The film is inspired by the legend of Hanuman, a deity in Hinduism.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• Shops selling meat, frowned upon in modern Hinduism, have been closed in some states.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• The daughter of immigrants, Usha Vance says she was raised with Hinduism and continues to practice the faith.
  — Nik Popli, TIME, 17 July 2024
• The quote from one of Hinduism's most sacred scriptures is repeated throughout the film.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• Now, there are far more dance and music studios in the Dallas area where young kids can learn about Hinduism through the arts, Venkatraman said.
  — Joy Ashford, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
• Mahmood went to school in Downers Grove and remembers learning about the Holocaust and a little about Hinduism in sixth grade.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
• Sir Tim smashed a coconut to banish bad luck — a fitting ritual for the fresh start of a new year — and he and Anne fed cattle, which are sacred in Hinduism.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• In Hinduism, which has a non-linear concept of time, the great god is involved in not only the creation, but also the dissolution.
  — James Temperton, WIRED, 21 July 2023
• Pugh stops during intercourse and picks up a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s holiest scriptures, and asks Murphy to read from it.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 24 July 2023
• Over the last two decades, caste has also been at the heart of controversies around how Hinduism is portrayed in California textbooks.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 9 Oct. 2023
• In this tradition, a cohort of priests offer ritual prayers in honor of the river, which is worshiped as a goddess in Hinduism.
  — Kamalpreet Singh, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
• The tensions that the film presents — between Hindus and non-Hindus, rich and poor, those who use religion for just ends or violent ends — aren’t unique to Hinduism, but are present in societies around the world.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
• Varanasi, Hinduism’s most sacred city, lies near the state’s eastern border, and Modi chose to represent it in Parliament — a crafty choice for a man wishing to be hailed as a defender of his faith.
  — Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
• In Hinduism, the sun and planets have special significance and are associated with some deities.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
• As the site’s ancient canals filled with ships, Buddhism and Hinduism left their own marks on the sprawling complex, including a possible contribution to curry cooking.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
• In comparison, the movie’s villains only use Hinduism as a façade for violence and financial gain, rather than as a sincere fixture of their fanaticism.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• The other issue in the south is that the practice of Hinduism is quite different, including festivals and other regional traditions.
  — Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
• In the process, secularism has been redefined as the suppression of public expressions of other faiths, while Hinduism has increasingly been displayed as the religion of the state.
  — Hari Kumar Atul Loke, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• The lucky link goes back to rituals that use the burning of incense to enhance spirituality in Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, House Beautiful, 2 July 2023
• Builders hoped to show all faiths are welcome at the site where Hindu worshipers will be able to pray before deities representative of Hinduism's different denominations.
  — Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
• In particular, neo-Buddhism turned into a means for Dalits – who face rampant discrimination at the bottom of Hinduism’s caste ladder – to leave the system that was oppressing them.
  — Marc Loustau, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2023
• Another video appears to show a student slapping a man wearing a saffron scarf, a color associated with Hinduism.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• Those who practice Balinese Hinduism make a pilgrimage to the temple to find the balance between negative and positive energies.
  — Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
• And in early January, the chief justice made an unorthodox display of faith by paying a public visit to a temple in Dwarka, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites, situated in Gujarat.
  — Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2024
• But note that this particular prediction doesn’t even mention Kalki, Vishnu, or Hinduism.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
• India One of Hinduism’s most fearsome antagonists is Vritra, leader of the dasas—demonic creatures with innumerable eyes and heads.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024