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Hinduism is the dominant religion in India and Nepal and consists of numerous traditions such as Shaivism and Vaishnavism. It includes a wide spectrum of moral and social principles based on concepts like karma, dharma, and societal norms. Hinduism has no single founder but developed from the historical Vedic religion of ancient India, making it one of the oldest major religions still practiced today. Sacred texts discuss theology, philosophy, mythology, rituals and more. Major scriptures include the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. With over one billion followers globally, Hinduism is the world's third largest religion.

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Hinduism is the dominant religion in India and Nepal and consists of numerous traditions such as Shaivism and Vaishnavism. It includes a wide spectrum of moral and social principles based on concepts like karma, dharma, and societal norms. Hinduism has no single founder but developed from the historical Vedic religion of ancient India, making it one of the oldest major religions still practiced today. Sacred texts discuss theology, philosophy, mythology, rituals and more. Major scriptures include the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. With over one billion followers globally, Hinduism is the world's third largest religion.

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Hinduism is the dominant religion[1][2] of the Indian subcontinent, particularly of India and Nepal.

It includes Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Smartismamong numerous other traditions. Among other practices and philosophies, Hinduism includes a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of "daily morality" based on karma, dharma, and societal norms. Hinduism is a categorisation of distinct intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid, common set of beliefs.
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Hinduism consists of many diverse traditions and has no single founder.[4] Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India.[5] As such, Hinduism is often called the "oldest living religion"[6] or the "oldest living major religion" in the world.[1][7][8][9] Since Vedic times, a process of Sanskritization has been taking place, in which "people from many strata of society throughout the subcontinent tended to adapt their religious and social life to Brahmanic norms".[10] Hindu texts are classified into ruti ("revealed") and Smriti ("remembered"). These texts discuss theology, philosophy, mythology, Vedicyajna and agamic rituals and temple building, among other topics.[5] Major scriptures include the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Mahabharata,Ramayana, Manusmriti, Bhagavad Gita and Agamas.[5] Hinduism, with about one billion followers[11] (950 million estimated in India),[12] is the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam.

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