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

カースト制度に基づき、インドに固有の宗教的・哲学的信仰および文化的実践の体系；輪廻への信仰、多様な形態と性質を持つ最高存在への信仰、対立する理論は一つの永遠の真理の諸側面であるという見解、および現世の悪からの解脱への希求を特徴とする