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

インド発祥の宗教的・哲学的信念と文化的実践の総体で、カースト制度に基づくもの。輪廻転生の信仰、多様な形と本質を持つ至高の存在の信仰、対立する理論が一つの永遠の真実の側面であるという見解、および地上の悪からの解放を求める望みに特徴づけられる。