This is a list of various lists of Hindus related topics grouped under related sections.
Deities, sants, gurus, and entities
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List of Hindu deities
Hinduism is the largest religion in the Indian subcontinent, and the third largest religion in the world. Hinduism has been called the "oldest religion" in the world, and many practitioners refer to Hinduism as "the eternal law" ('). Within this ...
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List of titles and names of Krishna
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List of Tridevis
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List of names of Vishnu
The following is the list of names of Vedic Lord Vishnu from Vishnu Sahasranama of Mahabharata.
Names as per the Vishnu Sahasranama
#Anish
#Lakshmikanth
#Tharun
#Vishant
#Vishvam
#Vishnuh
#Vashatkaarah
#Narayan
#Narada
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List of avatar claimants
This is a list of notable people who have explicitly claimed and are considered by others to be the Avatars of the Supreme Being or of a more limited expansion of Ishvara or other expression of divinity. This list does not include the traditional ...
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List of mythological objects (Hindu mythology)
The following is a list of various mythological objects described in Hindu literature.
Armour
* Karna Kavacha - The armour of Karna that was granted to him by his father Surya at birth, offering him virtual invulnerability.
* Shiva Kavacha - ...
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List of Gandharvas
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List of Nāgas
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List of Rakshasas
Below is a non-exhaustive list of Rakshasa, Rakshasas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology. While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma.
Rakshasas are male while Rakshasis are female.
Religious traditions ...
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List of Asuras
Asuras ( sa, असुर) are a class of beings or power-seeking clans, related to the more benevolent devas (also known as ''suras'') in Hinduism.
Clans
The two major clans of the asuras are the daityas and the danavas.
* Daitya - a clan of ...
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List of Hindu gurus and sants
This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sant, monks, yogis and spiritual masters.
A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, rgodman," by author David Smith. To obtain the title of guru, one must go through a s ...
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List of teachers of Vedanta
This is a list of teachers of Vedanta, a Hindu philosophical system.
Pre-19th century
* Vasishta Maharishi
* Shakti Maharishi
* Parashara Maharishi
*Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa
* Sri Shuka Acharya
* Badarayana
*Gaudapada
*Govinda Bhagavatpada
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Empires and kingdoms
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List of Hindu empires and dynasties
Indian empires rose to power following the birth of Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism in the Indian subcontinent. The period of the Gupta Empire under Samudragupta is sometimes attributed to as the Golden Age of India.
List
The following list enumera ...
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List of Ikshvaku dynasty kings in Hinduism
Scholars and teachers
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List of teachers of Vedanta
This is a list of teachers of Vedanta, a Hindu philosophical system.
Pre-19th century
* Vasishta Maharishi
* Shakti Maharishi
* Parashara Maharishi
*Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa
* Sri Shuka Acharya
* Badarayana
*Gaudapada
*Govinda Bhagavatpada
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List of teachers of Advaita Vedanta
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Organizations
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List of Hindu comparative religionists
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List of writers on Hinduism
This is a list of writers on Hinduism. The list should include writers who have Wikipedia articles who have written books about Hinduism. Each entry should indicate the writers most well-known work. Multiple works should be listed only if each wor ...
Practitioners of Hinduism
Hindus by nationality, regions or sect
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List of Bangladeshi Hindus
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List of Kashmiri Hindus
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List of International Society for Krishna Consciousness members and patrons
Converts to and from Hinduism
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List of converts to Hinduism
The following is a list of converts to Hinduism from other religions or a non-religious background.
From Abrahamic religions
Christianity
* Nayanthara
* Julia Roberts
* Sati Kazanova
*Russell Brand
Islam
* Anirudh Gyan Shikha (1 June ...
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List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity
This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.3 ...
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List of converts to Hinduism from Islam
This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Islam.
List
See also
* Indian-origin religions
* List of converts to Hinduism
* List of Hindus
* List of converts to Islam from Hinduism
References
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List of converts to Hinduism from Buddhism
The following is a list of former Buddhists who no longer identify as such, organized by their current religious affiliation or ideology.
Christianity
Hinduism
* Mihirakula – Huna ruler
* Rajasinghe I – Sri Lankan king who conquered Ka ...
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List of former Hindus
The following are ''lists of former Hindus'' who no longer identify as such, organized by their current religious affiliation or ideology.
*Buddhism
*Christianity
*Islam
*Sikhism
Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , ...
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List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism
This is a list of notable converts to Buddhism from Hinduism.
Organized mass conversions
Since Ambedkar's conversion, several thousand people from different castes have converted to Buddhism in ceremonies including the twenty-two vows.
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List of converts to Christianity from Hinduism
This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Hinduism.
List
See also
* List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity
This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity.
List
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List of converts to Islam from Hinduism
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List of converts to Sikhism from Hinduism
This is a list of converts to Sikhism from Hinduism.
* Banda Bahadur (formerly Madho Das) - affectionately known within the Sikh tradition as 'the first monarch of the Sikh Kingdom'; is said to have received Sikh baptism by the hand of the ten ...
Scriptures and texts
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List of Hindu scriptures
Hinduism is an ancient religionShaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism and others. Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy. O ...
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List of sutras
''Sutra'' ( sa, सूत्र, translit=sūtra, translit-std=IAST, translation=string, thread)Monier Williams, ''Sanskrit English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, Entry fo''sutra'' page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an aph ...
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List of suktas and stutis
This article contains a list of Hindu hymns, known as suktas, stotras or stutis.
Sūktas
Main Sūktas
* Agni Sūktam
* Ā no Bhadrāh Sūktam
* Oshadhi Sūktam
* Kumāra Sūktam
* Ganapati Sūktam / Ganesha Sūktam
* Gostha Sūktam
* Gos ...
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Timeline of Hindu texts
Hindu scriptures are traditionally classified into two parts: ''śruti'', meaning "what has been heard" (originally transmitted orally) and ''Smriti'', meaning "what has been retained or remembered" (originally written, and attributed to individ ...
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List of historic Indian texts
This article attempts to capture in one place the names of books and other works written in ancient India. For the purpose of this list, we consider all books written in India up to and including the Mughal era as being 'ancient books'.
Collect ...
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Sanskrit literature
Temples, holy sites and worship
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Hindu pilgrimage sites
In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a very long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred area or shrine of importance to innate
faith. Members of every major religion participate in pilgr ...
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Hindu pilgrimage sites in India
In Hinduism, the yatra (pilgrimage) to the tirthas (sacred places) has special significance for earning the punya (spiritual merit) needed to attain the moksha (salvation) by performing the darśana (viewing of deity), the parikrama (circumamb ...
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Lists of Hindu temples by country
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List of Hindu temples outside India
Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion Hindu population lives, Hindu Temples are found across the world, on every continent. In the Indian Subcontinent, thousands of modern and historic temples are sp ...
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List of largest Hindu temples
This is a list of the largest Hindu temples in terms of area.
Current largest temples
Under construction
See also
* List of tallest Gopurams
* List of large temple tanks
* List of human stampedes in Hindu temples
* Lists of Hindu temp ...
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List of large Hindu temples
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List of large temple tanks
This is a list of Temple tanks in terms of area.
List of large Temple tanks
}) is a locality situated almost at the centre of the Indian city of Tiruchirappalli. The historic Rockfort is situated nearby. The Rock Fort temple stands 83m tall per ...
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List of tallest Gopurams
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List of human stampedes in Hindu temples
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List of tallest Hindu statues
This list of tallest Hindu statues includes completed statues that are at least tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the murti, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well ...
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Ghats in Varanasi
Ghats in Varanasi are riverfront steps leading to the banks of the Ganges river. The city has 88 ghats. Most of the ghats are bathing and puja ceremonial ghats, while two ghats, Manikarnika and Harishchandra, are used exclusively as crema ...
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Tirthas of Rameswaram
There are sixty-four Tīrthas (holy water bodies) in and around the island of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India.Murali (2000), p. 574 According to Skanda Purana, Skānda Purāṇa, twenty-four of them are important.Setu Māhātmyam, Adhyāya 2, verse ...
Organisations
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List of Hindu organisations
Hinduism is practiced and preached by many Hindu organisations, each of which follows the variants and perspectives of all or particular Hindu philosophy, philosophy propagated and transferred through generations by Hindu saints, saints. It is a ...
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List of Hindu nationalist political parties
This is a list of political parties professing to follow Hindu nationalism or stating that they represent the interests of Hinduism.
Within India
National Active
*Bharatiya Janata Party
*Hindu Mahasabha
*Hindu Sena
*Hindu Samaj Party Former
*A ...
Festivals
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List of Hindu festivals
Across the globe, Hindus celebrate a diverse number of festivals and celebrations, typically marking events from ancient India and often coinciding with seasonal changes. These celebrations take place either on a fixed annual date on the solar ...
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List of Hindu festivals in Punjab
This list of Punjabi Hindu festivals summarizes festivals observed in Punjab. These are based on the Bikrami calendar. The festivals of Maghi and Vaisakhi are determined by the solar aspect and others on its lunar months.
Observance and overvi ...
Sanskrit and education
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List of Sanskrit universities in India
The following is a list of at least 18 Sanskrit universities in India (3 central, 1 deemed and 14 state universities) which are only focused on Sanskrit revival and Sanskrit studies along with related disciplines like Ayurveda
Ayurveda () ...
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List of Sanskrit academic institutes outside India
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List of yoga schools
Yoga schools are as diverse as the meanings of the bracket term yoga. Within the major branches of yoga such as haṭha, lāya, rāja, jñāna, and bhakti there are many different schools and lineages, both extant and defunct. Since the late 19th ...
Other uses
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List of materials used in Hinduism
See also
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Indian-origin religions
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