Hindu

(hin’d6 or hin-d6’), n. and a. [ Pers., etc., Hindi, an inhabitant of India, ¢ Hind, India: see Indian.] I, n. 1. Properly, one of that native race in India descended from the Aryan conquerors. Their purest representatives belong to the two great historic castes of Brahmans and Rajputs, Many of the non-Aryan inhabitants of India have been largely Hinduized. The Hindus speak various dialects derived from Sanskrit, as Hindi, Hindu stan i, Bengali, Marathi, etc. More loosely, the name includes also the non-Aryan inhabitants of India. 2. One of the natives of India profe ing the doctrines of Hinduism. II. a. Of or pertaining to the Hindus, their hinge; languages, or Hinduism. Also spelled Hindoo. lati on Hinduism (hin’dé-izm), ». [