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Hindouisme en Inde
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Hindu denominations
Hindu denominations, sampradayas, traditions, movements, and sects are traditions and sub-traditions within Hinduism centered on one or more gods or goddesses, such as Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti and so on. The term sampradaya is used for branches with a particular founder-guru with a particular philosophy. Hinduism has no central doctrinal authority and many practising Hindus do not claim to belong to any particular denomination or tradition. Four major traditions are, however, used in scholarly studies: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism.
Religion dharmique
La famille des religions dharmiques (appelées aussi religions indiennes ; Indic religions en anglais) regroupe les religions nées dans le sous-continent Indien, à savoir l'hindouisme, le bouddhisme, le jaïnisme et le sikhisme, ainsi que d'autres courants religieux qui en ont émergé. Les religions dharmiques sont une des trois plus grandes familles de religions dans le monde, les deux autres étant les religions abrahamiques et les religions taoïques.
Major religious groups
The world's principal religions and spiritual traditions may be classified into a small number of major groups, though this is not a uniform practice. This theory began in the 18th century with the goal of recognizing the relative levels of civility in different societies, but this practice has since fallen into disrepute in many contemporary cultures. Initially, Christians had a simple dichotomy of world beliefs: Christian civility versus foreign heresy or barbarity.