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Hindudom
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English
Etymology
From en Hindu dom, apparently by analogy with en Christendom and en Islamdom.
Noun
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en colloquial Hindu Rashtra, the realm of Hindu people; India
en Ramrajya<qq:a Hindu society>
en colloquial Hindutva.
The realm or sphere of Hindus.
en 1949 w:Veer Savarkar Hindu Rashtra Darshan Hindu Rashtra Prakashan 124 [...] The Congress-minded Hindus, the worshippers of pseudo-Nationality would not only be of no use to you, but would actually try to combat you and try to put you into a false position by their willing surrender to the Moslem demands as Hindus. You should, therefore, try to mobilise your Forces and reserve whatever strength you can command for this defence of the integrity of India, which no one else but you alone may defend. You are the salt of Hindudom; but if the salt loses its flavour, with what shall it be salted? Independence of Hindusthan has no meaning at the cost of its fundamental integrity as a state and a nation. [...]
en 1949 w:Veer Savarkar Hindu Rashtra Darshan Hindu Rashtra Prakashan 127 ‘Hinduise all politics and Militarise Hindudom!’Hindu Dharm ki Jaya! Hindu Rashtra ki Jaya!Vande Mataram
en 2021 w:Prafull Goradia The Grammar of Hindudom Gyan Pod About The Book The Grammar of Hindudom lays out the historical and philosophical framework of Hindudom, the only ideology indigenous to India and Asia. [...]
en Prafull Goradia Hinduism, Hindutva and Hindudom The Pioneer 2021-11-15 https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/columnists/hinduism--hindutva-and-hindudom.html [...] Hindutva is used in the political sphere whereas Hindudom is written when dealing with the socio-economic-cum-political comprehensiveness. Remember, this is the only ideology which has grown from the soil and under the sky of Asia. All others are alien. [...] 30 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20250129134450/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/columnists/hinduism--hindutva-and-hindudom.html 29 January 2025
See also
en Christendom Christian world
en Dar al-Islam, en Islamdom, en Islamosphere Muslim world
en Edom in medieval times, a Jewish term referring to Christian countries
en Jewry, en Klal Yisrael collective terms for Jewish people
en Hinduism Hindutva