karthik76 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Does anyone know the meaning of Sanadhana Dharma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shvu Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Does anyone know the meaning of Sanadhana Dharma. Yes. It will roughly translate to eternal religion/law/code of life in english. It is an alternate name for Hinduism that was coined about a hundred or so years ago by some patriotic Indians who disliked the label Hindu as the term - although old - had its origin from foreign sources. The name caught on and some people prefer to use this label instead of Hinduism. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikram Ramsundar Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Yes. It will roughly translate to eternal religion in english. It is an alternate name for Hinduism that was coined about a hundred or so years ago by some patriotic Indians who disliked the label Hindu as the term - although old - had its origin from foreign sources. The name caught on and some people prefer to use this label instead of Hinduism. Cheers Good answer, Shvu. There is no name as such that the Sanskrit writings have for Hinduism, since it does not relate to a single religious system. India has no majority religion, but rather a family of faiths that share certain common characteristics together with large variations between them. Advaita Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and Shaktism are the four principal preceptorial lines that originate in the subcontinent. Another, different division which also exists is that of the six darshanas, or philosophical systems which form the substratum of orthodox Indian thought. Buddhists and Jains also share many ideas with mainstream Hindus but these two traditions are generally taken as separate, since they are not based on the Vedas and Upanishads, which are about the only ancient texts that are accepted and revered by all Vedantic sects alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murali_Mohan_das Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Of course, the generally-accepted transliteration is "sanatana". I think you're confusing "sadhana" and "sanatana". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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