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Book: Hinduism in Five Minutes

Chapter: 14. Has Hinduism Changed Since its Creation?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.41681

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What we call Hinduism today has continually changed, like all religions. This essay considers the difficulty answering this question, as it depends on determining what counts as the point of creation, but change has been so common that each change becomes another potential point of creation.

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