About this belief system
Hinduism refers to the broad religious category ascribed to many peoples in present-day India. With over one billion followers and many denominations, it is said to be one of the world's oldest belief systems.
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- Vaishnavism Religion · Polytheistic · 1 myth
Description
Vaishnavism refers to a religious denomination of Hinduism centered on the supreme deity named Vishnu.
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Bibliography
Keith, Arthur B., and Albert J. Carnoy. The Mythology of All Races / Volume VI, Indian and Iranian. Vol. 6, The Mythology of All Races: In Thirteen Volumes. Edited by Louis H. Gray and George F. Moore. Boston, MA: Marshall Jones Company, 1917.
Leeming, David A. Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia. 2nd edition. Vol. 1 [Parts I-II]. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Taluqdar of Oudh, trans. "Matsya Puranam, Ch. II." In The Matsya Puranam: Chapters 1-128. Vol. 17 [Parts 1-2], The Sacred Books of the Hindus: Translated by Various Sanskrit Scholars, Volume XVII—Part 1, 6-9, edited by Banam D. Basu. New York, NY: AMS Press, 1974.
