karthik76 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2007 Does anyone know the meaning of Sanadhana Dharma. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shvu 1 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vikram Ramsundar 0 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murali_Mohan_das 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2007 Of course, the generally-accepted transliteration is "sanatana". I think you're confusing "sadhana" and "sanatana". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites