Talk:Hindu

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• The Arya Samaj's misgivings about the term Hindu already arose in tempore non suspecto, long before it became a dirty Word under Jawaharlal Nehru and a cause of legal disadvantage under the 1950 Constitution. Swami Dayananda Saraswati rightly objected that the term had been given by foreigners (who, moreover, gave all kinds of derogatory meanings to it) and considered that dependence on an exonym is a bit sub-standard for a highly literate and self-expressive civilization. This argument retains a certain validity: the self-identification of Hindus as 'Hindu' can never be more than a second-best option. On the other hand, it is the most practical choice in the short run, and most Hindus don't seem to pine for an alternative.
  • Elst, Koenraad (2002). Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism. ISBN 978-8185990743

Moved quotes from Hinduism that are poorly sourced

• I am a proud staunch Sanatani Hindu.
  • Mahatma Gandhi, [1]

• I am a Hindu because it is Hinduism which makes the world worth living. I am a Hindu hence I Love not only human beings, but all living beings.
  • Mahatma Gandhi, [2]

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The following quotes fail to meet notability standards. See WQ:Wikiquote. --MonstrumVenandi (talk) 23:18, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

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I searched on worldcat, zero results. On google, maybe 2 or 3 results see [3]. A quote needs to be verifiable, if it cannot be found on worldcat or elsewhere it may not even exist.

• "The term Hindu was first imposed on South Asian nations by the dynasty of Ghori in the 12th century; this term was never used in South Asia prior to the Muslim era and is not even found in early (pre-12th century AD) Brahmanical or Buddhist texts. Such a term and concept has no historical depth in any social, religious, ethnic or national sense past the 12th century when Mohammed Ghori for the first time named his conquered subjects Hindus." [G. Singh, Sakasthan and India, Toronto, 1999, p. 20]

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