Home›Hinduism›Originated InBrowse ByOriginated InThis page groups denominations by the place their history traces to. Wikipedia notes that today "there are about 13 million Jews, about 40 per cent living in Israel and 40 per cent in the United States," the two centers where the modern Jewish denominational movements chiefly took shape. Browsing by place of origin lets a visitor see the geographic root of a denomination's own formation.FactsLearn MoreOriginated InSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe sampradayas and philosophical schools of Hinduism, distinguished by which form of the divine is taken as supreme and by the path emphasised - devotion, knowledge, action or disciplined practice. Hinduism has no founder, no creed and no governing body. 2OriginsOrigin of the NameWell-attestedSampradaya means what is handed down: the Indian term names a lineage of transmission from teacher to disciple, which denomination translates only loosely. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDenominations 1Learn MoreThe traditions within Hinduism This group holds the major sects and philosophical traditions within Hinduism, which is less a single church than a family of related traditions sharing common texts, deities and practices. Its principal streams are defined chiefly by which form of the divine they place at the centre. The browser will find Vaishnavism (devotion to Vishnu and his avatars), Shaivism (devotion to Shiva), Shaktism (devotion to the Goddess), and Smartism, along with the philosophical schools such as Advaita Vedanta. The entries describe each tradition's chosen deity, texts and characteristic practice.Originated InFilter Results8 entriesModern AreaAllAssam, a state of northeastern India in the Brahmaputra river valley. (1)India, Nepal, Pakistan (1)The Indian state of Gujarat, with the territory of Daman and Diu, and Gujarati communities of long standing in Mumbai, East Africa and Britain. (1)The Indian state of Karnataka. (1)The Indian state of West Bengal and the state of Bangladesh, with the Bengali-speaking districts of Tripura and Assam alongside them. (1)The Kashmir valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan and Aksai Chin by China; the dispute is unresolved. (1)Principal Religious TraditionsAllBuddhism (1)Hinduism (1)Jainism (1)Jainism, with the temple cities of Palitana and Girnar; Vaishnavism in the Krishna traditions centred on Dwarka and in the Pushtimarg; the Swaminarayan movement, founded in the state early in the nineteenth century; Zoroastrianism, in the Parsi community that settled from Iran; and Islam among long-established trading communities. (1)Kashmir Shaivism, the non-dual philosophy of Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta; Buddhism, which held councils here under Kushan patronage; and Islam, in the Rishi and Sufi forms that made it locally distinctive and which is now the majority tradition of the valley. (1)Shakta worship of Kali and Durga; Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the tradition of Chaitanya; the Baul singers; Sunni Islam, the majority tradition in the east and shaped by Sufi preaching; and the nineteenth century reform movements, among them the Brahmo Samaj and the Ramakrishna Mission. (1)Shaktism and tantric Hinduism, centered on the Kamakhya temple near Guwahati; the Ekasarana Dharma of Sankardeva, a Vaishnava reform tradition organized around satra monasteries; Islam, established since the medieval period; and Bathouism, the indigenous religion of the Bodo, centered on the sijou plant altar. (1)Sikhism (1)The Virashaiva or Lingayat movement associated with Basava; the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya at Udupi; the Advaita monastery at Sringeri, one of the seats attributed to Shankara; Jainism, whose colossus of Bahubali stands at Shravanabelagola; and the Islam of the Deccan sultanates in the north of the state. (1)Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesAllAssamese, the state's dominant language and the liturgical language of the satra tradition; Sanskrit, for Vedic and tantric ritual; and Bodo, in which Bathouism's oral tradition is carried. (1)Bengali, the language of the Vaishnava padavali and of the Baul songs, with Sanskrit for Vaishnava and Shakta ritual and Arabic for Muslim worship. (1)Kannada, in which the Virashaiva vachanas are composed, alongside Sanskrit for the Vedanta traditions and Persian and Arabic in the north. (1)Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi Prakrit for the Hindu and Jain traditions, Gujarati for the devotional and Swaminarayan literature, Avestan for Parsi worship, and Arabic for Muslim worship. (1)Sanskrit for the Shaiva and Buddhist philosophy, Persian and Arabic for the Islamic tradition, and Kashmiri carrying the verse of Lal Ded and of Nund Rishi. (1)Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhamagadhi Prakrit, and Punjabi (Gurmukhi) (1)BrowseCompareAssamOriginated In1 entryBengalOriginated In1 entryGujaratOriginated In1 entryIndiaOriginated In1 entryIndian SubcontinentOriginated In1 entryKarnatakaOriginated In1 entryKashmirOriginated In1 entryNew YorkOriginated In1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Hinduismtier 1Gavin Flood, Cambridge University Press, 1996View the Source3. Encyclopedia of Hinduismtier 1Denise Cush, Catherine Robinson and Michael York (eds.), Routledge, 2008s.v. sampradayaView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.