Santana Dharma
Aug 9th, 2007 | By admin | Category: facts‘Santana Dharma’ means The Eternal Law
Santana Dharma is the traditional name for the Hindu religion. Santana means eternal, and the word Dharma is one that holds society together from disruption and disintegration.
The Hindu religion is traditionally referred as ‘Santana Dharma’ – The eternal religion. Here is an excerpt from ‘Hindu Blog‘…
It must be noted that the term ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hinduism’ is not found in any of the important ancient religious texts associated with Hinduism. The word ‘Hindu’ came into being with the arrival of Muslims invaders. They called the people who lived along the Sindhu River as ‘Hindu’ and the place ‘Hindustan.’ The term Hindu and Hinduism was first widely used by the British.
