Hindudom

English

Etymology

From Hindu +‎ -dom.

Noun

Hindudom (uncountable)

(colloquial) Hindu Rashtra.
(colloquial) Hindutva.
The realm or sphere of Hindus.
- 1949, Veer Savarkar, Hindu Rashtra Darshan, Hindu Rashtra Prakashan, page 124:
  [...] The Congress-minded Hindus, the worshippers of pseudo-Nationality would not only be of no use to you, but would actually try to combat you and try to put you into a false position by their willing surrender to the Moslem demands as Hindus. You should, therefore, try to mobilise your Forces and reserve whatever strength you can command for this defence of the integrity of India, which no one else but you alone may defend. You are the salt of Hindudom; but if the salt loses its flavour, with what shall it be salted? Independence of Hindusthan^[sic] has no meaning at the cost of its fundamental integrity as a state and a nation. [...]
- 1949, Veer Savarkar, Hindu Rashtra Darshan, Hindu Rashtra Prakashan, page 127:
  ‘Hinduise all politics and Militarise Hindudom!’
  Hindu Dharm^[sic] ki Jaya! Hindu Rashtra ki Jaya!
  Vande Mataram
- 2021, Prafull Goradia, The Grammar of Hindudom, Gyan Pod, page About The Book:
  The Grammar of Hindudom lays out the historical and philosophical framework of Hindudom, the only ideology indigenous to India and Asia. [...]
- 2021 November 15, Prafull Goradia, “Hinduism, Hindutva and Hindudom”, in The Pioneer‎^[1]:
  [...] Hindutva is used in the political sphere whereas Hindudom is written when dealing with the socio-economic-cum-political comprehensiveness. Remember, this is the only ideology which has grown from the soil and under the sky of Asia. All others are alien. [...]