04 August 2012

Classification of World Religions

Classification of world religions:

A. Indian (Hindu/Aryan)
1. Shaivism
2. Vaishnavism
3. Shaktism
4. Buddhism
5. Jainism
6. Sikhism

B. East Asian (Sinic)
1. Confucianism
2. Taoism
3. Shintoism

C. West Asian (Semitic)
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam

2 comments:

Oru Madayan said...

Please stop propagating the Aryan label. It's a nonsense label that arose by a combination of accident and racism, and should not be used any more.

Indian said...

Sanskrit 'Arya' = 'noble'.

Aryan = Hindu = Indian.