Hinduize

American  

[hin-doo-ahyz] / ˈhɪn duˌaɪz /

especially British, Hinduise

verb (used with object)

Hinduized, Hinduizing

1. to convert to or bring under the influence of Hinduism.

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Etymology

Origin of Hinduize

First recorded in 1855–60; Hindu + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Hinduized Hinduizing

To North and South spread savage or half Hinduized native tribes, while soldiers of Greece and Bactria encamped in the valley of the Ganges.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

The worship of the goddesses, described in their Hinduized form as Durgâ, Kâlî, etc., though found in most parts of India was specially prevalent in the sub-himalayan districts both east and west.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot

The concremation of widows, though practised in later times by Hinduized Sikhs, is forbidden in the Granth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

This indicates the extent to which they have become Hinduized.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

I do not expect much from a Christianized Hinduism any more than I do from a Hinduized Christianity.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones

This older tone is Aryan, the later is Hindu, and it is another proof of what we have already emphasized, that the Hinduizing influence was felt in the later Vedic or Brahmanic period.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

This Hinduizing process became more marked about the 5th century a.d., when, under S’rutavarman, the Khmers as a nation rose into prominence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various