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'''Hinduism''' (known as '''{{IAST|Hindū Dharma}}''' in some modern Indian languages<ref>such as [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and other contemporary [[Indo-Aryan languages]], as well as in several Dravidian tongues including [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Kannada]]</ref>) is a [[religion]] which originated on the Indian subcontinent. In contemporary usage Hinduism is also referred to as '''{{IAST|Sanātana Dharma}}''' ({{lang|sa|सनातन धर्म}}), a [[Sanskrit]] phrase meaning "eternal [[dharma|law]]".<ref>The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Ed. John Bowker. Oxford University Press, 2000; The term can be traced to late 19th century [[Hindu reform movements]] (J. Zavos, ''Defending Hindu Tradition: Sanatana Dharma as a Symbol of Orthodoxy in Colonial India'', Religion (Academic Press), Volume 31, Number 2, April 2001, pp. 109-123; see also R. D. Baird, "Swami Bhaktivedanta and the Encounter with Religions," ''Modern Indian Responses to Religious Pluralism'', edited by Harold Coward, State University of New York Press, 1987).</ref>