The caste system which is so integral to Hinduism was also not practiced in the Vedic era. There is hardly any evidence of a rigid caste system in the Vedas.
The Vedas, however, speak of various classes of people, which appear to have been names of professions, and they were not hereditary.
As we peep into the annals of religious History, we find:~
Out of the five Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism, Saivism, Vaishnavism, and Sikhism; Saivism and Vaishnavism were brought under the Varnashrama principle.
After naming the discriminating principle of casteism of Manu Dharma as Hinduism, the religions of Saivism and Vaishnavism, which were enslaved to the caste-discriminating principles, were given a new name as ‘Hinduism’! Thus, the Hindu religion is different from Santana Dharma or Vedic religion.
The term Hinduism came into existence under British rule. Hinduism is the caste-discriminating principle of Varnashrama Dharma, based on the Book of Manu.
After 1750 A.D., Europeans captured certain parts of India and started ruling those areas. The capital of the British India was Calcutta, present-day Kolkata.
The Britishers were duty-bound to administer justice to the people living within their dominion. Thus, they set up courts of justice. They needed laws to administer justice through the courts.
To administer justice to the Christian citizens of India living within their dominion, there was Christian Law, based on Biblical principles.
To administer justice to the Muslim citizens of India living within their dominion, there was Islamic Law, based on Quranic principles. But to administer justice to non-Christian and non-Islamic citizens living in British dominion, there was no law book. This created problems for the Britishers.
The term Hinduism came into existence under British rule. Hinduism is the caste-discriminating principle of Varnashrama Dharma, based on the Book of Manu.
At this time, Sir William Jones was appointed as the chief justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta. Local pundits made Sir William Jones believe that the book of Manu was the law book for the people of India.
Sir William Jones believed pundits and translated the book of Manu from Sanskrit to English. Thus, on the basis of the laws of Manu, a law was formed for administering justice to non-Christian and non-Muslim Indians of the British dominion,
and this law was called the Hindu law.
The principles of the book of Manu which was used for drafting the Hindu Law were called Hinduism. The basic principle of the book of Manu is caste discrimination.
The name coined by Sir William Jones to denote caste-discriminating principles is Hinduism. It is not a religion. It is a way of Life. It is the way of life of the Indus people.
In this, a historical false perception crept in. That is when they called the terms Christian Law, Muslim Law, and Hindu Law, both Christian Law and Muslim Law were associated with the Christian religion and Islamic religion. But to Hindu Law, a false perception of religion was wrongly attributed to it, as if it was also associated with a ‘Hindu religion’ that was not there.
This false perception developed a false notion that non-Christian and non-Muslim Indians of the British dominion belonged to the Hindu religion.
Out of the five Indian religions, since Saivism and Vaishnavism were already enslaved to Varnashrama dharma i.e. caste discrimination or Hindu ideology, the people of India began to use the newly originated common name of ‘Hindu religion’ to denote Saivism and Vaishnavism.
The context and substance of the term Hinduism or ‘Hindu ideology; coined by Sir William Jones is different from the context and substance of the term ‘Hindu religion, which was substituted erroneously and used by the people to denote Saivism and Vaishnavism.
Orthodoxy believes in Varnashrama Dharma or caste discrimination.
People of India wrongly believe that Hinduism is an ancient religion because they are unaware of the fact that Hinduism is not the Santana Dharma or Vedic religion.
People of India have to liberate themselves from the stranglehold of casteism to realize their original religion is not Hinduism which is full of different castes and creeds but Vedic religion or Santana Dharma.
Remember:~
The Lingayat sect is seeking a separate minority religion because they do not belong to Hinduism. Lingayat thinks it was wrong to classify Lingayat as Hindus because its founder rejected the Varnashrama dharma, the Agama Shastras, Vedas, and Upanishads, so they are not a part of the Lingayat sect.
The onus is on Ligayaths to prove all other castes other than Lingayats belong to the Vedic ideology. All the castes were founded by the founders of the castes who are indulging in worshiping in non-Vedic gods and non-Vedic rituals barred by Vedas.
All the castes of India along with Lingayat are entitled to get minority status because all the Hindu castes have nothing to do with Vedas and Vedic Religion or Santana Dharma and Vedic culture. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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