Indeed, the study of Hinduism has to be, in a large measure, a study of the general Hindu outlook on life.
Sankara's contribution to philosophy is his blending of the doctrines of Karma and Maya, which culminated in a logical exposition of the idea of non-dualism.
Sanghatan, organization of the Hindus for self-defence, is one of the main principles of the Arya Samaj, and it has played its part as the church militant in the Hindu fold.
Hinduism is one of the worlds oldest religious traditions, and it is founded upon what is often regarded as the oldest surviving text of humanity: the Vedas.
Non-systematic Hinduphilosophy is comprised of the philosophical elements of the primary and secondary bodies of canonical Hindu texts, while the systematic Hinduphilosophies, which also adopt the congenial disposition towards the Vedas, find their definitive expressions in formal philosophical texts authored by professional philosophers.
In the context of Hinduism, the Pūrvamīmāmsā school is one of the most orthodox of the Hindu philosophical schools because of its concern to elaborate and defend the contents of the early, ritually oriented part of the Vedas.