Thread by @monidipadey

Understanding that the two words are one and the same -Hindutva & Hinduism.

In the word Hindutva, the term Tattva refers to principles. There are 24 such principles or tattva of the world of duality (atma-tattva), of which the pancha bhutas are also a part.

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@LostTemple7

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So when one condemns Hindutva, terming it as an aggressive form of Hinduism, that person really has no heads or tails of what he is speaking about. Hindutva simply means the religious & philosophical principles followed by the Hindus.

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Hinduism is just the English counterpart of the term Hindutva.
The term Hindutva is also not new, but has been used many times by many scholars of the 19th century (Bengali and Hindi scholars alike).
#Hindumisia

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So when some “academicians” hold a conference claiming to dismantle global Hindutva, understand that it’s either they don’t know the meaning of the term, or more likely are playing with it & in reality trying to attack the very basic foundations of the Hindus.

#Hinduism

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I had written this post on Facebook a year back; now repeating it in context of the so called global conference by some people trying to dismantle Hindutva.
#Hinduphobic

The image given explains the concept very well. Image taken from Instagram.

Since some r contending on the term tattva, pls understand :
Tattva is the inbuilt meaning of the pratyaya TVA; it is not its written form.
The pratyaya tva means the nature of something or the state of being something. So meaning wise it’s understood as tattva; not grammatically