And “Hinduism” is misnomer of a Religion/Dharma

Please view paarsurrey’s post #548 on RF.

Vxxxxx said: Why not?

paarsurrey wrote :vide Post #548 : < (Please click on the post # to get right into the discussion to join in , please)

And “Hinduism”, I understand, is a misnomer:

Aryan Homeland, Airyana Vaeja, in the Avesta. Aryan lands and Zoroastrianism.
15. Hapta Hendu**
** The seven Indus Rivers, Hapta Hindu (nation #15 above), are: 1. the Indus (Veda-Sindhu), the 2. Kabul and 3. Kurram rivers joining on the west and north banks of the Indus, and the 4. Jhelum (Veda-Vitasta), 5. Chenab (Veda-Asikni), 6. Ravi (Veda-Airovati), and 7. Sutlej/Beas (Veda-Vipasa) rivers joining the Indus’ east and south banks. (There is some discussion that the Saraswati River mentioned in Hindu Vedic texts was also an Indus tributary – though this is not clear.) The Hindu texts are mainly concerned with the eastern & southern tributaries while the Zoroastrian texts are concerned with the upper reaches of the Indus and all its tributaries whose valleys would have provided access to the plains – areas north and west of the Punjab (Panj-ab meaning five waters in Persian) – i.e. present-day North-West Frontier Province in Northern Pakistan, Northern Punjab and Kashmir in India and Pakistan.
Aryan Homeland, Airyana Vaeja, in the Avesta. Aryan lands and Zoroastrianism.
Right?

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Sixteen Nations of the Vendidad

The list of sixteen nations in the Vendidad is as follows:

Vendidad Name	Alternative Spelling	Old Persian/ Pahlavi	Greek / Western	Present Name	Features: – Good & – Bad
1. Airyanem Vaejo	Airyana Vaeja	Airan Vej (Phl.)		Iran	– Good & lawful – River snakes,   climate change to severe winters.
2. Sukhdho (also Tuirya)	Sughdha Turan	Suguda (OP)	Sogdiana	Sugd, Northwest Tajikistan, Samarkand (SE Uzbekistan)	– Good land – fly Skaitya which kills cattle
3. Mourum	Mouru	Margu (OP)	Margiana	Marv / Merv, South Turkmenistan	– Brave, holy – Plunder, bloodshed
4. Bakhdhim	Bakhdhi	Bakhtrish (OP)	Bactria	Balkh, North Afghanistan	– Uplifted banner – Stinging ants
5. Nisaim	Nisaya	Parthava (OP)	Parthia	N. Khorasan (NE Iran) & Nisa South Turkmenistan. Bordering Balkh and Marv	– Good land – Disbelief (could have refused   to accept Zoroastrianism)
6. Haroyum	Haroyu	Haraiva (OP)	Aria	Hari Rud (Herat), Northwest Afghanistan	– Plentiful water – Grief, poverty
7. Vaekeretem	Khnenta Vaekerata / Vaekereta	Kalpul (Phl.)	Sattagydia	Kabul, Eastern Afghanistan	– Good land – Followers of Keresaspa,   fairies and witchcraft
8. Urvam	Urva	Uvarazmiya/Uvarazmish	Khvarizem/Chorasmia	Khorezm, Uzbekistan	– Rich pastures – Pride, tyranny
9. Khnentem Vehrkano	Vehrkana	Varkana (OP)	Hyrcania	Gorgan, Golestan, North-northeast Iran	– Good land – Sodomy with children
10. Harahvaitim	Harahvaiti	Harauvatish (OP)	Arachosia	Kandahar & Oruzan South Central Afghanistan	– Beautiful – Bury the dead
11. Haetumantem	Haetumant	Zraka (OP)	Drangiana	Helmand – SE Afghanistan & Sistan – E. Iran	– Brilliant, glorious – Wizardry & Sorcery
12. Rakham	Ragha	Raga (OP)	Ragai	Rai, Tehran & S. Alburz, North Iran	– Three peoples – Utter disbelief
13. Chakhrem*	Kakhra			Uncertain: Either Ghazni, SE Afghanistan or just west of Rai, N. Iran	– Brave, righteous – Burn corpses
14. Varenem	Varena	Patashkh-vargar or Dailam (Phl.)	Western Hyrcania	W. Mazandaran, Gilan & Northern Alburz (land of Mt. Damavand) North Iran	– Home of Thraetaona (Feridoon)   who slew Azi Dahaka (Zahak) – Barbarian (foreign) rule
15. Hapta Hendu**	Hapta Hindu	Hindava (OP)	Indus	Northern valley of the seven Indus rivers** (Upper Indus Basin) Gandhara (Waihind)***, Punjab and Kashmir in N. Pakistan & NW India	– Wide expanses – Violence, rage and hot weather
16. Ranghaya	Rangha	later part of Arvastani Rum (Phl.) i.e. Eastern Roman empire		Lake Urmia, Upper Tigris, Kurdistan, Eastern & Central Turkey	– Good land – No chiefs i.e. no protector,    open to raids, lawless,    severe winters

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