Religion and Spirituality: Hinduism- The March of the Gods - 0 views
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Jass Brown on 18 May 11A traditional number quoted for the number of gods and goddesses in the ancient Hindu scriptures is 330 million. As there is no record of any cosmic census, it must be assumed that is such an extraordinary figure is aimed at making a philosophical point - that the number of gods that man can create is infinite. For those who have little familiarity with the Indian philosophy, this might be interpreted as an extreme form of polytheism. But in reality, all the Hindu gods are manifestations of the one divine godhead - the Brahman.