Dear Gunnar, Nagaraja, group, and friends,

yes, in fact, the word Hindu is a blanket derogatory term used by the
invading Muslim army. It can actually refers to Buddhists (in India)
too! The word is latter used by the British colonisers to refer to the
mimish-mash of Indian beliefs.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo wrote:

> --- Nagaraja Rao V Tripuroju
> The word 'hindu' was not there at the time of
> buddha!!

Actually, it's Persian - so "Hindu" is a Muslim word!

Persian h often corresponds to Indian s, so "hind" so "sindh", "ahura"
to "asura" etc.