Modern Hinduism – W.J. Wilkins

Hinduism professes to regulate the Hindu’s life in all its many relations. It prescribes ceremonies attendant on his birth, his early training, his food and its cooking, his style of dress and its manufactures, his employment, marriage, amusements -his whole life from before his birth until generations after his death. It seeks to regulate not only private life, but also domestic and national relations.
Modern Hinduism – W.J. Wilkins