SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (SASTRA PRAMANA) TO HINDU & HINDUSTHANA .
THESE VERSES WERE DELIVERED BY PARAMASHIVA, THE PRIMORDIAL GOD TO HIS CONSORT, PARASHAKTI.
1) SCRIPTURE: SHAIVA AGAMA (MERU TANTRA)
ORIGINAL VERSE:
मेरु तंत्र ( शैव ग्रन्थ) में हिन्दू शब्द
'हीनं च दूष्यत्येव हिन्दुरित्युच्चते प्रिये'
TRANSLITERATION:
MERU TANTRA (ŚAIVA GRANTHA) MEṂ HINDŪ ŚABDA
'HĪNAṂ CA DŪṢYATYEVA HINDURITYUCCATE PRIYE'
TRANSLATION: O MY DEAR! ONE WHO RENOUNCED IGNORANCE AND INFERIORITY IS CALLED A HINDU.
2)SCRIPTURE: SHABD KALPADRUM
ORIGINAL VERSE: हीनं दूषयति इति हिन्दू
TRANSLITERATION: HĪNAṂ DŪṢAYATI ITI HINDŪ
TRANSLATION: ONE WHO RENOUNCED IGNORANCE AND INFERIORITY IS CALLED A HINDU.
3)SCRIPTURE: BRIHASPATI AGAMA
ORIGINAL VERSE:
हिमालयं समारभ्य यावत इन्दुसरोवरं।
तं देवनिर्मितं देशं हिन्दुस्थानं प्रचक्षते।।
TRANSLITERATION:
HIMĀLAYAṂ SAMĀRABHYA YĀVATA INDUSAROVARAṂ।
TAṂ DEVANIRMITAṂ DEŚAṂ HINDUSTHĀNAṂ PRACAKṢATE।।
TRANSLATION:STARTING FROM THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AND EXTENDING TO THE INDIAN OCEAN, GOD CREATED COUNTRY IS CALLED HINDUSTHANA.