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…showed last 75 words of 2731 total…but they also worship hundreds of additional minor deities depending on the particular village or even to a particular family. Although Hindus believe and do many apparently conflicting things, each individual perceives an orderly pattern that gives form and meaning to his or her own life. No doctrinal or clerical power structure exists in Hinduism, but the complex hierarchy of the social system gives each person a sense of place within the whole. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**