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There were gods for every purpose, to suit any frame of mind, any mood, any psyche, any stage or station of life. In taking on different forms, God became formless; in different names, nameless.

— Robert Kanigel The Man Who Knew Infinity : A Life of the Genius Ramanujan (1991)

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In Hindu lore, each of the three primal gods appeared in many forms.

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The genius of Hinduism, then, was that it left room for everyone. It was a profoundly tolerant religion. It denied no other faiths. It set out no single path. It prescribed no one canon of worship and belief. It embraced everything and everyone.

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