\Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Hindoos}or
{Hindus}. [Per. Hind[=u], fr. Hind, Hind[=u]st[=a]n, India.
Cf. {Indian}.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is
confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious
name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

\Hin"doo\, or Hindu calendar \Hindu, calendar\ .
A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is
divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted
after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three
years).
Note: The intercalary month has the name of the one which
      precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11.
      The months are follows: Baisakh . . . . . . . . . .
      April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh
      . . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . .
      . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . .
      Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct.
      Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . .
      . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb.
      Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . .
      . . . . . . . . March-April