":I went through the discussion. It'll require deep knowledge of Sanskrit to derive useful information from the given sources. I know just a few words. It would also have to be proven that these sources are older than the presently mentioned origin of the word, and have not been modified in the intervening period. That will require extensive research by a Sanskrit scholar. I don't know if Romila Thapar is correct or not, but she has spent her life doing research and writing books. She writes what she believes is true. The only way to counter her points is to cite other authors who are as authoritative. To make lasting edits on Wikipedia, the citation standards have to be followed to stand up to scrutiny by all editors. You perhaps felt I would be able to contribute to the matter because I've mentioned Hinduism as an early interest on my userpage. Let me clarify that my interests are quite amateur, and lean more towards spiritual traditions like meditation, to which Hinduism has made important contributions (along with many others like Taoism, Vajrayana, Zen, and Sufism). The history or etymology of the religion's name has not been an area of interest, because I feel it does not affect the fundamental essence or message of the faith. Historians keep fighting over etymologies of everything; one can usefully add to the discussion only after much research.    
 ::Ok, I will keep this in mind. Though I would still want someone like you to take an edit pass of the page when convinient, as the page perhaps is top search on google on 'Hinduism' and does look a little messy for readers. I understand your concern, as sources can be distorted in time as also pointed out by others so I have not insisted on any edit reversions on that. 
 ::I agree that Etymology will not affect essence, though at the same time I would like to point out that a little indifference may lead to overlooking some incorrect assertions in Etymology added perhaps in bad faith(perhaps not), that is all my concern i.e. correctness and then avoiding misinterpretation. Otherwise I agree there is no point in adding irrelevant information. ..असक्तः सततं कार्य कर्म समाचर | असक्तः हि आचरन् कर्म..  

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