Editing Problem of evil in Hinduism (section)

The standard '''[[problem of evil]]''' found in monotheistic religions does not apply to almost all traditions of '''[[Hinduism]]''' because it does not posit an omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent creator.<ref name=dastibryantfw>{{cite book|author=David Buchta |editor=Matthew R. Dasti and Edwin F. Bryant| title=Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Indian Philosophy|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iWLSAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA270|year = 1879| publisher=Oxford University Press| isbn=978-0199922758| pages=270–276}}</ref><ref name=skhk177>Sabapathy Kulandran and Hendrik Kraemer (2004), Grace in Christianity and Hinduism, James Clarke, {{ISBN|978-0227172360}}, pages 177-179</ref>

Scholars have proposed alternate forms of the problem of evil based on Hinduism's karma and transmigration doctrines. According to Arthur Herman, karma-transmigration theory solves all three historical formulations to the problem of evil while acknowledging the theodicy insights of [[Adi Shankara]] and [[Ramanuja]].<ref name=arthurhermanp5>Arthur Herman, The problem of evil and Indian thought, 2nd Edition, Motilal Banarsidass, {{ISBN|81-20807537}}, pp. 5 with Part II and III of the book</ref>