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Jati

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A system of extended families that originated in ancient India and sill exists ( jobs within varnas)

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Sati

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Encourage the wife to throw

Herself on her dead husbands funeral prey

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Pariah

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  1. a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma.

Untouchables

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Caste

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• A complex social system that was a feature of Hinduism

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Brahmins

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high priests – responsible to provide the spiritual and intellectual needs of the society.

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Brahman

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Ultimate reality…creator

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Vaisya

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  • merchants and the land owners - entrusted by Brahman to handle agriculture and commerce of the society.
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Twice-born

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  1. of or pertaining to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
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Sudras

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the laborers and the artisans - perform all the human labor for the society.

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Guru

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Teacher whom young men begin Vedic studies with (of high class)

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Hinduism

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Religious beliefs come from Vedas , blend of cultures created a complex set of beliefs

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Yoga

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Subjecting oneself to painful stimuli replaced sacrifice as a means of communicating with the gods ( meaningful element to Hinduism)

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Reincarnation

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Idea that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death and progresses through several existences on the wheel of life until it reaches its final destination in union withy the great world soul, Brahman

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Brahmanism

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Early form of Hinduism .. Great world soul

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Karma

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Ones rebirth in a next life is determines by ones karma ( actions) in his life

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Dharma

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Karma is governed by dharma( a law regulating behavior)

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Nirvana

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Siddarthas vision of metaphysical reality … End of self hood and final reunion with great world soul

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Siddartha gautuma

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Historical founder of Buddhism

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Atman

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Individual soul

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Bodhi

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wisdom comes from getting past need for worldly things - leads to nirvana

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Stupas

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Stone towers housing relics of Buddha

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Middle path

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Good karma

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