Hindu Flashcards by adshaya Selvarajah | Brainscape

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Polytheistic

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Belief in many God

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Trimurti

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Three faces/images

Brahma-creator
Vishnu-preserver
Shiva-destroyer

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Sources of belief

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Vedas
Upanishads
Bhagavad Gita

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Brahman

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Underlying force , ultimate God, pervades everything

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Atman

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The soul ‘true self’

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Dharama

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Your duty in life

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Karma

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Actions that affect rebirth

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Moksha

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‘Liberation’ or the end of the cycle of rebirth

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Reincarnation

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When the soul was reborn in another body

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Samsara

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The cycle of life, death and rebirth

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