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Hindu beliefs glossary Flashcards

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Indus civilsation

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A civilisation that is based on the river in Indus in Pakistan

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River ganges

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A river tha flows through modern-day India

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Shruti texts

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A set of Hindu Scriptures that have been heard or said by Brahman

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Smriti texts

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A set of Hindu scriptures that have been remembered

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Brahman

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Hindu term for God

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Aum symbol

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Symbol is a sound that represents Brahman

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Monotheism

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A religion that believes in only 1 God

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Nirguna-Brahman

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Means god without form, no shape or form

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Saguna-Brahman

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Means God with form or shape

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Deities

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A for which Brahman appears, this could be human, animal, etc.

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Bhagavan

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They refer to Brahman wuth form but in the world of spirits ( not our world)

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Antaryami

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Means God within, within every living being

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Ganesha

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Son of shiva and Parvati, god of good luck

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Hanuman

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The monkey warrior of shiva and Parvati, adopted by Vaya

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Parvati

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Reincarnation of sati, god of love

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Saraswati

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Consort of Brahma & Goddess of learning, power of purification

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Lakshmi

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Consort of Vishnu, worshipped during Diwali for prosperous new year

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The Trimurti

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The main deities

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Brahma

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Creator of all and from him comes all life

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Shiva

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Destroyer of universes and maya

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Maya

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Hindu term for illusion

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Ascetic

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A lifestyle many shaivite Hindus live by to be closer to God

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Shaivism

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A branch of Hinduism that worships shiva

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Vishnu

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One of the Trimurti who preserves the world

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Vaishnavism

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A branch of Hinduism that worships Vishnu

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Avatar

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Forms that a deity can appear as

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Dharma

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Virtue or good

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Adharma

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Evil or bad

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Rama

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An avatar of Vishnu that battled a demon

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The ramayana

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It is a Hindu sacred text (Smriti)

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Ravana

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The demon who battled Rama in the Ramayana

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Sita

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The princess who the demon captured in the Ramayana

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Krishna

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An avatar of Vishnu that brought peace in the kurukshetra war

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The kurukshetra war

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A war that had been going on for many years stopped by Krishna

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The 4 aims of life

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They are 4 aims that help you in your life to gain moksha

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Artha

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Earning a lawful living through honest means, using it to help others

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Kama

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Enjoying life responsibly & having a positive outlook

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Moksha

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The soul joining with Brahman, usually soul reincarnated but aim is to break the cycle

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Dharma

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Virtue of goodness, living a good life

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Sanatana dharma

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Eternal truth, that all Hindus must live by - applies to all

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Varnashrama dharma

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Responsibilities or duties dependent on class/caste

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Varna

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The classes

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Free will

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Hindus believe in free will (the belief humans have choice over what they do) otherwise moksha would t work

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The 6 personal virtues

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Ahisma, love, humility, control, empathy, respect

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Ahisma

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Non violence to all living things

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Atman

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A ‘soul’ something that is in all beings, a persons inane self living force in all nature

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Transmigration

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The movement of the atman form from one body to the next

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Samsara cycle

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The continuous circle of birth

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The law of karma

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The belief that good actions in life will gain the atman good karma and lead to a better rebirth

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Reincarnation/rebirth

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The atman taking on new physical body

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Punya

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Papa

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Prakriti

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Matter - the material substance that all physical things are made of.

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Purusa

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Spirit - the non-physical elements to life and the universe

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Jiva

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‘Living being’

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Maya

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Cosmology

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Ideas and beliefs about the universe

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The cycle of 4 ages

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The Hindu belief that time and the universe moves through 4 stages before being destroyed and beginning again

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Yuga

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Hindu term for a period of time

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Golden yuga

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A time for perfection and harmony, no evil or suffering, humans are happy and virtuous, 1.7 million years

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Silver yuga

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War begins, human qualities of truth and virtue decline, natural environment begins to be corrupted, 1.2 million years

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Copper yuga

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Humans are disconnected from one another, war frequent, discord between humanity and animals p, famine drought earthquakes are common, 800,000 years

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Iron yuga

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Age of ignorance, war frequent and brutal, irreversible damage, 400,000

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Kalki

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An avatar of Vishnu who appears at the end of the cycle of 4 ages to destroy and recreate the universe

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Triguna

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The 3 stages all matter goes through: creation, maintenance, detsruction

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