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Hinduism Flashcards

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Indus Valley cult

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▶️Is in present day northern India

▶️they worshiped the mother goddess religion

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Development of Hinduism

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The Indus Valley period 
The brahmanical period 
The Buddhist and shramana period 
The classical period 
The modern period
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Brahmanical period

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Semi-nomadic warriors who settled in India and Iran. They are known as the Aryans

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Hinduism and Orthopraxy

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Sanskrit

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Language of the religion text

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Caste system

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Division of social classes in Hinduism

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Ritual sacrifice

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What was done when Brahmins came in

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Aryans

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People from the brahmanical period

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Vedas

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Earliest Sanskrit hymns and verses, 4 books

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Brahmanas

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Commentaries explaining the rituals

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Aranyakas

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Books from the Brahmin schools

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Upanishads

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Philosophical writing

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Shruti texts

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Only Brahmans can read this text

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Yoga

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It was created so people can have individual spirituality

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Bhakti

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Devotion to one main deity

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Dharmashastras

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Law books for Hinduism

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Ramayana

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Epic novel/poem about King Rama

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Buddhist and shramana period

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They reacted against Brahmin powers
-they created yoga and Bhakti
New books: dhamarmashastras, Ramayana, Mahabarata

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Mahabharata

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Epic novels with lessons to be learned

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Devotional cult

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Worshiping one specific god/goddess

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Puja

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Devotion, personal worship

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Vaishnava

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Hindu who worship Vishnu (preserving god)

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Shaiva

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Hindu who worship Shiva( destroying god)

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Classical Hindu period

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Brahmins incorporated and accommodated changes

New literature was developed; smriti and shruti

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Smriti text

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“Worthy of being remembered” read by majority of Hindus

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Puranas

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Stories about the deity(god and goddess)

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Brahma

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The creator God

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Vishnu

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The preserving god

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Shiva

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The destroying god

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Avatar

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Incarnation of gods

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Samsara

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Cycle of constant rebirth and death

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Moksha

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To break the release of rebirth

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Correct disciplines:knowledge , action devotion

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Process of breaking free of samsara

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Muslim influence on Hinduism

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More influence about worshiping one god

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Astrology/horoscopes

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All aspect of family and community life

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Swami Vivekananda

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He introduced Hinduism to the world

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Gandhi

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He promoted non violence protest against the colonialism

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Changes that occurred with revised “export” Hinduism

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Devotion to a defined god 
Obedience to that guru
Practiced if yoga 
Claim that all religion are valid 
Anyone can join
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5 types of Hinduism

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Secular 
Non-sectarian 
Bhakti or devotional
Nationalist
Guru-misionizing

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