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Hinduism Flashcards

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Soma

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Rig veda: stimulating drink that priests used before ritual

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Agni

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Rig veda: god of fire

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Vac

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Rig veda: goddess of sound (ritual hymn, not just everyday sound)

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Rudra

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Rig veda; unpredictable god that can protect or kill you

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Indra

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Rig veda: god of storm/lightning; destroyed vrtra

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Varuna

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Rig veda: sky god

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Ratri

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Rig veda: goddess of night

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Usas

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Rig veda: goddess of dawn

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Yama

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Rig veda: first human to die, shows the way for oncoming people

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Trimurti

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Three bodies; Brahman (4 faces), vishnu, shiva

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Identify Vishnu:

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4 arms with three each holding either a mace, discus, or conch. Female friend= Laxmi

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Identify Hanuman

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Monkey king who’s devoted to vishnu and laxmi

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Shiva:

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Great Sannyasin, good husband/caretaker, lord of dance and ambivalence, female friend= parvati

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Ganesha:

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Elephant son of Parvati and Shiva

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Kali

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Goddess that kills demons; usually above an erect male and always has a necklace of severed demon heads

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Identify Krishna:

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Usually blue, is holding a flute, usually seen in lila (play, erotic past times), female friend= radha

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Yajna

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Sacrificial fire ritual

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Rita

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Order/predictable patterns of the cosmos

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Jati

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Sanskrit for occupation/vocation

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Varna

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Caste

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Purusa

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Idea of monism/That One

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Tat tsvam asi

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True self that is beyond the material world; is part of Brahman

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3 Gunas

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3 threads (inertia, passion, lucidity)

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Puja

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Ritual

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Prasad

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Food offerings to a deity

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Darshan

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Sensory moment when line of sight meets between the deity and worshipper

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Varnadharma

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Duty to stick to your caste

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