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Hinduism Vocab Flashcards

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Yoga

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Discipline

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Rita

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Right (A right makes a rite)

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Karma Yoga

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Discipline of action (originally fire sacrifices)

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Vedas

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Knowledge, seeing
-technical manuals instructing priests in proper performance of rituals.
-maintain rite

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Om

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The most powerful mantra
-beginning and end of many prayers and rituals
-creates union with divine

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Upanishads

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Writings on wisdom of wondering sages; teachings of masters to disciples
“sitting down near” between master and disciple

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Samsara

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“wondering”; cycle of death, rebirth, redeath

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Moksha

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Release; spiritual liberation from Samsara

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Jhana Yoga

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Discipline of wisdom; liberation through insight

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Atman

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Self or soul

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Brahman

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Essence of divinity

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Bhakti Yoga

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Discipline of devotion

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Puja

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Ritual worship of a God or Goddess

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Trimurti

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Three forms (trinity)
-Vishnu
-Shiva
-Brahma (Creator)

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Mahadevi

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“The Great Goddess” more important than Brahma to many Hindus
Feminine energy animating all divinities
-all-encompassing female deity that compliments and all-encompassing male deity

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Vishnu

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Sustainer/Preserver
10 Avatars
-Rama: hero of the epic Ramayana
-Krishna: hero of the epic Mahabharata

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Krishna

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Avatar of Vishnu; famous for his adventures with the gopis (cowherd girls)

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Shiva

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The Destroyer
contradictory; wrathful and loving
inside cycle of Samsara

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Ganesha

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Elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati
-God of good luck

20
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Bhagavad Gita

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Sacred song; serves as Hindu New Testament
-Krishna lays the path to Moksha (Karma yoga, Jhana yoga, Bhakti yoga)

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Hindutva

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“Hindu-ness” rise of Hindu consciousness

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Laws of Manu

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Written by Brahma and son Manu; Treatise on dharma

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Dharma

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Duty, righteousness, right conduct, morality

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Manu

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First man, progenitor of humankind

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Varna

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Idealized fourfold hierarchy of castes based on ancient legal texts

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Caste

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Pattern of social stratification based on endogamy (marrying within group)

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Jhati

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Describes people in the caste system
Ranking and regulations of entire family (endogamous) groups in the caste

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Dalits

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“Broken” outside of the caste system
slavery and bonded labor
spacial segregation

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Anatman

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In Buddhism; thought but no thinker, feeling but no feeler

30
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Avatara

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To descend; 10 avatars of Vishnu

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