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History: Hinduism Flashcards

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Aryans

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Civilization after harrappan, archeological evidence, important because they were described in the Rig Veda, culture that Hinduism developes from

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Harrappan Civilization

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Sophisticated due to sanitation, written language, straight streets, ect
Historians do not. Know why there was a decline in the civilization, they think it is because of an earthquake, economic, river. Changes, ect, lived in northern part of india

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Dravidians

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Became part of Indian society, conquered by Aryan’s, they lived in a central and southern part of India

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Vedas

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Written in Sanskrit, four books, Indian “bible”, psalms, poems, god stories, explanations for ritual, written down by 500 BCE

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Bhagavad Gita

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Teaches the last section Mahabharata about following dharma

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Mahabharata

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Civil war in north west India, main characters are Krishna and Rama, Vishnu, how good Hindus live,

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Wheel of Life

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Follow dharma, when body dies soul is reborn higher class and so on, if completely follow dharma cycle is broken and unites with brahma, if you do something wrong you must redo all of the classes

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Sanskrit

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Language in India, not spoken, but is readable

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Brahman Atman

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inner part of every living thing in everything in the universal world soul, goal is to break the cycle of incarnation so your Brahman Atman to brahma

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Moksha

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reuninion with divine, reuniting with your Brahman atman with Brahman, people search for moksha, ultimate goal

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Maya

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illusions, we cannot see the whole, only part, humans don’t have enlightened or complete understandment, if you can get past maya you can reach moksha

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Samsara

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Everyday world of pain and joy, work and success, birth and death

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Karma

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Can’t avoid it it follows you, dharma determines it, if you do good deeds it will be good, your fate based on past lives

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Dharma

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Carry out their student, family, and work responsibility

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Brahma

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Essense of life, creator god, wrote Vedas,purpose of being, god like spirit

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Vishnu

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Protector god, maintains law and order, blue skin represents infite like sky, discus is slices of evil, conch shell is universal concept, locust flower is rise up and above, golden baton is hits people if they are bad, comes to earth as human being

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Shiva

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Destroyer god, pure contiousness, stark reality, has a wife named Parvati

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Saraswati

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goddess, brahmas wife, divine muse(creatvitity) goddess of creativity, children pray to her for help on test, beloved

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Lakshmi

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goddess of wealth, incarnations with Vishnu, philosophy is that wealth is not just material possession, it’s happiness and peace, comes to earth in human form, Sita is Lakshmis avatar

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Parvati

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Shiva’s second wife, goddess,worshipped shiva

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Ganesh

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Parvati and Shivas son, elephant head, god of the luck

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Avatar

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a god coming. To earth in human form, for example Vishnu,

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Krishna

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Vishnua avatar

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Rama

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incarnation of Vishnu, another avatar of Vishnu, Ramas wife Sita is an avatar of wealth, Ramayana is a love story about Rama and sita

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Dalit

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the outcasts, untouchable, casteless people

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Raja Yoga

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yoga through physical actions that promote meditation

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Bhakti Yoga

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serenade ring completely to god with love

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Karma Yoga

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based on action, think about how you act, live out the truth, do what’s right for the sake of doing what’s right not for the outcome for your actions

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Religious caste system

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The higher caste, the closer. You. Are to brahma, sets upon priest hood

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Economic caste system

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Different occupations according to Kati

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Political caste system

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People with higher caste have more power, sets up ruler, military

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Social caste system

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Discrimination, whatever your Jati is you associate with them and don’t interact with other Jati, different food

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Geogriphical effect on India

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Himalayas mountains borders, seperation causes different culture

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All the caste systems in order

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Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Untouchable

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Yoga

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Union with. God

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Brahmans

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Priests and scholars

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Kshatriyas

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Warriors and rulers

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Vaisyas

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Merchants and farmers

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Sudras

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Laborors, servant, peasants

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Ramayana

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Tells of features of Rama, an Aryan prince, literature. Written around 700 BCE

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