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Lecture 6 Flashcards

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define theism

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idea that there is a supreme god/goddess who generates the cosmos, maintains and finally destroys it and who has the power to save beings through their grace

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what is vedic worship

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oral/aural religious culture

  • yajna, agni (home, fire respectively)
  • no temples
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what are the notable vein gods

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indra
agni
soma
veic
visnu
rudra
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lates of the early upanishads begin to show what

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theistic trends; e.g. Shvetashvatara Upanishad
‘the god who covers himself with things issuing from primal source, from his own inherent nature…’
basically arguing for a single deity

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what is Itihusa

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‘thus it was’ literature, the ‘epics’ c. 400 BCE - 400CE

  • Krishna and other deities int he Gita
  • Rama and other deities in the Ramayan
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what is visvarupa

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Krishna’s ‘universal form’, form of all, revealed to Arjuna in t chapter 11 of Gita

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what is Avatarna

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‘decent’ or incarnation of a deity (usually vishnu) in the world

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what is puranas

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c 300CE onwards

  • stories of the ancient past, narrative and prescriptive texts (especially a god’s)
  • guptas (c 320-550CE) rulers of the tim, dictated what temples should look like and how practices should be done etc
  • Hindu temples; different from vedic fires as they aren’t transferable, they are the body form of the deity
  • from Yajna/homa to puja (worship, specifically post veda) and darsana (seeing, shift from primarily oral to oral AND visual)
  • emphasis in visual elements
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what is Trimurti

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‘3 forms’; trinity
-Brits loved this idea but it isnt exact
-Brahma (creation), Vishnu (maintaining) and Rudra/Shiva (destruction) were the main three originally
but it didnt really encompass goddesses… so it shifted to Vishnu, Shiva, Devi/Shakti

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what is brahman

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impersonal, ultimate reality; descried in the Upanishads

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what is Brahma

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personal; male god; population in purina narratives

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what is Brahmana

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class of vedic texts

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what is Brahmin

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Brahmana/Brahman; specific social class associated with vedic study

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what are the three main currents within Hinduism

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Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti

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explain the three variations of the Vishnu

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Vishnu, Vaishnava, Vaishnauism

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what is Vaishnava

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something/someone related to vishnu

17
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what is Vaishnauism

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19c way of describing system/traditions that are associated with Vishnu

18
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where is Vishnu most popular

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popular deity in E. asia

19
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what are the 10 incarnations of Vishnu

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comes into our realm and takes on an embodied form to save us when dharma gets bad

  1. Fish
  2. turtle
  3. boar
  4. narasimha (1/2 man and lion)
  5. young boy/dwarf
  6. Parashurama (rama with an axe)
  7. Rama (of the Ramayana)
  8. Krishna
  9. the Buddha
  10. Kalki (future incarnation)
20
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explain the most popular story of Vishnu; narasimha (1/2 man and lion)

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demon oppressing the world, prayed to the Brahma to get a brook that makes it so demon cant be killed by anything (all these different conditions, not at nigh, not at day, not by man, etc)
then was killed by this version

21
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who is Rama

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beloved servant/allie of Rama… the ideal devotee

22
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which of the 10 forms of Vishnu is the most prioritized

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Krishna

23
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What is the difference between Shiva, Shaiva, Shaivism

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deity, someone connected, set of tradition etc for Shiva

24
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what does Shiva look like

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rather than a golden crown on head, Shiva has a river, snakes as jewelry, dressed in animal coat
associated with asepticism, colour of skin is typically white to show ash covering his body

25
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How is Shiva a paradox

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married to Parvati, has kids but is celibate

26
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what is Shiva Linga

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(with yoni)

  • oval shaped structure (often) represents male energy and is placed in a box/basement thing to represent female energy
  • often seen in the form instead of human form
  • offerings made on the shiva linga
  • pilgrims travel lots to see naturally occurring shiva linga
27
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what is another popular form of Shiva

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As Nataraja; the lord of dance

  • movement sometimes represents different things
  • one hand holds a drum associated with creation
  • fire in one hand associated with destruction
  • another thing represents stability
  • arm across chest blocks heart and represents concealing

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