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PRE - Hinduism Words Flashcards

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Indus civilisation

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People living to the west of the Indus river

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River Ganges

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The river the Hindus moved to

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Shruti texts

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The most important texts eg. The Vedas, The Upanishads. These texts are seen to have come straight from God (the unquestionable truth)

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Smriti texts

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Still important texts but those with slightly less authority, could have been updated/adapted over the years. Eg. The Bhagavad-Gita, The Ramayana

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Brahman

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God

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Aum symbol

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The symbol that is used to represent Brahman. Represents the reverberating noise when god created the universe.

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Monotheism

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When you worship one God who created everything

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Nirguna- Brahman

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God with no form or shape. Transcendent, can be inside and outside the universe

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Saguna- Brahman

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God in individual physical form

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Deities

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The many manifestations of Brahmans different personalities

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Bhagavan

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God in the spiritual world

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Antaryami

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Brahman within each human being. Direct translation- “the god within”

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Parvati

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Shiva’s wife. Parvati is the deity of motherhood and is often depicted in a domestic situation with her two children, Ganesha and Skandi

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Ganesha

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The elephant headed Deity, his head was chopped off by his father Shiva. The god of good luck, often worshipped at rituals such as weddings.

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Saraswati

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The Deity of Learning, material possessions don’t interest her- knowledge is the most important thing to her. Worshiped by musicians before concerts and students before exams.

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Hanuman

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The monkey warrior. His symbol is mace, meaning authority. He is a patron of soldiers, wrestlers and sportsmen

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Lakshmi

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The deity of prosperity. She is worshipped during the festival of Diwali in order to hope for a prosperous year.

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The Trimurti

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Three main deities- Shiva , Vishnu and Brahma

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Brahma

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The creator

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Shiva

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The destroyer

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Ascetic

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Asceticism is living a very simple life with no interest in material things, lots of Hindus live by this.

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Shaivites

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Shaivism is focusing your worship on shiva especially

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Vishnu

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One of the Tri-Murti Deities, the preserver. Worshipped especially Vaishnavas.

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Vaishnavism

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People who especially focus their worship on Vishnu. Vaishnavas

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Avatar

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One of the manifestations on Vishnu in Human form, coming to the world to restore balance

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Dharma

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Virtue. Also your Dharma is What you have to do to be good and virtuous.

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Adharma

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Evil

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Rama

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One of the avatars of Vishnu, a brave man who battled to save his wife ‘Sita’

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The Ramayana

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One of the Smriti texts

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Ravana

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The demon king who stole Sita from Rama

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Sita

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Rama’s wife who was captured by Ravana

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Krishna

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Another Avatar of Vishnu. Teaches the world about Ahimsa (non-violence) and Moksha

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The Kurukshetra war

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A war between two nations that was stopped by Krishna when she taught all the soldiers from both armies about living honourable lives.

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The 4 aims of life

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You need to do good deeds and follow Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha

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Artha

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Earning a lawful living through honest means

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Kama

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Enjoying life responsibility and having a positive outlook.

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Moksha

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The atman joining with Brahman, The end of the Rebirth cycle

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Sanatana dharma

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Hindus believe that there are some responsibilities and duties that apply to all Hindus. The 6 personal virtues are ‘Sanatana Dharma’

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Varnashrama Dharma

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The different responsibilities that apply to people of different classes ‘Varnas’

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Varna

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Your class in society. Eg. Brahmins and Kshatriyas

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Free will

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The fact that you make all the choices yourselves, what you are going to decide is not pre-determined by God.

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The 6 personal Virtues

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What the key things that everybody should practice:

Ahimsa, Love, Humility, Control, Empathy, Respect

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Ahimsa

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Non-violence to all living things

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Atman

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The soul

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Transmigration

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The atman going to a new body

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Samsara cycle

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The life cycle of the atman

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Karma

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Everything that you do will build good or bad Karma that will affect the next life of your atman

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Reincarnation / rebirth

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The idea that after your life, your atman (soul) moves onto another body

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