Short Answer Flashcards
1
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1/4 noble truths
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- All people suffer and know sorrow.
2
Q
2/4 noble truths
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Desires cause suffering
3
Q
3/4 noble truths
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End suffering by eliminating desires
4
Q
4/4 noble truths
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Eliminate desire by following the Eightfold path
5
Q
Life as a woman
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Obey any male.
Couldn’t own property
Couldn’t study sacred writings
6
Q
Caste system
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Brahmins Kshatriya Vaishya Sudra Dalit, untouchable
7
Q
Brahmins
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Priests, scholars
8
Q
Kshatriya
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Warrior, rulers
9
Q
Vaishya
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Merchants, landowners
10
Q
Sudra
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Commoners, peasants, labourers, servants
11
Q
Dalit, untouchable
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Reformed unclean jobs
Street sweepers, waste handlers, dead body handlers
12
Q
Hinduism
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Trinity of gods;Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
Vedas and Upanishads (scriptures)
Polytheistic
13
Q
Buddhism
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Founder- Siddhartha (Buddha)
eightfold path (scriptures)
Meditation
Nirvana
14
Q
Hinduism and Buddhism
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Cycle- birth, death, rebirth Dharma- one’s duty Karma- Actions in one lifetime can affect the next. Good deeds No supreme being
15
Q
5 achievements of ancient Indian empires
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Panchatantra Math Astronomy Medicine Innoculation
