the development of hinduism

Question 1

how buddhism ended in india

Answer 1

• -turkish invasions destroyed buddihsts stupas ands shrines
• -muslims overran Nalanda and ravaged schools of buddhist philosophers
• -buddhism became a minor religion in its hearth

Question 2

why did hinduism grow

Answer 2

• -end of buddhism

- -cults of Vishnu and Shiva since they promised salvation

Question 3

vishnu

Answer 3

preserver of the world

Question 4

shiva

Answer 4

god of fertility and destruction

Question 5

shankara and ramanuja

Answer 5

brahmin philosophers

Question 6

shankara believes that

Answer 6

devotee to shiva

physical world is just an illusion and the true reality lay beyond the physical senses
distrusts emotions and only like logic

Question 7

Ramanuja

Answer 7

devotee to vishnu

challenged shankara’s logic
–logic is less important than unification with god