Vocabulary Flashcards
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The Asrama system is an attempt to
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reconcile worldly prosperity and renunciation
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Sanskirt word for classes
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Varnas
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What are the top three classes eligible for studentship and vedic study
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- Brahmanas
- Ksatriyas
- Vaisyas
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What is the common job of brahmanas?
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Priests and teachers
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What is the common job of ksatriyas?
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Warriors
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What is the common job for vaisyas?
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Merchants and agriculturalists
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What is the sanskrit word for servants?
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sudras
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4 Asramas in the original formulation
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- Permanent Student
- Householder
- Forest Dweller
- Renunciate
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4 asramas in the classicaly formulation
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Each male goes in sequence:
- Student - (youth)
- Householder (adult)
- Forest Dweller (old age)
- Renunciate (old age)
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The classical model of the asrama system solves
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economic concerns
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Asceticism
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to engage in renunciation
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3 negative aspects of the formal ceremoyn in the classical formulation of the asramas
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- The Recitation of the Call
- Vow of ahimsa
- Removes all clothing to symbolize another birth out of social and worldy order and into the deeply relgious life
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5 possessions adopted positively during renunciation ceremony
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- A staff (walking and weapon)
- Water pot
- Loincloth (genital cover)
- Waistband (holds cloth)
- Large garment (weather)
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What is mendicancy?
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Become a beggar
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What is an aum?
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food given to beggar
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4 rules to mendicancy
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- Only take a little food
- Avoid generous houses
- Be tongueless (tasteless)
- Possibly eat from the ground
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6 stereotypes of the caste system
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- Caste entirely determined by birth
- No upward social mobility
- No intermarriage
- Eternal/divinely created
- Jobs invariably correspond with caste
- Always hierarchal in the same way
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Small groups that share traditional, occupational specialization are called
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Jatīs
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4 types of pollution
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- Body Excretions
- Kinship (death/birth)
- People of other classes or castes
- Violation of dharma
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Caste is best translated to
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Jatī
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Another word for merit/habits is
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samskaras
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Steps to merit and demerit
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Actions > Good Habits > Good Consequences
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2 problems with the contemporary interpretation of karma
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- Needs a role for desire
2. No way to avoid merit and demerit
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Desire will always lead to
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merit and demerit
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When an action is motivated by desire, it produces
merit and demerit
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What produces a habit?
Desires and Aversions
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In the Bhagavad Gita, the avatar of Vishnu is
Krsna
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In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna and Krsna discuss
responsibilities to the community
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A renunciate in action is called a
karma yogin
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3 problems with desire
1. It causes suffering
2. It compromises moral agency
3. Desire plays an essential role in the production of merit and demerit
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2 problems with desireless action
1. Desire for liberation
| 2. Desire to desire less
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4 forms of Bhakti (out of 11)
1. Attachment of divine companionship
2. Attachment of parental affection
3. Attachment of the beloved
4. Attachment of the deepest separation
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The traditional god of creation is
Brahma
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The traditional god on maintenance is
Visnu
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The traditional god of destruction is
Siva
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Word for formless, transcendent god is
Brahman
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Age of destruction is called a
pralaya
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The Kali age is where people are judged on
their death rather than their moral character
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4 themes in the Markandeya Episode
1. Visnu as the destroyer
2. Visnu as Creator
3. Visnu as playful
4. Bhakti
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4 Themes in The Dwarf
1. Visnu as supreme god
2. Visnu as maintainer
3. Visnu containing the universe
4. Visnu is playful
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2 themes in Krsna's birth
1. Visnu maintains dharma
| 2. Visnu's playfulness
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3 themes in Krsna's killing of Putana
1. Krsna maintains dharma by killing the villain
2. Krsna is playful
3. Parental Bhakti
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3 Themes in Krsna the mischevious child
1. Playfulness
2. Visnu as containing the universe
3. Bhakti
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4 themes in Siva's destruction of Daksa's sacrifice
1. Siva originated outside of the vedic pantheon
2. Siva as destroyer
3. Siva as supreme god
4. Siva can be pacified
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4 themes to destruction of the triple city
1. Siva as supreme god
2. Siva as destroyer
3. Siva maintains the world
3. Siva as protector
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The three manifestations of gods is called what in sanskrit?
The Trimurti
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4 themes in the linga myth
1. Siva as supreme god
2. Siva as destroyer
3. Siva can be pacified
4. Linga symbol
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5 themes in the pine forest sages
1. Siva as supreme god
2. Siva as erotic aesthetic
3. Siva can be pacified
4. Siva as creator
5. Siva maintains the universe
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3 themes in the killing of Kama
1. Siva is supreme god
2. Siva as an erotic ascetic
3. Siva as maintainer of the universe
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Durga is what type of goddess
warrior goddess
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3 parts to the mahisa story
Birth, enticement, slaughter
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4 themes in the Mahisa story
1. Devi is supreme
2. Independence and Unconventiality
3. Maintains dharma
4. Devi is a destroyer of the world
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7 stages to Radha's prominence in the vedas
1. No mention of Radha
2. Radha is mentioned by name
3. Radha becomes main character of the drama
4. Radha as object of bhakti
5. Radha identifies with Krsna
6. Radha as superior
7. Radha as the wife of Krsna
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Seven in sanskrit
Sapta
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Mother in sanskrit
Matru
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The Saptamatrika is translated to
the seven mothers
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The female power/Shakti of Brahma is names
Brahmani
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Who is Brahma?
The creator god
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Attributes of Brahma
Ladle, water pot, scriptures and rosary
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Who is the female power of Visnu?
Vaishnavi
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Vaishnavi rides what animal
eagle
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What is Vaishnavi holding?
Conch, discus, lotus bid and mace
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The mother with the same attributes as Siva is
Maheshwari
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Mahesh/Siva carries what?
Trident, drum, tiger skin
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Who is Aindri/Indrani?
The rider of the white elephant and female embodiment of Indra
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Who is indra?
the king of the gods
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What does Aindri/Indrani carry?
holding the thunderbolt
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Who is Varaha?
The boar incarnation of Visna who was incarnated to save the earth from drowning in the netherworld
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Who is Varahi?
female counterpart of Varaha
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Varahi holds what?
A hoe, signifying the association with land tillers and gardeners
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Kartikeyya is who?
The son of Siva, brother of Ganesh
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Kartikeyya carries
a spear
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What does Kartikeyya do?
he is the army of gods
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Kaumari is
the shakti of Kartikeyya
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Kaumari rides
a peacock
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Chamunda is the personification of
Siva's rage on the battlefield
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Chamunda is described as
old, matted hair and drinking blood from a cup made of human skill
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Ganesh is
the elephant headed god and son of Siva
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Ganesh is known to be
the remover of obstacles
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Vainayaki is
the shakti of Ganesh who rides a mouse
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Narsimha is
main-lion incarnation of visnu
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Narsimhi is
the female power of Narsimha
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Shaivite is
sect under hinduism worshipping Siva as supreme god
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Wife of Siva is
Parvati
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Vaishnavite is
worshippers of visnu and his incarnations
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Shaktism is
ideology of the veneration of female power in general
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Ganpatya is
sect worshipping Ganesh
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Andhakasura is
a demon portrayed as te arch-enemy of Siva
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Names of all seven (+1) mothers
1. Brahmani
2. Vaishnavi
3. Maheshvari
4. Indrani
5. Kaumari
6. Varahi
7. Chaumunda
8. Narasimhi
