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24 Cards in this Set
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Vedas |
Knowledge |
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Samhitas |
Collections |
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Rig Veda |
Hymns in praise of deities |
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Sama Veda |
Musical arrangements of Rig Veda Hymns |
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Yajur Veda |
Sacrificial Formulas |
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Atharva Veda |
Specific Spells/Incantations |
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Brahmanas |
Elaborations of ritualizations of Samhitas |
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Aranyakas |
Forest Treatsies. Philosophical/ symbolic speculations on the Samhitas and Brahmanas |
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Upanisads |
Vedanta, end of the Veda |
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Monisim |
All is One |
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Purusha |
Brahman Personified |
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Rta |
Cosmis law regulating duality of eating and sacrifice |
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Atman |
Self, or soul as individualized consciousness within forms |
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Samsara |
Cycle of Death/Rebirth |
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Moksha |
Liberation from Samara. Self Realization |
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Dharma |
Ones Duty |
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Karma |
Action/Fruit of ones actions |
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Shruti |
That which was heard. Superior |
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Smriti |
What you remember. Inferior to Shruti text |
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Dharmashastras |
Treaties on Dharma and social system |
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Svadharma |
Personal Dharma |
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Puranas |
200 Ce to 1000 Ce. Stories of Gods |
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Shankara |
Advaita Vedanta (not two knowledge) Nirguna Brahman (Brahman without qualities) Monisim. All is consciousness/Brahman. No purpose to life/Maya. Moksha as mergence into infinite formless consciousness. |
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Ramanuja |
Vishishtadvaita Vedanta. (not two. with qualifications) Qualified Non-Dualisim. (Everything is Brahman but the forms are real.) Saguna Brahman (Brahman with qualities) Divine Lila (love/play) Moksha as Realization of loving relation with Brahman in all forms. |
