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Puja

Hindu worship ceremony

Deities

Images of the God in many forms

Vedas

Early sacred scriptures of Hinduism

Sanskrit

The language of ancient India

Upanishads

Sacred scriptures; final dialogues ending the Vedas

Murti

An image of a Hindu deity

Mandir

A Hindu temple

Mantra

Sacred sounds, words, or phrases repeated in ritual

Guru

Wise Teacher

Samsara

The law of birth, death and rebirth or the process of incarnation

Moksha

Freedom or liberation from Samsara or the cycle of rebirth

Karma

The law of cause and effect, of one's actions having an impact on one's future life

Dharma

One's personal code of conduct relating to family and society; one's duty

Brahman

The supreme cosmic force

Atman

The true self

Maya

Illusion

Ahisma

The principle of non-violence

Caste

A traditional Hindu social level or class

Untouchable

In the traditional Hindu social levels, the lowest outsider class

Ascetic

Someone who practices severe self-discipline or abstains from physical pleasures for religious purposes

Avatar

A deity who has descended into the world in earthly form

Yoga

Hindu path (or discipline) to liberation