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20 Cards in this Set
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3 dialects of Hindi
what kind of script? Where it is spoken? |
Rajasthani, Punjab, Bhojpuri
Written in Devanagari Script Where: Indo-Gangetic Plain and NW and NE corners of peninsula, spoken from Delhi to Benares: Hindi Belt |
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Bengali
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Where spoken: Ganges delta
Another Indo-Aryan Language Bengali Script |
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Peninsular India languages
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Languages are Dravidian
Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada |
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Geographic area of Highlands of Northern India
-rivers and mountains |
-Himalayas—tallest mountains in the world
-NW ranges Karakoram and Hindu Kush -Major rivers—Ganges and the Indus |
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Plains/ Geographic area
Rajputs |
--high, dry plains of Rajasthan—home of the warrior Rajput maharajas
-- Rajputs remains in balladry, sung poetry with musical accompaniment and paintings as illustrations |
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The Ganges/ Geographical area
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--India’s spiritual home is the Ganges and the plains of the NE
--Bathe in its waters is thought to wash away earthly sins—lifetime pilgrimage is to dip in the Ganges |
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Deccan Plateau/ Geographical area
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--Heart of the huge peninsula forming southern India
--Those who live here are Dravidians |
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Geographical features of India
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Highlands of Northern India, The Plains,The Ganges, Deccan Plateau, the Coast
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Essential Tenets of Hinduism
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Darshana, Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin, Moksha, Atman, time, truth, karma, dharma, rebirth, moksha, varna
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Darshana
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philosophical system
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Brahman
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creator of the universe, supreme
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Brahma
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Hindu concept of the cosmos, universe itself
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Brahmin
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caste
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Moksha
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reunite with Brahman or cosmos
—goal of Hindus being one with the universe |
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Atman
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Individual soul, part of the universe
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Time (hindu)
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What has happened will again, cycles are biggest part of time
-represented by a wheel |
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truth (hindu)
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different for every person, everyone in each caste has own reality and truth
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karma
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actions, good actions reap good rewards, bad= bad, if you fulfill darhma (duty) will have good karma
--As a part of the concept of Karma, Hindu concept of Rebirth, Reincarnation or Transmigration |
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Rebirth, Reincarnation or Transmigration
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Rebirth (after death, soul transmigrates into new) Reincarnation or Transmigration
--Desire to end rebirth with MOKSHA, to be born in a high station |
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Varna--Caste system
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Kshatriya—warriors, rulers
Brahman—scholars, religious leaders—most distinguished Vaisya—merchants, petty landowners Sudras—peasants, artisans Pariahs—untouchables, lowest caste |
