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22 Cards in this Set
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Buddhism
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Religion of central and eastern Asia teaching right thinking and self-denial to reach nirvana
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Buddha
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Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism - title for someone embodying divine wisdom and virtue - statue of Buddha
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karma
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principle of rewards and punishments based on a previous life's actions
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caste
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rigid class distinction based on birth
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reincarnation
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rebirth of the soul in another body
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Hinduism
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religion and social customs of the Hindus, includes reincarnation.
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figurine
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small sculpted or molded figure
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pilgrimages
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journeys made to a shrine or holy place
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subcontinent
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large land mass regarded as a geographical or political entity
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boundaries
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things marking a limit, borders
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irregular
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uneven, not conforming
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horizontally
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parallel to the horizon, flat, even
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vertically
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perpendicular to the horizon, upright
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plateaus
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elevated tracts of level land
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monsoon
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seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and south Asia, also the season the wind blows from the SW characterized by heavy rains.
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Sanskrit
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classical Old Indic literary language
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Indus
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River in south Asia flowing from SW Tibet through Kashmir and West Pakistan into the Arabian Sea.
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India
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region in south Asia, south of the Himalayas, including a large peninsula between the Arabial Sea and the Bay of Bengal,also a republic in that region
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Pakistan
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country in south Asia made up of two provinces seperated by India
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Gangus
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River in north India and East Pakistan flowing from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal
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Himalayas
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mountain system of south central Asia, extending along the India-Tibet border and throught West Pakistan, Nepal, and Bhutan. Highest peak is Mt. Everest.
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Chant 8 - Week 10
"a" family noun endings |
a ae ae am a ae arum is as is
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