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apprentice

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Function: noun
a person who is learning a trade or art by experience under a skilled worker

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stronghold

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Function: noun
FORTRESS; a fortified place

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translate

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Function: verb
to change from one language or set of symbols into another <translate Japanese into English

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caste

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Function: noun
1 : one of the classes into which the Hindu people of India were formerly divided
2 a : a division of society based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation b : social rank : PRESTIGE

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heathen

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Function: noun
1 : a person who does not know about and worship the God of the Bible : PAGAN

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Hindu

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Function: noun
1 : a follower of Hinduism
2 : a person born or living in India

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Buddhist

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Function: noun
a religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha

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Krishna

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Function: biographical name
god worshipped in later Hinduism

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guru

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Function: noun
Etymology: from guru, a word in Hindi (the major language in India) meaning "Hindu teacher or spiritual guide," derived from Sanskrit guru (adjective) "worthy of respect"
1 : a personal religious teacher and spiritual guide in Hinduism

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Buddha

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Function: biographical name
about 563-about 483 B.C. originally Siddhartha Gautama Indian founder of Buddhism

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nirvana

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1 : the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness
2 a : a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality; also : BLISS, HEAVEN b : a goal hoped for but apparently unattainable : DREAM

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alluvial

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Function: adjective
relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium, which is soil material (as clay, silt, sand, or gravel) deposited by running water

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evangelist

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Function: noun
a Christian preacher who goes about from place to place trying to change or increase people's religious feelings

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revelation

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Function: noun
1 : an act of revealing or making known divine truth

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reincarnation

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Function: noun
1 : the action of reincarnating : the state of being reincarnated
2 : rebirth in new bodies or forms of life; especially : a rebirth of a soul in a new human body

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Brahman

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Function: noun
1 /'bräm-&n/ : a member of the highest priestly class of Hindu society

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Veda

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any of four canonical collections of hymns, prayers, and liturgical formulas that comprise the earliest Hindu sacred writings

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Sanskrit

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Function: noun
: an ancient Indic language of India and of Hinduism

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dharma

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Function: noun
Etymology: Sanskrit; akin to Latin firmus firm
1 Hinduism : an individual's duty fulfilled by observance of custom or law
2 Hinduism & Buddhism a : the basic principles of cosmic or individual existence : divine law b : conformity to one's duty and nature

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Noble Eightfold Path

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Buddhist teaching that only by following this path could people eventually be free from pain, suffering, death, and rebirth.

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Rules of Eightfold Path

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Be kind; don't harm any living thing; live in a right way; tell the truth; don't think of self; think of others; understand suffering; meditate