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55 Cards in this Set
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four aims or goals of life
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dharma(the discharging of one's duties)
artha (wealth and power in all forms) kama (sensual pleasure, sexual pleasure beauty) moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death) |
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four stages (ashramas) of life
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student (pure), householder(marrying/ moneymaking), forest-dweller (retire to forest), renouncer/ascetic (renounce material world)
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Hinduism
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derived from the word sind
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Sinduh
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river
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sind
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name of region in pakistan
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dharma
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righteousness, justice, faith , duty, a religious and social obligation
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sati
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the culturally expected suicide of a widow who throws herself on her husband's funeral pyre
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Harrappa culture relgious aspects
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baths, fire alters, goddesses, male yoga images (shiva) and pipal trees
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four vedas
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rig, sama, yajur, and atharva
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rig veda
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contains over 1000 hymns
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brahmins
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the class that has historically considered itself the highest in hindu society. they reserved themselves the authority to study and teach holy words
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vedic hymn: indra
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warrior god who battles other cosmic powers
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vedic hymn: agni
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the god of fire who was believed to serve as a messenger carrying to the deities the offerings that humans placed in the sacrificial fire
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vedic hymn: soma
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the name of a god identifiied with the moon
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vedic hymn: sarasvati
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goddess described in the rig veda as beautiful and fortunate the inspirer of noble thoughts
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vedic hymn: yajna
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ritual sacrifice performed using fire
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vedic hymn: rta
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delicate connection between the rituals and the maintenance of cosmic and earthly order
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vedic hymn: rta
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truth and justice the rightness of things that makes harmony and peace possible on earth and in the heavens
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vedic hymn: creation hymn
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expresses wonder at the creation of the universe from nothing and ends with the suggestion that perhaps no one knows how it came to be
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vedic hymn: hymn to the supreme person
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account for how the universe itself was created through the cosmic sacrifice of the primeval man
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upanishads: karma
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ritual action
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upanishads:samsara
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reincarnation
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upanishads: moksha
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liberation
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ataman and brahman
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atman is human soul and brahman is supreme being
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tat tvam asi
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that- brahman you- atman
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smrti
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literature after the vedas
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puranas
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ancient stories
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dharmashastras
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codes of law and ethics
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rama
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hero of ramayana a young prince
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sita
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wife
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ravana
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the demon king of lanka
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hanuman
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a monkey with divine ancestry
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rama rajya
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kingdom or rule of rama
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rama
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ideal son
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bhagavad gita
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longest poem
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arjuna
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symbolizes the human soul in quest of salvation
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karma yoga
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is the path of unselfish duty performed neither in fear of punishment nor in hope of reward
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jnana yoga
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way of knowledge
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bhakti yoga
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the way of devotion
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amba or ambika
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little mother
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durga
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warrior aspect
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kali
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fierce and wild dark goddess
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ganesha
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the elephant headed son of shiva and parvati most beloved god
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caste
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thousands of social and occupational divisions
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jatis
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birth groups
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laws of manu a dharmashastra
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attributed to the primordial man that vishnu saved from the flood
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priests
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brahmins
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kshatriyas
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rulers warriors
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shudras
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servants
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twice born
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upper classes
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guru
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holy teacher
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six philosophical schools
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samkhya, nyaya, vaisheshika, mimamsa, yoga, and vedanta
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maya
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The supernatural power wielded by gods and demons to produce illusions.
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harrapan culture (yoga)
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portrays a man sitting in yoga position
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considered the beginning of sound in the universe and manifestation of the supreme being
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