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Hinduism beginning
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agni | God of fire |
| Aryan | european tribes that settled in india |
| atman | "soul" the divine essence of every individual |
| Bhagavad-gita | "Song of God" a section of the epic Mahabharata that describes the ethical dilemma of Arjuna, who is torn between the demands of karma and dharma |
| Brahman | The ultimate reality described in the Upanishads. |
| Brahmin | The priestly caste of traditional Hinduism |
| Dharma | "Duty" "Law" the occupational, social, and religious roles required of individuals as a result of their places in society |
| Indra | King of the gods in the vedic stories, and the paradigmatic warrior |
| Kshatriya | the caste whose members were traditionaly warriors and rulers |
| Moksha | release from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, the ultimate liberation of existance |
| Samnyasin | One who renounces teh world in order to seek liberation from the cycle of existance |
| Samsara | Cyclic existence, the beginningless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in which ignorant beings are being trapped |
| shiva | god who exemplifies yogic practice, who will destroy the world at the end of ultimate reality |
| Upanishads | Mystical texts thats speculate on the nature of human existance and the ultimate reality |
| Veda | The four early sacred texts of Hinduism, which describe the gods and rituals connected with them |
| Vishnu | God whose traditional role is to protect dharma |
| Yoga | System of meditative cultivation involving physical and mental discripline |
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