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Ancient India
Term | Definition |
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subcontinent | a large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
monsoons | seasonal wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia |
Sanskrit | the first written language of India |
Hinduism | a major religion that developed in ancient India |
Caste system | the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes. |
reincarnation | a force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives |
fasting | to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance. |
meditation | to focus one’s thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness |
Buddha | Indian religious leader: founder of Buddhism. |
Buddhism | religion founded in ancient India by the religious teacher Buddha |
Nirvana- not the band | freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering |