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HIstory and Governments of South Asia
Term | Definition |
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varna | one of the four broad classes of human society under Hinduism |
caste | social class a person is born into and cannot change |
reincarnation | belief that after a person dies, his or her soul is reborn into another body |
dharma | duty in Hinduism |
karma | belief in Hinduism that one's actions in past lives determine the spiritual level into which one is reborn |
nirvana | state of perfect peace and an end to the cycle of rebirth; the goal of following the Eightfold Path in Buddhism |
civil disobedience | use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government or its laws |
boycott | to refuse to buy items from a particular country |
status | position or rank in relations others |
consequence | result |
capable | able to do one's job well |