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Hinduism/Buddhism
Terms from Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atman | a person's essential self |
| moksha | ultimate goal of existence, achieving union with brahman |
| reincarnation | belief in the rebirth of the soul into another bodily form |
| karma | all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life |
| dharma | an individual's religious and moral duties |
| ahimsa | Hindu belief in nonviolence and a reverence for all life |
| nirvana | in Buddhism, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth |
| sect | small religious group |
| Untouchable | lowest ranked outcastes |
| shakti | creative energy |
| sati(suttee) | virtuous woman, one way to achieve this virtue was to throw themselves on husband's funeral fire |
| joint family | parents, children, grandchildren, uncles, etc. shared a common dwelling |
| dowry | payment from bride's family yo bridegroom's family |