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India Vocab Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Buddhism | religion based on giving up all desires in order to reach nirvana |
| subcontinent | large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
| nirvana | state of wisdom |
| caste | system of dividing people into social classes |
| monsoons | strong winds that blow one direction in the winter and a different direction in the summer |
| Brahman | nature of truth, knowledge, and reality |
| Hinduism | one of the world's oldest religions; based on not doing harm to any living things; goal is to reach spiritual perfection |
| reincarnation | belief that when you die you will be reborn and will return to earth as either a human or an animal |
| plateau | area of level high ground |
| Ahimsa | belief that all life is sacred |
| karma | consequence of how a person lives their life |
| Brahma | worshipped as Creator by some Indians |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |