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Quiz 3 -Hinduism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Moksha | Freedom from the cycle of reincarnation |
| Atman | The Individual soul |
| Bhakti | Warm devotion to a particular god |
| Samsara | Cycle of reincarnation |
| Puja | Offering gifts such as fruit to a god |
| Avatar | Descent of a Hindu god to earth (incarnation) |
| Jati | Hindu castes divided into thousands of subsets |
| Ahimsa | Non-Violence to all living things |
| Dalit | The untouchables |
| Brahman | Unchanging reality that one seeks to be absorbed into |
| Brahmin | The priestly class |
| Aryans | People who came to India and established Caste System |
| Dravidians | The indigenous Peoples of India |
| Karma | What goes around comes around-sowing and reaping |
| Dharma | Duty, Custom, obligation |
| Maya | The world of illusion obscures enlighten |
| Ganesha | The elephant god |
| Yoga | Yoke: spiritual discipline, various types of exercise |
| Vedas | Ancient Hindu sacred texts |
| Bhagavad Gita | Famous Hindu scripture: Arjuna and Krishna |