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2
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The worship of a particular god
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3
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Something that is owed or due
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7
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Freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience
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9
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Salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma
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11
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One of the four aims of human life. Literally “meaning, sense, goal, purpose or essence”
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12
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Member of the lowest of the Hindu castes
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13
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The principle of cosmic order
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14
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A meditation technique involving breath control
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16
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The practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat
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18
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Member of the lowest-caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system
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19
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The stage of life of a student
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20
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One of the main deities of Hinduism, the supreme god of Vaishnavism
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22
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A forest-dwelling Hindu hermit
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23
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The way to salvation through devotion to certain gods
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25
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The most ancient Hindu scriptures divided into four collections
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26
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The middle years of a Hindu’s life
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27
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The way to salvation through study
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30
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Most authoritative, ancient sacred texts of Hinduism. Literally “that which is heard”
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31
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Religious text containing traditional teachings on religion
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32
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The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences
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33
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Sacred river
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1
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The endless series of births, deaths, and rebirths to which all beings are subject.
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2
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Any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions
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4
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Impersonal supreme being, the primal source and ultimate goal of all beings, with which Atman, when enlightened, knows itself to be identical.
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5
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A person’s soul. From Sanskrit meaning essence, or breath
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6
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The way to salvation through actions
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8
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Member of the Hindu royal and warrior class
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10
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The supreme Godhead, beyond all distinction or forms, the ultimate reality
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12
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One of the main deities of Hinduism, the supreme god within Shaivism
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15
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The belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
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17
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The supernatural power wielded by gods and demons to produce illusions
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21
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A series of Hindu sacred treatises expounding the Vedas
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23
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Member of the highest, or priestly, class among the Hindus
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24
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One who abandons the world completely for a life of contemplation
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25
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Member of the third the Hindu caste, comprising the merchants and farmers
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28
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Stages of life
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29
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Non-violence
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