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Hindu Vocab
Basic Vocab II
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/12/2009
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Rama
 Definition
popular diety, was prince and king
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Rig Veda
 Definition
earliest Vedic text, hymns
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saguna
 Definition
having definite characteristics, less divine
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samsara
 Definition
cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
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sannyasa
 Definition
renunciation, last stage of life
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sant
 Definition
one who knows truth =saint
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satya
 Definition
vow to tell truth in Jainism
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shruti
 Definition
texts assumed to be divinely revealed
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shudra
 Definition
servant varna, 4th
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smriti
 Definition
oral, remembered texts
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soma
 Definition
hallucinogenic drink, plant god
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shramana
 Definition
wandering monks
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svarga
 Definition
heaven
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Shvetambaras
 Definition
White-Clad Jainism
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svadharma
 Definition
own dharma
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tapas
 Definition
example of devotion, fasting, mutilation,etc
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theopany
 Definition
god revealing self to mortal
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upanishid
 Definition
last Vedic text, study brahman
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vaishya
 Definition
merchant, artisan, agriculturalist class
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vanaprastha
 Definition
third stage of life, hermit
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varna
 Definition
social class
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Veda
 Definition
earliest hindu scriptures, Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharva
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Vishnu
 Definition
Preserving God
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yajna
 Definition
sacrifice by fire
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