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| The English word religion is derived from the Latin word religo, which refers to the fear or awe one feels in the presence of a spirit or God |
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| The belief in a single Supreme God |
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| The belief in more than one God |
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| One who speaks the words of the God/Gods |
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| The belief that all nature is alive and filled with unseen spirits that may be worshiped or placated. Animists see a soul or a self existing in trees, stones, rivers, and heavenly bodies |
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| Impersonal God seen as total reality in the Upanishads |
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| One of the three important Gods in Hindu worship, generally regarded as the creator of the universe |
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| A way of telling a great truth |
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| Prediction of the future through various magical means |
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| Any object used to control nature in a magical means |
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| In Indian thought, that which binds one tot the endless cycles of life, death, and rebirth |
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| In the Upanishads, the endless cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth experienced by all humans |
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| The practice of self denial through various means, for the attainment of spiritual and intellectual fulfillment |
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| Release from the cycle of death and rebirth in Indian religions |
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| Devotion to the Gods of Hinduism |
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| The metaphysical view that there is Ultimately only one substance, that all reality is one |
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