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| ppl related to indo-Eur migrated to Indian in ancient times |
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4 stages for higher class males in H
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also a hermitage place for meditation |
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decent or incarnation of a god
eg Rama/ Krishna--inccarnations of Vishnu |
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| traditional system of medicine in India |
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important scripture from the Mahabharata
contains Krishnas teaching to Arjuna and summing of of FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS OF HINDUISM |
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| devotion, self surrender to ones god |
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| designation for the creator god in H thought |
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| H term for ultimate reality, the divine source and pervading essence of the universe |
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| ritual commentaries, part of vedas |
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| highest ranked, priestly class in H soc |
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the ritual act of being granted the "seeing' of a sacred image, person or place.
also the 6 viewpoints or traditional schools of philosophy |
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| cosmic order, soc duty, propelr behavior |
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| autumn festival of lights + good fortune |
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| great fierce H goddess-form of devi |
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| leader of the H independence mvmt emphasizing spiritual prepatation and nnviolent resistence |
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| urban-agri civ taht flourishen in the 3rd millenium bce in indus river valley.. Influenced H |
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| birth; ones caste or closed soc grp as determinded by birth in India |
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action.
law that all deeds anthoughts, according to one's intentions will have set consequences including rebirth |
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| avatara of vishnu. Hero of Bhagavad gita |
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| phallic pillar. symbol- shiva |
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one of two great epics of Hsm.
(other Ramayana) |
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powerful or sacred words, formuyla or verse chanted as a focus for meditation and devition
AUM |
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| illusion, appearance, term to incicate that which orevents one from seeing truly |
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liberation from bondage to samasara and karma
goal of H spiritual practice |
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path of devotion
hindu path to moksha based on DEVOTIONAL practices directed toward one's god |
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path of action
H path to moksha based on acting according tho Dharma w/o desire for the fruits of action |
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path of knowledge
H path to moshka based on knowledge, emph. meditation |
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| ritual worship of the image of a god by offering food flowers music and prayers |
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| late H scriptures that developed form popular theistic devotional mvmts |
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renouncer-recommended before following the path of knowledge.
cutting ties, giving up possessiions, family links worldly concerns---->> one will have freeom necessary to devote oneslf |
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| ritual worship--offering food flowers music prayer |
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| prayer that destroys effects of vad deeds, drives away darkness and harmonizes on'e mind and life with the spritual forces of the universe |
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| devotional worship includes singing songs, olaying music, dancing offering items, .... |
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| one of the two great gods, worshipped also in avataras rama and krishna |
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| most important scriptures of Hinduism, the Shruti; they consist of the Samhitas, Brahnanas, Aranykas ans upanishads |
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| "end of the vedas" influential school of philosophy based especially on the Upanishads |
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| Hindu groups in America and Europe following the teaching of Swami Vivekandanda and Sri Ramakrishna |
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| color--term for the classes in the system of Hindu society |
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| the calassical producer-merchant class in Hindu society |
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| collection of teachings about the self and ultimate reality that makes up the last part of the veda (shruti) |
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| initiation of high-class body into the student stage of life; he is given a secred cord to wear over his left shoulder and taught the appropriate mantras |
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| moment using initiation, rituals, imagination and sexual sumbolism as spiriual practices leading toward liberation |
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| "that which is rememvered" the tradition, that is, the scriptural writings after the vedas |
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| classical servant class in Hindu society, the 4th class |
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| one of the two great gods, symbolized by the lingam; focus of the shiavite devotional movement |
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| great philsopher of advaita (nondual) vedanta |
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| divine energy, personified as a goddess; female aspect of a god, esp shiva |
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| self-sacrifice of a widow on her husbands funeral pyre, oulawed in modern times |
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| rituals performed at the critical changes and passages of life |
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| rebirth cycle of existence |
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| one who has renounced the cares ond concerns of the world; samnyasa is the fourth stage of ife in Hinduism |
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| one of the classical schools of hindu philosophy stressing asn absolute distinction between matter and spirit |
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| hindu philosoppher and advocate of the vaishavite bhakti tradition |
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