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22 Cards in this Set
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Puja |
Hindu worship ceremony |
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Deities |
Images of the God in many forms |
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Vedas |
Early sacred scriptures of Hinduism |
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Sanskrit |
The language of ancient India |
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Upanishads |
Sacred scriptures; final dialogues ending the Vedas |
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Murti |
An image of a Hindu deity |
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Mandir |
A Hindu temple |
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Mantra |
Sacred sounds, words, or phrases repeated in ritual |
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Guru |
Wise Teacher |
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Samsara |
The law of birth, death and rebirth or the process of incarnation |
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Moksha |
Freedom or liberation from Samsara or the cycle of rebirth |
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Karma |
The law of cause and effect, of one's actions having an impact on one's future life |
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Dharma |
One's personal code of conduct relating to family and society; one's duty |
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Brahman |
The supreme cosmic force |
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Atman |
The true self |
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Maya |
Illusion |
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Ahisma |
The principle of non-violence |
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Caste |
A traditional Hindu social level or class |
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Untouchable |
In the traditional Hindu social levels, the lowest outsider class |
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Ascetic |
Someone who practices severe self-discipline or abstains from physical pleasures for religious purposes |
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Avatar |
A deity who has descended into the world in earthly form |
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Yoga |
Hindu path (or discipline) to liberation |