Hinduism vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nirakara | without form |
| shruti | that which was heard |
| karma | an impartial principle of cause and effect whereby one's thoughts, words, and actions determines the character, nature, and status of one's life |
| shakti | energy, matter |
| atman | soul |
| asceticism | a systematic denial of bodily appetites or the pleasures of the flesh in order to strengthen one's mind or soul |
| samsara | the long cycle of birth, death, and rebirth during which the soul progresses toward liberation and enlightenment |
| smriti | worthy to be remembered |
| dharmashastras | a group of law books which provide detailed discussions about such matters as the purposes of life, the stages of life, and the caste system |
| sattva | essence, often represented as god |
| nirguna | without attributes |
| puja | worship at a small family shrine in which food and prayers are offered to a patron hindu deity in exchange for blessings |
| ahimsa | the principle of non injury or reverence for all |
| darshan | central to hindu worship, it literally means seeing or the exchange of gaze between the human and the divine |
| moksha | liberation from the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth |
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