History exam: Hinduism
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8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Brahman | Hindu spiritual power that lives in everything |
| Moksha | union with the brahman |
| atman | each person's essential self |
| Karma | actions in a person's life that determines their fate for the next |
| Dharma | religious and moral duties of an individual |
| Ahisma | moral of nonviolence |
| reincarnation | rebirth of the soul in another bodily form |
| caste system | hindu classification of social groups, defined by birth and determining job, marriages, etc |
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