Hinduism flashcards
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supersupergirl360 on February 2, 2011
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Hinduism (in a nutshell)
crazy people who believed in more than one god, reincarnation, and thought that all life was suffering.
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Brahma | the first god, known for creating the world, not worshiped as a personal god |
| Vishnu | kindly god, preserver of the universe, keeps good prevailing (where the idea for avatar the last air-bender) |
| Shiva | the creator-destroyer, keeps balance on earth |
| atman | the divine essence in each living thing (gods are in everything) |
| reincarnation | the belief that when you die, you are reborn into another living thing |
| The Brahmans (1st caste) | the highest of all castes, must follow strictest rules and cannot function without other castes |
| The Kshatriyas (2nd caste) | warriors and protectors, must follow most of the same rules as Brahmans |
| The Vaishyas (3rd caste) | farmers and traders, lend money to keep enterprises going |
| The Sudras (4th caste) | preformed tasks which involved pollution (like agricultural work, leather making, and disposing of garbage) |
| untouchables (harijans) | people who broke the rules and had intermerrages; they and their children were outcasts because they were thought to ruin purity |
| jati | the 1000 subcastes that preform specialty jobs. they still have to follow the dhama of their caste |
| karma | action that can corrupt spiritual quality |
| dhama | the law or rules the varna have to follow |
| jatis | the many subdivisions of the castes |
| Hinduism | Hinduism great!! |
| yeyyyyy!!! | hoorayyyy!! i'm done with studying!!! |
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