Hinduism Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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• brahmin : the highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests
• moksha : liberation or release of the individual self, atman, from the bondage of samsara
• kama : pleasure, especially of sensual love, one of the four goals in life
• brahman : eternal essence of reality and the source of the universe
• karma : moral law of cause & effect
• rigveda : a collection of 1,017 sanskrit hymns composed about 1500 bc or oldest-hinduism's oldest sacred text
• monism : doctrine that reality is ultimately made of only one existence.
• avatar : an incarnation, or living embodiment, of a deity , usually of vishnu.
• vaishyu : the third of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of producers, such as farmers, merchants & artisans
• atman : the eternal self, which the upanishads identify with the brahman
• ascetic : one who renounces physical pleasures & worldly attachments.
• upanishads : a collection of over 200 texts composed between 900 & 200 bc that provides a philosophical commentary on the vedas.
• shudra : the lowest of the four classes in the caste system, traditionally made up of farmers & laborers.
• yoga : a system of hindu philosophy and one approach within nana manga- the path of knowledge seeking to free the eternal self from the bondage of personhood, culminating in the experience of samadhi, physical and psychological techniques for spiritual development
• caste system : traditional division of hindu society
• bhakti marga : the path of devotion- the most popular of the three hindu paths to salvation- emphasizing loving devotion to one's chosen god or goddess.
• varnas : classes within the caste system
• hinduism : this is the fourth largest religion in the world.
• dharma : ethical duty based on the divine order of reality, one of the four goals in life
• samsara : the wheel of rebirth or reincarnation
• artha : material success and social prestige- one of the four goals in life