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inda vocab
Term | Definition |
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Subconinet | A large land mass that is smaller than an coninet |
Sansskrit | The most important of ancient India |
Hinduism | The largest relgion in India today |
Caste System | Groups based on persons birth, ocupation wealth or power. |
Vedas | Sacred texts or comped in sankrit |
Reincartion | Process of reborn souls are born and reborn many times. |
Karma | Effects of good or bad have on a persons or soul |
Ahimsa | Refraining from causing pain to any living creature. The practice of non vilonce. |
Buddhism | A relgionbased on the teaching of buddha |
Four Nobles truth | Four princlpes at the heart of Buddhas teachings |
Nirvana | A state of perfect peace |
Mauryan Empire | An empire in Northen and central India that ruled for about 150 years |
Gupta Dysnaty | A time when the Arts and goverment strenghted and people flourished |
Gurus | Left their homes to live in the forest , to think and teach others about reliogons ideas. Forerunners to hindu teachings. |
Monsooons | Seasonals winds that bring rain the Indian Subconiet during the parts of the year |
Dharma | A persons duty or what is right for him or her. Includes duties that come with ones age or one's age or postion life. |
Moksha | Liberation of ones from recration. |
Typhoons | A troipcal strom in the region of the indian or western Pacfic oceans. |