Origins of Hinduism
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Gods and Goddesses
Spread of Hinduism
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the religion of the peoples of India
What is Hinduism?
100
Thinkers and teachers who spent their days talking and thinking about religious ideas
What are gurus?
100
The soul, or inner self... Hinduism says that every person is born with one.
What is atman?
100
The wife of Shiva and the mother of the elephant-headed god
Who is Parvati?
100
Someone who travels to a shrine or sacred place
What is a pilgrim?
200
A Vedic age religion that is ruled by priests and rituals
What is Brahmanism?
200
The one supreme God who constantly rules the world
Who is Brahman?
200
A long story of heroes and history told in verse
What is an epic poem?
200
The one supreme God
Who is Brahman?
200
A place of worship that is often dedicated to a sacred object or person
What is a shrine?
300
Sacred, holy, Hindu scriptures, which means, "sitting down near a teacher."
What are the Upanishads?
300
The rebirth of a soul into a new body
What is reincarnation?
300
Living an ethical, moral life
What is dharma?
300
He is the one who tells the warrior Arjuna that he cannot kill what never dies - a person's soul.
Who is Krishna?
300
A smaller religious group that has broken away from a larger established religion
What is a sect?
400
This may be the world's longest poem, with 100,000 stanzas or verses
What is the Mahabharata?
400
The sum of a person's actions and consequences, words, and thoughts.
What is Karma?
400
Release from life, when a person's soul is united with God
What is moksha?
400
The elephant-headed god
Who is Ganesh?
400
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock to the banks of this river to bathe in its sacred waters.
What is the Ganges River?
500
The best loved section of the Mahabharata. It means, "Song of the Lord."
What is the Bhagavad-Gita?
500
The three paths to God
What are the Way of Knowledge, the Way of Works, and th Way of Devotion?
500
The Four Goals of Life
What are Pleasure, Success, Dharma, and Moksha?
500
The god of fire
Who is Agni?
500
A group of people who share a distinctive culture and a sense of identity
What is an ethnic group?
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