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Deities

100

Ishta-devata

One's preferred deity

200

darshana

"Seeing and being seen by the deity (in the temple) or by a holy teacher"

300

prasada

"A gift from the deity, especially food..."

400

3 main sects of Hinduism

Vishnu—Vaishnavism

Shiva—Shaivism

Devi/Shakti—Shaktism

Cosmology

100

Moksha

"Liberation from the cycle of birth and death" (textbook 108)

200

Samsara

The cycle of birth, death, rebirth, and death

300

The four castes

brahmins: priests

kshatriyas: rulers / warriors

vaishyas: merchants

shudras: laborers

Texts

100

Upanishads

"Philosophical texts in the form of...conversations on the theory of the Vedic ritual and the nature of knowledge." Around 6th c. BCE

200

Vedas

"...the oldest and most highly respected Hindu sacred literature"

*Who is familiar with these?

300

Mahabharata

"A very long epic poem, one section of which is the Bhagavad Gita"

Practice

100

tantra

"An esoteric school outside the Vedic and brahmanical tradition that emerged around the fifth century and centered on a number of controversial ritual practices, some of them sexual"

200

4 aims of life

dharma

kama

artha

moksha

300

main forms of yoga

action

devotion

knowledge

meditation

400

puja

"Ritual household worship of the deity..."