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Rajas

is the name for a monarch — a king or a princely ruler — in historic India

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Sanskrit

 an ancient Indo-Aryan language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism.

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Vedas

The ancient sacred texts of Hinduism are called the Veda, which means “knowledge.”

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Varnas

In Hinduism, society is traditionally divided into four classes or castes, called varnas

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Hinduism

A Hindu views the entire universe as God's and everything in the universe as God.

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Caste System

It is a social hierarchy passed down through families, and it can dictate the professions a person can work in as well as aspects of their social lives, including whom they can marry.

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Dharma

The dharma means duties or responsibilities that may be. To respect elders and give to youngers do whatever they say.

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Moksha

Moksha is the ultimate goal within Hinduism, to leave this cycle of rebirth (samsara) and become one with the god Brahma.

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Untouchables

The "outcasts", not in the caste system, kicked out.

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Reincarnation

Die and born again in a new body

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Karma

do your dharma to get good karma to eventually pass on

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Buddhism

 The path to enlightenment is attained by fallowing the eight fold path and avoiding suffering

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Fasting

Give up things to focus on spirituality

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Meditation

a practice of mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity to train attention and awareness

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Nirvana

the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person's individual desires and suffering go away