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Hindu Worship
Hindu Gods
Vocabulary
Buddha
Buddhist Worship
100
This is the name of Hindu worship.
What is Puja?
100
This god is the king of the birds.
What is Garuda?
100
In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding.
What is reincarnation?
100
Buddha's real name or the name he had before he became Buddha
What is Siddartha Gautama?
100
The place where Buddhists go to worship.
What is a temple?
200
The majority of Hindu homes have these where offerings are made and prayers are said.
What is a shrine?
200
The physician or doctor of the gods.
What is Dhanwantari?
200
In Hinduism and Buddhism, the totality of the good and bad deeds performed by a person is believed to determine their fate.
What is karma?
200
"Enlightened one" (free from ignorance and misunderstanding)
What is the meaning of "Buddha"?
200
Every Buddhist temple contains one of these.
What is a statue of Buddha?
300
At a Hindu temple, different parts of the building have these.
What is a different spiritual or symbolic meaning?
300
The king of the Hindu gods.
What is Indra?
300
A religion founded in India whose members believe that everything has a soul and shouldn't be harmed.
What is Jainism?
300
These are very optimistic and they state that anyone can control their own life.
What is Buddha's Teachings?
300
Wheels with mantras on them that are repeated each time they're spun.
What is prayer wheels.
400
The three Hindu religious rites.
What is Nitya, Naimittika, and Kamya?
400
The Hindu god of food and cooking.
What is Annapurna?
400
In Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe.
What is enlightenment?
400
Where Buddha first preached his teachings, also known as India's holy city.
What is Benares?
400
This is a word or phrase repeated over and over again and is thought to have spiritual effect on a person.
What is a mantra?
500
This is the holiest river for Hindus.
What is the Ganges River?
500
This god is the fifth incarnation of Vishnu.
What is Vamana?
500
In Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment.
What is nirvana?
500
Kapilavastu, India
What is Buddha's Birthplace?
500
Physical prayer devices like prayer wheels are common in this type of Buddhism.
What is Tibetan Buddhism?