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Flashcards by GageLegere18, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Himalaya | The tallest mountains in the world. |
| Monsoon | Is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation,[1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea |
| Harappa | Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km west of Sahiwal |
| Aryans | The source of the English word Aryan comes from the Sanskrit word ārya, which is the self-designation used by the Vedic Indic people who migrated into the Indian subcontinent about 1500 BCE. The Sanskrit term has a cognate in the Iranian word arya, which is also a self-designation. |
| Sanskrit | Is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India. |
| Varnas | Is a Sanskrit word which means colour or class. Ancient Hindu literature classified all humankind, and all created beings, in principle into four varnas: |
| Caste System | In India is a system of social stratification which has pre-modern origins, was transformed by the British Raj, and is today the basis of reservation in India. |
| Hinduism | is the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal. It also exists among significant populations outside of the sub continent and has over 900 million adherents worldwide |
| Yoga | is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline which originated in India. |
| Reincarnation | Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, can begin a new life in a new body. |
| Karma | In Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences. |
| Dharma | is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism |
| Buddhism | that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one"). |
| Siddhartha | Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha |
| Nirvana | Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987 |
| Noble Truth | The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left unexplained. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering |
| Eightfold Path | is one of the principal teachings of Śrāvakayāna. It is used to develop insight into the true nature of phenomena (or reality) and to eradicate greed, hatred, and delusion. |
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