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Hinduism Terms from Text
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- 1AhimsaNon-violence, the avoidance of killing
- 2AtmanThe soul, which resides in the heart, and transmigrates after death.
- 3AvataraIncarnation of a god
- 4Bhagavad GitaHindu scripture, a part of the Mahabharata, extolling the divinity of Krishna as the ultimately real deity.
- 5BhakiDevotion to a divinity, practices as a way of attaining liberation from the world of rebirth. (Part of one of the paths.)
- 6BJP (Bharatiya Janata party)Hindu nationalist party that rose meteorically in the 1990's and gained power in 1998.
- 7BrahmanWorld spirit that incorporates all of the universe.
- 8BrahminA member of the highest caste; the men specialize in ritual performance, theology, etc.
- 9Dharma"Duty" determined by one's caste and gender.
- 10GuruA spiritual teacher, regarded by disciples as semidivine
- 11Kali YugaDark age where human spiritual capacity is diminished.
- 12Karma"Action", the effect of action through a hidden natural causality
- 13Moksha"Release" from samsara, freedom from future rebirth.
- 14PujaA ritual offering to a Hindu deity
- 15PuranasTexts about the histories, theologies, and rituals associated with Hindu deities
- 16Ramakrishna MissionFounded by Vivekananda to further the teachings of Ramakrishna, influential missionary.
- 17RamanujaInfluential theologian who argued that the ultimate reality for humans was saguna Brahman.
- 18RSS (Rashtriya Svayamsevak Sangh)A group since 1923 that has proposed a nativist definition of Hinduism as the devotion to Mother India
- 19SamsaraThe world, subject to karma and death, shared by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains.
- 20ShaiviteDevotee of Shiva
- 21ShankaraHindu philosopher whose monistic interpretation of the Upanishads became the most influential expression of nirguna Brahman doctrine/
- 22TantraEsoteric tradition that relies on the unorthodox practices to lead individuals to nirvana/moksha quickly.
- 23UpanishadsAppendices to the Vedas that record early Hindu speculations on Brahman, atman, and moksha.
- 24VaishnaviteDevotee of Vishnu
- 25VedasThe earliest Hindu hymns, including ritual directions and chanting notations for their use.
- 26Yoga"Union"; union with the divine, ascetic practices, extends to the tantra and bhakti.
- 27Yoga SutrasCodifications of yoga practices, attributed to Patanjali.
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