Test Two Retake: Early Hindu Terminology Name: _______________________________ Approaches to God
Monday, September 20, 1999
Matching: Darken the spots on your Scantron© sheet corresponding to the word which best fits the statement. Lettered terms may be used more than once or not at all. (1 point each)
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Artha
Aryans
Atheism
Atman
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Dharma
Dualism
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Ghandi
Henotheism
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Monism
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Vaisyas
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"A way of life and thought."
A group of nomadic peoples from Indo-European stock.
A halucinagenic liquid used in religious rituals.
A Hindu priest.
A race of people who raised cattle.
According to Mahatma Ghandi, God’s most beloved people.
Ancient worshippers of fertility goddesses and nature religons.
Pre-hindu polytheistic race that was also the basis of Greek polytheism.
Release from the cycle of rebirth-redeath.
Sacred writings which forwarded the goal of moksha.
Sacred writings which forwarded the idea of varna.
Sacred writings which were priestly manuals on rituals and theology.
The belief in no god(s).
The belief in only one god.
The belief in the existance of many gods.
The belief that all existance is the blending of two co-equal things, matter and spirit.
The belief that there is only one god.
Philosophical books whose title literally means “sittings near a teacher”.
The caste system.
The cycle of rebirth-redeath.
The empirical self, the self as experienced by others.
The founder of modern India.
The hidden, spiritual principle of individuality; the soul.
The highest caste.
The Hindu idea that we are each one with the Universeal Soul.
The holiest river in the world (located in Northeast India).
The Indo-Europeans who invaded India.
The life-goal of power and success.
The lowest caste.
The magical power of Ultimate Reality to create the illusion that is this world we experience (nature).version a
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Artha Aryans Atheism Atman Brahmá Brahman Brahmanas Brahman- Atman Brahmin Dasas Dharma Dualism Ganges Ghandi Henotheism Indus Jiva Kama Karma Khyber Kshatriyas Maya Moksha Monism Monotheism Prakriti Polytheism Samsara Shudra Soma Untouchables Upanishads Vaisyas Varna Veda |
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The merchant caste. The metaphysical belief that all reality is One and change and diversity are illusions. The name of the pass through which there is land access to India. The part of us which dies and is replaced in each incarnation. The part of us which gets recycled in each incarnation. The people called the "harijans." The peoples who wrote the first scripture of Hinduism. Hindu's oldest scripture, written between 1000 BC and 2000 BC. The permissible life goal of pleasure. The permissible life goal of release or liberation. The permissible life goal of service to others. The river located in the birthplace of Hinduism (Northwest India). The ruler/warrior caste. The rules which govern the cycles of rebirth. The second highest caste. The temporary worshipping of one god as if it were the only god. The third highest caste. The ultimate ground of reality; “being” itself. The world as it is experienced, nature. Those people completely below the caste system. version a |