ancient India

4. think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritual purposes, or as a method of relaxation.
6. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
8. (in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor a sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.
9. a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood. (in Hinduism) the ultimate reality underlying all phenomena.
10. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.

1. (of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
2. each of a series of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit c. 800–200 BC, expounding the Vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms.
3. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).
5. the spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual.
7. a strong castle in or near a city, where people can shelter from danger, especially during a war.