Ancient india
Across
- 1. the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
- 7. the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
- 8. a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.
- 9. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
- 10. each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.
Down
- 2. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain
- 3. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.
- 4. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
- 5. an area of relatively level high ground.
- 6. a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor 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.