Hinduism Crossword

1. A ritual of devotional worship involving offerings of flowers, incense, and food to a deity (sociofact)
3. The Hindu festival of lights celebrating the triumph of good over evil (sociofact)
5. The ultimate, unchanging universal reality underlying all existence in Hindu philosophy (mentifact)
6. The oldest and most sacred scriptures of Hinduism, composed in Sanskrit (artifact)
7. The law of cause and effect — one's actions in this life shape future lives (mentifact)
10. A spiritual and physical practice originating in Hinduism, aimed at achieving union with the divine (sociofact)
13. The sacred river in northern India, believed to cleanse sins and central to Hindu pilgrimage (artifact)
14. An earthly incarnation of a deity, especially the god Vishnu (mentifact)
15. The individual soul or self in Hindu philosophy, said to be identical to Brahman (mentifact)

2. The principle of nonviolence toward all living things, central to Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist ethics (mentifact)
4. A Hindu temple used for worship, housing images of deities (artifact)
8. Liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth; the ultimate spiritual goal in Hinduism (mentifact)
9. The endless cycle of death, rebirth, and redeath from which Hindus seek liberation (mentifact)
11. The hereditary social class system historically associated with Hinduism in South Asia (sociofact)
12. The concept of cosmic order and one's religious and moral duty in Hinduism (mentifact)