Hinduism Review

1. A method of training designed to lead to integration or union.
5. A sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.
6. Enlightenment, liberation, release.
9. The country with the largest population of practicing Hindus.
13. A social structure in which classes are determined by heredity.
14. A prayer ritual of devotional worship to one or more deities, or to host and honor a guest, or one to spiritually celebrate an event.
16. The eternal divine in everything.

2. The eternal soul.
3. Do your duty!
4. AKA The Auspicious One or the Creator, Maintainer and Destroyer. One of the principal deities of Hinduism.
7. The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
8. A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion.
10. The lowest of the five castes. Hated. Usually work in places like crematoriums. No one is supposed to touch them.
11. The cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.
12. The most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests.
15. A member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.