India
Across
- 5. structure based on the fixed social class into which a person is born
- 6. the promotion of hygiene and prevention of disease by the removal of sewage and trash
- 8. a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
- 11. collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans (noble ones) of ancient India
- 14. numerals, combining a decimal system with a numeral for zero developed what we now use; 0-9
- 15. Noble Truths, truths according to The Buddha that offer Buddhists a way to understand and overcome suffering
- 17. sacred Buddhist texts made up of the teachings of Buddha
- 18. an ancient religion of India
- 20. a religion based on the teachings and philosophy of Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian spiritual leader
Down
- 1. duty or conduct right living correct actions
- 2. a large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent
- 3. seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year
- 4. Community, an area of land developed for a certain purpose for a group of people
- 7. the art or science of designing and building structures
- 9. the effect of a person's actions in this life and in previous lives
- 10. farming
- 12. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 13. injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses against a disease
- 16. Path, The Buddha taught that this path was open to anyone and it could help their desires and suffering
- 19. liberation from reincarnation