The Topic 8 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. peaceful protests against laws considered unjust
  2. 4. adj., superior by a large margin
  3. 7. a person's duty or what is right for him or her
  4. 12. v., to eliminate
  5. 13. an area of what is now northern pakistan and India
  6. 14. liberation from reincarnation
  7. 15. a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
  8. 17. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
  9. 18. religious communities
  10. 19. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
  11. 21. unfair treatment
  12. 22. n., something unreal or misleading
  13. 23. the practice of hiring outside firms or workers to perform specific tasks for a company
  14. 26. consciousness, spiritual force or god
  15. 27. groups of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
  16. 28. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
  17. 31. fixed social class into which a person is born
  18. 33. split
  19. 34. which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
  20. 36. the physical features of an area
  21. 39. n., result
  22. 40. v., to make up for
  23. 41. the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
  24. 42. the belief-shared by the religions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
  25. 43. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing develops from
Down
  1. 1. seasonal winds and weather patterns
  2. 3. v., to thrive
  3. 5. v., to slow or block the movement of something
  4. 6. people in this caste had to do jobs that no one else wanted
  5. 8. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  6. 9. a membership in a state or community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  7. 10. making small loans to people with their own small businesses
  8. 11. adj., few and scattered
  9. 16. adj., according to moral law
  10. 20. the willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
  11. 24. the unfair treatment of people based on their gender
  12. 25. thinkers and teachers
  13. 29. adj., focused on or gathered in
  14. 30. a policy of not allying with either of the superpowers
  15. 32. being who have gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, try to help others
  16. 35. a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
  17. 37. people who seek to spread their religion
  18. 38. v., to strain through overuse
  19. 39. adj., relating to the whole universe