WG- Topic 8- Vocab- Crossword

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Across
  1. 7. in Hinduism, liberation from reincarnation
  2. 13. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing or person is descended from
  3. 14. unfair treatment
  4. 16. in Buddhism, a being that has gained enlightenment and, out of compassion tries to help others
  5. 19. to thrive
  6. 20. a willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
  7. 21. fixed social class into which a person is born
  8. 25. to make up for
  9. 26. something unreal or misleading
  10. 28. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
  11. 29. to eliminate
  12. 33. the physical features of an area
  13. 34. in Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
  14. 37. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
  15. 38. an area of north India that is home to many sikhs
  16. 39. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  17. 41. something that provides information about something unknown
  18. 42. the business practice of sending many computer-related tasks to workers outside the company
  19. 43. result
  20. 44. to slow or block the movement of something
Down
  1. 1. seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia
  2. 2. membership in a community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  3. 3. a system in which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
  4. 4. peaceful protest against laws considered unjust
  5. 5. the belief that one should not hurt any living thing
  6. 6. few and scattered
  7. 8. religious community
  8. 9. superior by a large margin
  9. 10. thinker or teacher
  10. 11. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion
  11. 12. according to moral law
  12. 15. member of the lowest Indian caste grouping made up of people who did jobs no one else wanted to
  13. 17. in Buddhism, a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
  14. 18. to split or divide
  15. 21. relating to the whole universe
  16. 22. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self- denial
  17. 23. a group of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
  18. 24. a collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India
  19. 25. focused on or gathered in
  20. 27. in Hinduism, one supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or god
  21. 30. to strain through overuse
  22. 31. the position of a country not allying itself with either of the superpowers during the cold war
  23. 32. in Hinduism, a person's duty or what is right for him or her
  24. 35. the unfair treatment of people based on gender
  25. 36. in Hinduism, the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
  26. 40. making small loans to people who start their own businesses