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