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- 4. age a period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievement
- 6. a food or medicine that helps the body get rid of waste
- 7. in Buddhism, ultimate reality; the end of the self and a merging into emptiness
- 9. in Hinduism, the divine law that rules karma; it requires all people to do their duty based on their status in social
- 14. periods of a thousand years (plural of millennium)
- 15. Road a route between the Roman Empire and China, so called because silk was China’s most valuable product
- 16. the language and later writing system of ancient Indian societies
- 19. made up of several ethnic groups
- 20. the rebirth of an individual’s soul in a different form after death
- 23. system a set of rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person’s occupation and economic potential,as well as his or her position in society
- 26. the name given by ancient Indians to a group of people in what was believed to be an ideal social structure of four groups
- 27. said or mentioned before
- 28. in Hinduism, the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life
- 32. a method of training developed by the Hindus (though not an exclusively Hindu practice) that is intended to lead to oneness with Brahman
- 33. a person who travels to a shrine or other holy place
- 34. people who leave their home and move somewhere else
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- 1. bringing something to mind
- 2. a religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the sixth century B.C.E. by Siddhārtha Gautama, known as the Buddha, or “Enlightened One”
- 3. related to metaphysics; the philosophical exploration of complex yet fundamental concepts, such as being, identity, time, and space
- 5. ceremonial worship
- 8. able to speak in and use several languages
- 10. an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed from one generation to another
- 11. mainly,mostly formalized given official status or approval
- 12. boats or ships
- 13. faiths term for one of the two major types of religions in the world; dharmic faiths focus on the concept of dharma, or law, duty, and ethics
- 17. harsh and unpleasant; difficult to pass through or to live in
- 18. a seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cooler, drier air from the northeast during the winter
- 21. a highly valued perfume
- 22. a person sent out to carry a religious message
- 24. people who travel by sea; sailors
- 25. a diplomatic mission sent by one ruler to another ruler
- 29. the major Indian religious system, which may have had its origins in the religious beliefs of the people who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.
- 30. richly decorated silk fabrics with raised patterns
- 31. fine and sheer that you can through it