Across
- 2. A member of the highest hindu caste
- 6. a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn
- 8. When an animal migrates, it travels to a different place, usually when the season changes
- 11. (in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist tradition) respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others.
- 13. A large area of land that is part of a continent often referring to south Asia
- 14. The spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual
- 15. A system of dividing hindu society into classes, or any of these classes
Down
- 1. The failure of the monsoon would destroy harvests on which a billion people rely
- 3. the incarnation of a deity in human or animal form to counteract an evil in the world.
- 4. think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation.
- 5. A strong castle in or near a city, where people can shelter from danger, especially during a war
- 7. (in Indian religion) the eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order.
- 9. A missionary is a member of a religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education
- 10. (in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.
- 12. Each of a series of hindu sacred treatises written in sanskrit c. 800-200 bc