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- 1. the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
- 5. Sanskrit is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and Mahāyāna Buddhism
- 8. characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
- 9. Road The Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes
- 11. a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation
- 12. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 14. the principle of cosmic order
- 15. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October
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- 2. the principle of nonviolence toward all living things
- 3. 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
- 4. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status
- 6. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
- 7. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
- 10. City A planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception
- 13. an Indian king or prince