Across
- 2. Something that aids or promotes well-being
- 5. The Indian word for caste
- 7. The founder of Buddhism
- 10. The earliest known Indian literature, which contains religious chants and stories that were originally passed down from generation to generation and then eventually recorded in Sanskrit
- 11. Ultimate reality, the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul
- 13. The teachings of Siddhartha Gautama into four statements about life
- 17. A religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the 6th century
- 19. The divine law that rules karma
- 20. A method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman
- 21. The change from one belief or form to another
- 22. A person who travels to a shrine or holy place
- 23. Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer were the three chief ___ of Hinduism
- 25. The rebirth of an individual's soul in a different form after death
Down
- 1. A set of ridged categories in ancient India that determined a person's occupation and economic potential, as well as his or her position in society
- 3. The force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life
- 4. Inflexibility set in opinion
- 6. The name given by Aryans in ancient India to a group of people in what was believed to be an ideal social structure of four groups
- 8. To commit by a solemn act
- 9. The major Indian religious system which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans
- 12. The Indian word for wisdom
- 14. A route between the Roman Empire and China
- 15. The eight steps that guide a correct view of life
- 16. The priestly class of ancient India
- 18. Release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma
- 24. People who were viewed as so impure that they were outside the caste system completely