Across
- 3. Middle of the caste system; landlords, farm owners, merchants, and buisnessmen
- 5. gita Section of the Mahabharata; lecture by the god Krisha before a major battle
- 6. Spirital teacher
- 9. Out of the caste system; discrimated against and not respected
- 10. Hindu god-destroyer
- 12. Top of the caste system; priests and educated
- 14. system Very rigid class ranking; doesnt't allow for upward movement in one's life
- 16. Sacred texts recorded there
- 17. First writing system
- 19. Deeds or action doen by a peron in lief; determines the class they are born into
- 20. Law of karm; directs people to do their jobs based on their class
Down
- 1. Rebirth of the soul into another form
- 2. Hindu god-preserver
- 4. Extended period of thought or concentration
- 7. Ultimate goal; ends the cycle of death and rebirth
- 8. Second to the top of the caste system; rulers, warriors, and arisocrats
- 11. Bottom of the caste system; degrading jobs
- 13. Second to the bottom of the caste system; peasants laborers, and working class of non-polluting jobs
- 15. Hindu god-creator
- 18. Essential self or soul that passes through one body to the next
