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- 3. the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion. Believed to have been directly revealed to seers among the early Aryans in India, and preserved by oral tradition, the four chief collections are the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda.
- 9. the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
- 10. A pilgrim's journey
- 11. 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
- 13. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status
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- 1. a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires.
- 2. The complex sacrificial religion that emerged in post-vedic india ( c. 900 BC) under the influence of the domonait priesthood (Brahmans), and early stage in the development of hinduism
- 4. an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived.
- 5. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
- 6. a storehouse for threshed grain.
- 7. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain
- 8. a fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city.
- 10. an area of relatively level high ground.
- 12. a network of pipes, pumping stations, and appurtenances that convey sewage from its points of origin to a point of treatment and disposal