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1. A spiritual discipline in which a devotee repeats a mantra or the name of God.
6. The effect a person's actions have on their soul in this life and their next life.
7. Is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.
8. Is known as the Destroyer. The other two gods are Brahma and Vishnu.
11. A branch of Hindu philosophy founded by Shankara.
12. Is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide.
14. A social order that has determined one's place in ancient Indian society.
15. Movement regionally developed as Hindu denominations around different gods and goddesses, such as Vaishnavism.

2. Is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent".
3. Achieved when one is released from the cycle of rebirth.
4. A Hindu practice that has gone mainstream around the world.
5. A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas. Kshatriya.
9. who appears as a main character in the Bhagavad-Gita; maya.
10. The decent of a deity to Earth. In Hindu this is thought to relate to the ten avatars of Vishnu. For example, Rama and Krishna.
13. Includes the religious duties, moral rights and duties of each individual, as well as behaviors that enable social order.