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  1. 1. devotional worship directed to one supreme deity, usually Vishnu
  2. 7. a member of the worker caste, lowest of the four Hindu castes.
  3. 9. a member of a dominant military caste of northern India.
  4. 10. think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time
  5. 11. a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher.
  6. 12. the nature of reality regarded as a universal truth taught by the Buddha; the teaching of Buddhism.
  7. 13. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution.
  8. 14. the oldest texts of Hinduism.
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  1. 2. a follower of Hinduism.
  2. 3. the supernatural power wielded by gods and demons to produce illusions.
  3. 4. the creator god of the Hindu sacred triad
  4. 5. the spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual.
  5. 6. the god of destruction and regeneration in the Hindu sacred triad.
  6. 7. the metaphysical reality, or the godhead, is considered metaphorically to be a woman.
  7. 8. a spiritual teacher, especially one who imparts initiation.