Across
- 2. peaceful protests against laws considered unjust
- 4. adj., superior by a large margin
- 7. a person's duty or what is right for him or her
- 12. v., to eliminate
- 13. an area of what is now northern pakistan and India
- 14. liberation from reincarnation
- 15. a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
- 17. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
- 18. religious communities
- 19. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
- 21. unfair treatment
- 22. n., something unreal or misleading
- 23. the practice of hiring outside firms or workers to perform specific tasks for a company
- 26. consciousness, spiritual force or god
- 27. groups of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
- 28. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
- 31. fixed social class into which a person is born
- 33. split
- 34. which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
- 36. the physical features of an area
- 39. n., result
- 40. v., to make up for
- 41. the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
- 42. the belief-shared by the religions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
- 43. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing develops from
Down
- 1. seasonal winds and weather patterns
- 3. v., to thrive
- 5. v., to slow or block the movement of something
- 6. people in this caste had to do jobs that no one else wanted
- 8. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 9. a membership in a state or community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
- 10. making small loans to people with their own small businesses
- 11. adj., few and scattered
- 16. adj., according to moral law
- 20. the willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
- 24. the unfair treatment of people based on their gender
- 25. thinkers and teachers
- 29. adj., focused on or gathered in
- 30. a policy of not allying with either of the superpowers
- 32. being who have gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, try to help others
- 35. a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
- 37. people who seek to spread their religion
- 38. v., to strain through overuse
- 39. adj., relating to the whole universe
