Across
- 1. religious community
- 4. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 7. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing or person is descended from
- 11. a group of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
- 12. unfair treatment
- 13. fixed social class into which a person is born
- 14. in Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
- 15. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
- 16. seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia
- 18. focused on or gathered in
- 23. the unfair treatment of people based on gender
- 24. a willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
- 27. in Buddhism, a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
- 29. something that provides information about something unknown
- 31. in Hinduism, a person’s duty or what is right for him or her
- 32. in Buddhism, a being who has gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, tries to help others
- 33. relating to the whole universe
- 36. to slow or block the movement of something
- 37. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion
- 39. thinker or teacher
- 41. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
- 42. the physical features of an area
- 43. a system in which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
- 45. something unreal or misleading
Down
- 2. the belief that one should not hurt any living thing
- 3. to split or divide
- 4. according to moral law
- 5. peaceful protest against laws considered unjust
- 6. in Hinduism, one supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God
- 8. membership in a community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
- 9. in Hinduism, the effect of a person’s actions in this and in previous lives
- 10. to eliminate
- 17. to strain through overuse
- 19. result
- 20. making small loans to people who start their own businesses
- 21. the position of a country not allying itself with either of the superpowers during the Cold War
- 22. an area of north India that is home to many Sikhs
- 25. superior by a large margin
- 26. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
- 28. a collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India
- 30. the business practice of sending many computer-related tasks to workers outside the company
- 34. to make up for
- 35. in Hinduism, liberation from reincarnation
- 38. few and scattered
- 40. to thrive
- 44. member of the lowest Indian caste grouping made up of people who did jobs no one else wanted to do