Topic 8 Crossword Puzzle

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