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- 4. A large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.
- 6. An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure.
- 7. Translates literally as “desire,” and refers to the need for sensory and emotional happiness.
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- 1. Belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 2. The evolution of vedism.
- 3. Means “liberation,” and relates to people’s spiritual development until their eventual freedom from the cycle of birth and death.
- 5. The religion of the ancient Indo-European-speaking peoples who entered India about 1500 bce from the region of present-day Iran.