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4896295206EmergeTo manifest, to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition.0
4896295207VarnasThe name given by Aryans in ancient India to a group of people in what is believed to be an ideal social structure of four groups.1
4896297735Caste SystemA set of rigid categories in ancient India that determined a person's occupation and economic potential, as well as his or her position in society, based partly on skin color.2
4896297736HinduismThe major Indian religious system, which had its origins in the Aryans who settled in India after 1500 B.C.3
4896299930YogaA method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman.4
4896299931ReincarnationThe rebirth of an individual's soul in a different form after death.5
4896301750ProcessProgress, advance; a series of actions or operations leading to an end.6
4896301751KarmaIn Hinduism, the force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life.7
4896304001DharmaIn Hinduism, the divine law that rules karma; it requires all people to do their duty based on their status in society.8
4896411688BuddhismA religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the sixteenth century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, or "Enlightened One".9
4896457736DevoteTo commit by solemn act.10
4896463837NirvanaIn Buddhism, ultimate reality, the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul.11
4896471510RigidInflexibly set in opinion.12
4896479066ConversionThe change from one belief or form to another.13
4896482041WelfareSomething that aids or promotes well-being.14
4896488773Silk RoadA route between the Roman Empire and China, so called because silk was China's most valuable product.15
4896497437PilgrimA person who travels to a shrine or other holy place.16
4896504661VedasThe earliest known Indian literature, which contain religious chants and stories that were originally passed down orally from generation to generation and then recorded in Sanskrit after writing developed.17

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