AP world history South and Southeast Asia vocabulary Flashcards
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| 10464844199 | Caste | The classes of Hindu society, determined by purity and ancestry | 0 | |
| 10464844200 | Varna | A Hindu caste | 1 | |
| 10464844201 | Brahmin | A caste made up of priests and teachers | 2 | |
| 10464844202 | Kshatriya | Military and protesters of society, 2nd caste level | 3 | |
| 10464844203 | Vaishyads | Merchants and farmers, 3rd level caste | 4 | |
| 10464844204 | Shudras | Workers, 4th level caste | 5 | |
| 10464844205 | Outcaste | A person who has no caste | 6 | |
| 10464844206 | Jati | The subgroup of a caste | 7 | |
| 10464844207 | Karma | The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life. | 8 | |
| 10464844208 | Moksha | the transcendent state attained as a result of being released from the cycle of rebirth. | 9 | |
| 10464844209 | Dharma | the principle of cosmic order, or living righteously | 10 | |
| 10464844210 | Samsara | The cycle of life and rebirth to which the material world is bound | 11 | |
| 10464844211 | Sanskrit Scriptures | Manuscripts related to the traditions of Hinduism, includes vedas and upahishads | 12 | |
| 10464844212 | Mahabharata | The narrative if the kuruksetra war and two princes fate | 13 | |
| 10464844213 | Ramayana | The story of a prince rescuing his wife from a demon | 14 | |
| 10464844214 | Vedas | Oldest Hindu scriptures, philosophies, hymns, and guidance | 15 | |
| 10464844215 | Upanishads | Part of the vedas, central philosophical texts and ideas | 16 | |
| 10464844216 | Brahman | the ultimate reality underlying all phenomena | 17 | |
| 10464844217 | Atman | the individual soul | 18 | |
| 10464844218 | Laws of Manu | Ancient legal text of Hindu, one of the first texts translated | 19 | |
| 10464844219 | Wandering ascetics | A lifestyle of frugality and abstinence to achieve spiritual goals. | 20 | |
| 10464844220 | Bhagavad Gita | a 700-verse Hindu scripture, part of an epic | 21 | |
| 10464844221 | Bhakti | Worship directed to a supreme deity (Vishnu or shiva) | 22 | |
| 10464844222 | Pantheon | All the gods of a religion | 23 | |
| 10464844223 | Mahavira | Revisor of some ancient philosophies | 24 |
