AP world history South and Southeast Asia vocabulary Flashcards

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