Chapter 3-Hinduism

The word that means "liberation" is

moksha

The word Vedas is related to the English word vision.

true

Vedic worship primarily involved silent meditation.

false

A characteristic symbol object associated with Krishna, indicative of the attractive power of the divine, is a

flute

A mantra is a

short chant

The elephant is treated with special devotion and care by Hindus.

false

The term for the divine nature of each person is

atman

Agni is the Vedic god of fire.

true

The hallucinatory drink used in Vedic worship was called

soma

The oldest and most important of the Veda is the Atharva Veda.

false

The Upanishads are

about 100 written works that discuss the nature of spiritual reality

When was the Bhagavad Gita written?

400 BCE – 400 CE

The Bhagavad Gita is part of a long Indian epic poem called the Purana.

false

Arjuna is the prince who is counseled by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.

true

The term maya may be translated as

illusion

Bhakti means freedom from suffering.

false

The god Rama is frequently paired with

sita

The Vedic god of storm and war was

Indra

God, Hanuman – ordinarily shown with the face of a monkey – helped return Sita after her abduction to Sri Lanka.

true

The ideal of causing no harm to anything that can suffer is ahimsa.

true

The modern Indian who used nonviolent means to help lead India to independence in 1947 was

Mohandas Gandhi

The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is primarily

devotion to deities

The law of moral cause-and-effect is called the law of moksha.

false

A Hindu social class, sanctioned by religion, is called a

caste

Raja yoga is the yoga of

meditation

A brahmin is a

priest

This god is associated with destruction and rebirth.

shiva

A major city of the pre-Vedic culture of the Indus River Valley was Harappa

true

Om is a well-known example of a jiva.

false

What deity is often shown with dark blue skin?

Krishna

A guru is a

religious teacher

An important symbol of Shiva is the lingam.

true

In Hinduism, dharma refers to one’s social duty.

true

The absolute or divine reality is known as Brahman.

true

A sannyasin is a

wandering holy man

The river that lies northwest of India is

Indus

Hinduism is the majority religion of Nepal.

true

The goal of ultimate liberation from egotism and from rebirth is called moksha.

true

Puja is

devotional ritual

Krishna is considered an incarnation of

Vishnu

Krishna is often portrayed holding a

flute

The elephant-headed god who is a symbol of abundance is Ganesha.

true

The goddess of good luck is

Saraswati

Transcendentalism is the name for a type of Hindu metal sculpture design that specializes in statues of Shiva.

false

Facts lending support to the "Aryan invasion theory" include ancient Sanskrit’s relation to Greek and Latin.

true

Critics of the "Aryan invasion theory" and "Aryan migration theory" often maintain that these are

a continued relic of western cultural imperialism

Archeological discoveries showing Harappa civilization was not destroyed by outsiders led to the development of the "Aryan migration theory."

true

The yoga path that involves striving to do all useful work unselfishly without a desire for reward is

karma

The yoga path focused on meditation is karma.

false

The yoga path focused on doing various stretching postures and balancing is bhakti.

false