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vision |
the word vedas is related to the english word |
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offerings to nature gods at fire alters |
vedic worship primarily involved |
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flute |
a characteristic symbolic object associated with krishna indicative of the attractive power of the divine is a |
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short chant |
a mantra is a |
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cow |
what animal is treated with special devotion and care by the hidnus |
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Agni |
the vedic god of fire was |
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soma |
the hallucinatory drink used in vedic worship was called |
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about 100 written works that discuss the nature of spiritual reality |
the upanishads are |
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400 BCE – 400 CE |
when was the bhagavad gita written |
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that they cannot really be polluted |
according to narayanan devotees beliefs can work against the cleansing of rivers for some people believe what |
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Mahabharata |
the bhagavad gita is part of a long indian epic poem called |
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Arjuna |
the prince who is counseled by krishna in the bhagavad gita is |
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devotion to a god |
bhakti means |
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Sita |
the god rama is frequently paired with |
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Indra |
the vedic god of storm and ear was |
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Hanuman |
what god-ordinarily shown with the face of a monkey- helped return sita after her abduction to sri lanka |
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ahimsa |
the ideal of causing no harm to anything that can suffer is |
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devotion to deities |
the religious practice of ordinary hindus is primarily |
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karma |
the law of moral cause and effect is called law of |
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dharma and moksha |
according to vasudha narayanan hindu theological doctrines do not necessarily trickle down into ethical injunctions because in many hindu traditions there is a disjunction between |
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caste |
a hindu social class sanctioned by religion is called a |
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meditation |
raja yoga is the yoga of |
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priest |
a brahmin is a |
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Harappa |
a major city of the pre vedic culture of the indus river valley was |
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mantra |
om is a well known example of a |
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religious teacher |
a guru is a |
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one’s social duty |
in hinduism dhaema refers to |
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Brahman |
the absolute or divine reality is known as |
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Indus |
the river that lies northwest of india is |
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tree saplings |
according to vasudha narayanan, the tirumala tirupati temple gives out as prasada what |
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Nepal |
hinduism is the majority religion of |
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moksha |
the goal of ultimate liberation from egotism and from rebirth is called |
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Vishnu |
krishna is considered an incarnation of |
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Ganesha |
the elephant-headed god who is a symbol of abundance is |
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Saraswati |
the goddess of good luck is |
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ancient Sanskrit’s relation to Greek and Latin |
facts lending support to the "Aryan invasion theory" include |
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the rise of Hindu fundamentalism |
Archeological discoveries showing Harappa civilization was not destroyed by outsiders led to |
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karma |
the yoga path that involves striving to do all useful work unselfishly without a desire for reward |
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raja |
the yoga path focused on meditation is |
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hatha |
the yoga path focused on doing various stretching postures and balancing |
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