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The indigenous term for the religion of India is:
Sanatana Dharma
Lingam
Omphalos
Karma -
Sanatana Dharma
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Figurines or "Lingams" were usually assoc. with what representation in early vedic culture?
Indus River
fertility symbols
fire sacrafices
Vishnu - fertility symbols
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Which one of the following cultues was indigenous to ancient India?
Buddhists
Chrisitians
Bengalese
Harappans - Harappans
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Historians believe that highly organized farming cultures along Indus wore overrun by invaders from Europe called the:
Hindus
Aryans
Gurus
Mongolians - Aryans
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In ancient Vedic worship, one of the most important rituals was the :
sacred thread
fire sacrafice
marriange ceremony - fire sacrifice
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Brahmins, Vaishyas, kshayriyas, shudra, and the untouchables are ex. of the Indian:
hierarchy
priestly caste
caste system
government - caste system
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The belief that one's "atman" leaves the dead body and enters a new one is called:
devapuja
atman
reincarnation
ensoulment - reincarnation
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The revealed scripture, the "body of knowledge," of Hinduism is known as the
vedas
laws of manu
upishads
puranas - vedas
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What famous Indian epic story tells of the adventures of Krishna and Arjuna?
Bhagavad-Gita
Brahmans
Upanishads - Bhagavad-Gita
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The ancient Indian discipline that is used by ascetics to clear the mind and control the body is called:
sanatana
yoga
karma
atman - yoga
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Karma yoga is concerned with:
mind over matter
action in the world
sound
body posture - action in the world
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The Hindu god known as Loed of the Dance who tramples eveil and is often assoc. with destruction is:
vishnu
kapila
angi
siva - Siva
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the term maya may be translated as:
liberation
nonharm
bliss
illusion - illusion
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What is the Hindu term that means action and also the consequences of action?
dharma
sanatana
karma
moksha - karma
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The Hindu term for god the creator is called:
vishnu
siva
Brhamin
guru - brahmin
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The term atman basically relates to:
the world around us
self within us
reincarnation
the diety brahmin - self within us
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What is the name for a Hindu spiritual teacher?
ashram
rishis
guru
Bhakti - guru
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Juana yoga is primarily concerned w/:
relaxation
wisdom
action
posture - way of wisdom
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The last stage of life in Hinduism is called:
prasad (food)
sannyasin
sati
atman - sannyasin
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Saiuites worship the divine as:
Brahmin
siva
vishnu
dhrama - siva
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The Hindu diety assoc. with preservation is called:
Brahmin
Raja
Vishnu
Siva - Vishnu
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Raja yoga is concerned with:
sustained physical postures/meditation
action
sleep - sustained physical postures/meditation
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Hiduism is tolerant of all religions
T or F - true
- Mantra is a
- short chant/sound
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What river is seen as Holy in Hinduism?
Nile
Indus
Ganges - ganges
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What colonial power ruled India and shaped its laws?
US
England
China
Spain - England
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Modern Hinduism is influenced by:
Buddhism, Chrisitanity, Islam,
all of the above - all of them
- Mahatma Gandhi led India to independence from British rule through the policy of:
- non-violence
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Reincarnation is believed by Hindus as a form of:
defeat
new form of life
yoga - new form of life
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The Bhagauad Gita is part of a long Indian Epic poem called
purana
Mahabharata
Illiad
Gita Govinda - Mahabharata