Religious Figures and Sacred Texts Key Terms 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesHinduismA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: QueenOfPeace2001Created on: 14-06-19 08:48 Harrapa the first city in the Indus Valley to be discovered 1 of 40 Aryans invaders/migrants with a Vedic religion who entered Northern India around 1500 BCE 2 of 40 Hindu people living beyond the Indus river 3 of 40 Vedic religion associated with the Vedas, the earliest Hindu text 4 of 40 Drayus a term used by the Aryans to describe the native people of India 5 of 40 Indra early Vedic thunder God 6 of 40 Upanishads scriptures towards the end of the Vedas with philosophical spectulation 7 of 40 Varna literally means 'colour' but refers to the four classes in Hinduism 8 of 40 Varuna a Vedic deva (god) believed to have created the universe 9 of 40 Yajna fire sacrifice in Vedic religion 10 of 40 Mohenjo-Daro an ancient Indus civilisation city in Pakistan 11 of 40 Purusha Sukta sacrifice of primal man with which the gods created the universe 12 of 40 Rig Veda book in the Vedas of mantras and hymns for yajnas 13 of 40 Arjuna a Pandava and hero of the Mahabharata 14 of 40 Bhagavad Gita one of the most popular Hindu texts in the Mahabharata 15 of 40 Mahabharata war epic 16 of 40 Pandavas heroes of the Mahabharata 17 of 40 Varnadharma the duty a person has according to the varna 18 of 40 Dharma individual duty 19 of 40 Samkhya philosophical school teaching the manifestations of Brahman 20 of 40 Prakriti empirical universe, composed of three gunas 21 of 40 Purusha spiritual self 22 of 40 Gunas three strands of Prakriti 23 of 40 Sattva purity 24 of 40 Rajas passion 25 of 40 Tamas inertia 26 of 40 Patanjali composer of the yoga sutras 27 of 40 Jnana yoga the path of knowledge 28 of 40 Karma yoga the path of action 29 of 40 Bhakti yoga the path of devotion 30 of 40 Maya illusion, the physical world and anything separating you from thinking you are Brahman 31 of 40 Shruti that which is heard, divinely inspired Hindu texts, e.g. Vedas 32 of 40 Smriti that which is remembered, important texts, e.g. Bhagavad Gita 33 of 40 Sama Veda Veda of melodies 34 of 40 Artharva Veda Veda of incantations 35 of 40 Yajur Veda Veda of rituals 36 of 40 Kauravas descendants of Kuru 37 of 40 Kurukshetra battle between Kauravas and Pandavas 38 of 40 Artha aim to gain wealth 39 of 40 Kama aim to have sensual enjoyment 40 of 40
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