India Vocabulary

a large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent

• Subcontinent

• Monsoon

• Caste System

• Gurus

seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year

• Subcontinent

• Monsoon

• Caste System

• Gurus

Fixed social class into which a person is born and must remain there.

• Subcontinent

• Monsoon

• Caste System

• Gurus

Hindu teachers; experts about religious ideas and life

• Subcontinent

• Monsoon

• Caste System

• Gurus

State of perfect wisdom; state of achieving knowledge or understating.

• Enlightenment

• Gurus

• Astronomy

• Dharma

Study of the universe

• Elightenment

• Astronomy

• Dharma

• Karma

Religious or moral duty or obligation of an individual

• Enlightenment

• Astronomy

• Dharma

• Karma

in Hinduism, the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives

• Enlightenment

• Astronomy

• Dharma

• Karma

Liberation (release) from reincarnation and becoming one with their god Brahman.

• Moskha

• Nirvana

• Theravada Buddhism

• Mahayna Buddhism

A state of perfect peace

• Nirvana

• Theravada Buddhism

• Mahayana Buddhism

• Moskha