Unit 2 - Hinduism

In the Upanishad, Svetaketu’s father says a phrase that means "thou art that" :

• Tat Tvam Asi

• Neti… neti…

• Satchitananda

• Namaste

What is the Sanskrit term that can be translated as ‘pleasure’

• Kama

• Karma

• Artha

• Dharma

The Sanskrit word most often translated as ‘duty’

• Kama

• Karma

• Dharma

• Moksha

The Sanskrit term can be translated as ‘liberation’ or ‘self-realization’

• Samsara

• Atman

• Moksha

• Artha

The Sanskrit term can be translated as ‘true Self’

• Atman

• Kshatriya

• Maya

• Brahman

The elephant-headed god who presides over new beginnings is known as

• Ganesh

• Shiva

• Parvati

• Hanuman

Divinity, understood as completely transcendent and without characteristics, is what kind of Brahman?

• Saguna

• Nirguna

• Neti

• Sanatana

Pantheism is the idea that

• There is no god

• God is a person, distinct and separate from humans

• there are many gods who compete for power

• all that exists in the universe is identical with God

Samsara is a word that refers to _____________ and literally means __________.

• An incarnation of Vishnu, crossing down

• An immature desire, physical pleasure

•    Reincarnation, wandering

• Cessation of desire, extinguishing

Shiva is a god of  ______, with iconography including _____.

• fierce feminine strength, a necklace of demon heads

• Destruction, a trident and a third eye

• Creation, four heads

• Education, a sitar