Lesson 15 Vocab

a class, or group, in Hindu society

• Caste

• Dharma

• Divine

• Hinduism

a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life

• Divine

• Dharma

• Hinduism

• Jati

heavenly or god-like

• Hinduism

• Jati

• Divine

• Karma

a religion that developed in India over many centuries; it traces its roots to older traditions, such as Vedic beliefs and Brahmanism

• Jati

• Karma

• Monism

• Hinduism

a social group that does a particular job and that a person is born into. There are thousands of them

• Karma

• Monism

• Pilgrimage

• Jati

a concept found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions about how the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one’s soul in the next life

(good actions = good life; bad actions = bad life)

• Monoism

• Pilgrimage

• Karma

• Reincarnation

the idea that all existing things in reality come from one original source

• Pilgrimage

• Monism

• Reincarnation

• Sanskrit

a journey to a holy place

• Reincarnation

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Pilgrimage

the belief that a person’s soul is reborn into a new body after death

• Reincarnation

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Vedas

an ancient Indian language

• Sanskrit

• Varnas

• Vedas

• Caste