World Unit 5 Vocab

Social class within a hierarchical traditional Hindu society.

• Varnas

• Vedas

• Yoga

• Karma

Concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.

• Karma

• Reincarnation

• Dharma

• Nirvana

Broad range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions that are unified by the concept of dharma

• Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Caste System

The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras.

• Hinduism

• Caste System

• Varnas

• Vedas

Work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.

• Karma

• Reincarnation

• Vedas

• Nirvana

Group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines

• Pilgrim

• Nirvana

• Dharma

• Yoga

Law or principle which governs the universe.

• Dharma

• Nirvana

• Yoga

• Vedas

Transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma

• Nirvana

• Dharma

• Enlightenment

• Varnas

Religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Karma

• Yoga

Large body of religious texts originating in ancient India

• Dharma

• karma

• Vedas

• Nirvana