The Persians and the __________ played a role in the names India and Hindu.

Hindus have ____ core beliefs.

The core belief of an immortal, individual soul is known as ______.

The earliest sacred Hindu texts are the ________.

The Puranas were written around __________

The Hindu writings of philosophy (How to live and deal with challenges) are the _______.

The Vedas are made up of _____ books.

If I want to find a curse or a spell to cast, I would read the _________ Veda.

If I want to find Hindu songs/music of praise to the gods, I will read the ______ Veda.

Hindus believe in one, universal reality or supreme existence. Much like a vast ocean of everything, known as

Hindus believe in 4 life goals: Dharma, Kama, Artha, and ______.

One core belief is that a person is to live their purpose or true self, known as _______.

For Hindus, _____ temptations are to be avoided to live one's purpose.

The temptation of krodha is about _______.

The _______ tells the story of a warrior who does not live his Dharma to fight and how he must live his Dharma for the good of all.

The Preserver god is known as _______

The Hindu Destroyer god is _________.

The Hindu god with a 3rd eye that can melt your face off is ________.

Shiva has two sons, Murugan the god of war, and _________ the god of remover of obstacles.

_________ has an elephant head because Shiva cut off his human head.

___________ is the Creator god in Hinduism.

Hindus, like Christians and Muslims, have denominations. Hindus have _____ denominations.

The __________ denomination follows sacred texts like the Puranas and Ramayana rather than the Vedas.

_____________ keeps the balance in the universe.

If good and evil get out of balance in the universe (too much evil), the gods will intervene with

a(n) _________.

The word ___________ means descent. In Hinduism, this means gods are sent to Earth to fix the Dharma.

For Hindus, when the universe is no longer salvageable (too much evil), __________ will destroy it all in a final dance.

The Caste System was created in the Vedas to keep people in their station in life based on their birth Caste.

The Laws of Manu, written in the 5th century BC, changed the Caste System to one that no longer allowed Hindus to move amongst the 4 Castes based on their talents and skills.

Modern Hindus are breaking down the Caste System's rules and are now even marrying outside of their own Caste.

The core belief ___________ is about action--good or bad that has an impact on society.