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Aghorī
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is a renouncer his main god is siva and he goes naked or wears the shroud of a corpse, he covers himself in the ashes of the cremation ground. To hopefully achieve powers and eventually moksa
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Ārya Samāj
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Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayanand in 1875, a reform movement within Hinduism to bring back the Vedas.
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Babri Masjid
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the mosque in Ayodhya 1992 was burnt down by hindu’s because it is the birth place of Lord Rama
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Bhakti
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worship or devotion to a Hindu God or Goddess
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BJP
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was a political party found in 1951 gave a voice to Hindu nationalism and opposed the Congress Party.
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Devī
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Sanskrit word for goddess; relates to shakti the female aspect of the divine; she is the supemere being of shaktism
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Darśana
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means philosophy or theology in Sanskrit; ; means vision and refers to the orthodox astika (believe in the Vedas) systems of Hindu believe they also include the heterodox nstika Jains and Buddhism
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Durgā
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is a manifestation of Devi; the slayer of the buffalo demon.
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Ecstatic
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“standing inside oneself” the expenses that one is posed be a deity
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Enstatic
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“standing outside oneself” religious expresses focusing with in
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Kālī
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avatar of sati; wife of shiva; she is the also the goddess of destruction and motherhood
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Mantra
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A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. Example: “Om”
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Nyāya
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is one of the six astika affirmer schools; school of logic they think that they can prove the existences of god
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Mokṣa
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liberation from the cycle of life and rebirth
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Prakṛti
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(f) the manifestation of God as such it is divine Nature; composed of the three guans, Sattra (white), rajas (red), tamas (black)
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Prasāda
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food that is offered to the gods; blessing; the people eating the food after and be blessed
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Pūjā
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a religious ritual performed by Hindus; one can offer water, flowers, food and praise
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Rādhā
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the lover of krasha; the milkmaid
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Ram Mohan Roy
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was a Bengali Braham translated the Bible into Bengali; lived in Calcutta; was a Hindu reformer fought to get rid of sati.
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RSS
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hindu nationalism, youth/militant wing of the Sangh Pariva
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Śaiva
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a person who worships siva
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Śākta
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a person who worships Sakti
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Sāṃkhya
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one of the six of the affirmer (Hindu) schools; often called a “dualist” philosophy its is characterized by suffering. The non-existences of god
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Saṃskāra
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rites of passage finding varied acceptance among religious adherents of Hinduism
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Satī
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when a Hindu widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husband's pyre.
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Satyāgraha
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Ganghi’s sort of values of truth, non-violence, and self sacrifice
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Vaiṣṇava
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religion and traditions involving Visnu as being the highest god
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Vivekananda
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Vivekananda-brought Hinduism to the western world
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Non-Dualism
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Part of the Vedanta schools; everything is one same idea as brahamn is atman
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Patañjali
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composed the yoga sutras in 300CE which are the teachings of yoga and meditation
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Puruṣa
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(m) “spirit”… the eternal self; pure consciousness
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Rāmānuja
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was a realist Vedanta… disagrees with shamkara’s view that only the brahaman is true and everything else is illusion
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Śhaṅkara
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dualist, view that only the brahaman is true and everything else is illusion
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Tantra
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the belief that the tantric text are above the Vedas; use of the 5 m’s during rituals; worship siva and the goddess
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Vedānta
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one of the six of the affirmer (Hindu) schools; Veda+anta =end of the Vedas; the focus on Upanisads and the idea that the atman is seem as brahamn
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