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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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Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayanand in 1875, a reform movement within Hinduism to bring back the Vedas. |
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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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worship or devotion to a Hindu God or Goddess |
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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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Sanskrit word for goddess; relates to shakti the female aspect of the divine; she is the supemere being of shaktism |
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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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is a manifestation of Devi; the slayer of the buffalo demon. |
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“standing inside oneself” the expenses that one is posed be a deity |
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“standing outside oneself” religious expresses focusing with in |
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avatar of sati; wife of shiva; she is the also the goddess of destruction and motherhood |
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A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. Example: “Om” |
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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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liberation from the cycle of life and rebirth |
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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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food that is offered to the gods; blessing; the people eating the food after and be blessed |
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a religious ritual performed by Hindus; one can offer water, flowers, food and praise |
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the lover of krasha; the milkmaid |
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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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hindu nationalism, youth/militant wing of the Sangh Pariva |
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a person who worships siva |
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a person who worships Sakti |
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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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rites of passage finding varied acceptance among religious adherents of Hinduism |
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when a Hindu widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husband's pyre. |
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Ganghi’s sort of values of truth, non-violence, and self sacrifice |
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religion and traditions involving Visnu as being the highest god |
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Vivekananda-brought Hinduism to the western world |
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Part of the Vedanta schools; everything is one same idea as brahamn is atman |
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composed the yoga sutras in 300CE which are the teachings of yoga and meditation |
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(m) “spirit”… the eternal self; pure consciousness |
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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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dualist, view that only the brahaman is true and everything else is illusion |
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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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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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