Ancient India and China Vocabulary

a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.

• Subcontinent

• Veneration

• Missionaries

• Dowry

hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed.

• dissents

• karma

• veneration

• ahimsa

an Indian king or prince.

• raha

• karma

• dharma

• ahimsa

the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.  In other words, what goes around comes around.

• dissents

• karma

• veneration

• ahimsa

a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

• dissents

• raja

• veneration

• missionaries

a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain

• reincarnation

• veneration

• monsoon

• ahimsa

the eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order.  In other words, your "life duty".

• dharma

• karma

• monsoon

• ahimsa

non-violence - respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others.

• dharma

• karma

• monsoon

• ahimsa

great respect; reverence especially of cows in India.

• missionary

• dowry

• monsoon

• veneration

property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.

• dharma

• karma

• dowry

• ahimsa