India Vocabulary

a large landmass, smaller than a continent

• Sanskrit

• monsoon

• subcontitnent

• reincarnation

seal

• a stamped image that shows humans or animals

• Karma

• monsoons

• caste system

a division in Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth or job

• vedas

• nirvana

• astronomy

• caste system

a seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons

• reincarnation

• monsoon

• karma

• seal

a polytheistic religion, connected to a strict social class system and a belief in reincarnation; the most widespread religion in India today

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• HInduism

• Christianity

the belief that when a human dies, the soul is reborn in another person or being

• Hinduism

• karma

• Buddhism

• reincarnation

the most important language of ancient India

• karma

• Sanskrit

• Hindi

• nirvana

the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul

• karma

• reincarnation

• fasting

• Hinduism

religion or belief system based on the teaching of Buddha

• Hinduism

• karma

• reincarnation

• Buddhism

the study of the planets and stars

• astrology

• astronomy

• archaeology

• planetology