4.2 & 4.3 Vocabulary

Veda

• collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of Ancient India

• fixed social class into which a person is born

• grouping based on one's skill

• thinker or teacher

Caste

• thinker or teacher

• collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of Ancient India

• grouping based on one's skill

• fixed social class into which a person is born

Varna

• collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of Ancient India

• fixed social class into which a person is born

• occupation-based caste

• grouping based on one's skill

Jati

• grouping based on one's skill

• occupation-based caste

• thinker or teacher

• in Hinduism, the supreme consciousness, spiritual force or God

Brahmin

• grouping based on one's skill

• occupation-based caste

• thinker or teacher

• a member of the highest class, spiritually and socially (Priest of teacher)

Brahman

• The rebirth of a soul in a new body

• a member of the highest class, spiritually and socially (Priests and teachers)

• The supreme consciousness, spiritual force or God

• grouping based on one's skill

Thinker or Teacher

• Ahimsa

• Guru

• Dharma

• Karma

Rebirth of a soul in a new body

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Moksha

• Devote

The effects of a person's actions in this and previous lives

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Issue

• Ahimsa

A person's duty or what is right for him or her

• Moksha

• Ahimsa

• Dharma

• Karma