Religious teachings about the nature and purpose of families

Cards (10)

  • Dharma: In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties
  • third gender 

    a gender other than man or woman
  • extended family: Family unit comprising two parents and their children, but also grandparents, cousins etc
  • gender equality: Belief that all genders have equal status and value, so discrimination against any is wrong
  • Grihastha
    the householder stage
  • Varna: a basic subdivision of humanity in the Hindu caste system
  • Ashrama
    4 stages of life
  • Brahmacharya
    the student stage
  • Vanaprastha
    the retiree / forest dweller stage
  • Sannyasa
    renunciation stage