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• Hindu Religion


  characterized by religious practices such as worship of many gods and sacred texts
• Worshiping gods in temples is one of the trademarks of the Hindu Religion
• Brahma


  the god creator
• Lakshmi


  goddess of wealth and purity
• ganesha


  the elephant god
• Shiva


  the god destroyer
• Hanuman


  The Monkey God
• Vishnu


  the god preserver
• Samhitas


  consisted of hymns of praise to God and are the most ancient part for vedas
• Brahmanas


  rituals and prayers that guide priests in their duties
• Aranyakas


  centered on worship and meditatio
• Upanishads


  comprised of the mystical and philosophical teachings of hinduism
• How is Krishna portrayed in the Hindus scripture

  a wise teacher
• Hinduism term to used to describe individual soul self

  Atman
• Rig Veda


  a collection of inspired songs or hymns and is the primary source of information on the rig vedic civilization
• Sama Veda


  purely a liturgical collection of melodies or saman
• Yajur Veda


  a liturgical collection and made to meet the demands of a ceremonial religion
• Atharva Veda


  contains hymns of a more diverse character than rig veda and are also more straightforward in language
• Nasadiya Sukta


  one of the most well received portions of the rig veda
• cosmic form


  what is tao in taoism?