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Aryan Vedic Traditions
Developed into recognizable Hinduism before 200 B.C.E.
Hinduism
No single founder
No single theology
Polytheistic
Vedas
Holy Works
Rida Veda
Upanishad
Written in Sanskrit (Aryan Language)
Dharma
rules for conduct
Karma
good or bad deeds in life
Determines if a person will be reborn in higher or lower caste or as an animal
Samsara
Cycle of rebirth, birth, and death
Reincarnation: rebirth of a person’s soul
Moksha
liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth
Ones soul reunites with Brahman
Caste System
Varna - Social class system
Jati - Sub-caste
Tied to occupations
Varna Order
Brahmin - Priests
Kshatriyas - warriors & aristrocrats
Vaisyas - cultivators, artisans, and merchants
Shudras - landless peasents and serfs
Untouchables - performed duties that were viewed as being unclean and/or unpleasent
Gender
strict patriarchal system
Child marriage for girls as young as 12 or start of menstruation
Sati
the practice of women sacrificing herself on her husbands funeral pyre
Hinduism Characteristics
Main religion in India
Spread throughout resettlement, not missinaries
Poor & low caste reject Hinduism
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