Ch.3-Hinduism

Om

hidden relaity of univere

Indus valley civillization

culture of northwest India before the coming of the Aryans

Dravidians

dark skinned peoples who now mostly live in South India, perhaps descended from Indus valley civilization

Aryan

noble ones, Indo-European people who migrated into India

-light skinned cattle herders

-warriors with horse-drawn chariots

-took control of the Indus Valley people

Vedas

Book of knowledge

-Conisting of Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Artharva Vedas

Agnihotra

ritual to the sun was performed by the heads of households three times each day and is still common in India

different gods

Agni: god of fire, carried the sacrificial offerings to Indra, the king of the gods and both a war god and a thunder god

Varuna-the god guaranteeing moral order

Brahma god of creation

Rishi

 or seer of the divine, a priest who was able to commune directly with the gods