Hinduism

Darshan

To see and be seen by a deity

Puja

Ritual worship

Bhakti

Devotion to the deity

Shakti

Power of the goddess

Vrat

A religious fast or vow

Stridharma

Duties associated with women

Path

Ritualized recitation of the text

Katha

Oral exposition or narration

Ramlila

Dramatic enactment

Prashad (prasada)

Food or other offerings that are blessed and returned to devotees

Dharma

Moral duty, cosmic order, and the right way of living

Pandas

A pilgrimage priest

Pilgrim

People who travel to a sacred or religious place for spiritual reasons

Svadharma

One’s own law or duty

Samsara

The cycle of death and rebirth

Moksha

Liberation from the cycle of rebirth

Shraddha

Rites performed for the deceased and ancestors

Sadhu

A religious ascetic or wanderer

Samnyasi

A renouncer who has left worldly life