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Hindu Crossword

Teacher: Dan Niles
Across
A ritual that involves the burning of offerings in a fire that has been blessed by a priest.
This Hindu good luck symbol represents "well being".
The god of fire; the link between gods and humans.
_____ is an entity without form and quality. It is the soul of the universe from which all existing things arise and into which they all return.
The syllable that represents the supremacy of Brahman, is chanted at the beginning and the end of all Hindu prayers and readings of the scriptures.
Is the totality of one's actions in life, and it determines the form that an individual will take when he/she is reborn.
In a practice called Japa, worshippers chant the names of dieties repeatedly as well as sacred phrases called _____.
Guided by the teachings of the ____-___ and the New Testament, he showed great admiration and tolerence for all reasons.
This god has many avatars or incarnations and appears on earth in the form of an animal or a human in order to conquer evil and establish righteousness.
Hinduism's earliest sacred writing, composed around 1500 BCE.
The organization of Hindu society into four groups, each with its own duties and expectations.
Down
The wedding takes place in the couple's ancestral home of ____.
The creator of the universe.
The Ramayana's first scripture to be translated into Hindu from _____.
The real experts or known as holy men of India who have dedicated their lives to meditation.
Gandhi negotiated the independence of ____ in 1947.
The fifth group outside the traditional four castes.
She is the goddess of leaning and the arts.
The seventh incarnation of god wishnu; the hero in the Hindu epic the Ramayana.
The Upanishads combined this notion of prayer with philosophical inquiry about _____ - the human soul.