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Across2 "wisdom" 3 teacher 7 the lowest of the low, caste-wise. It was believed that even to touch one would transfer their karma to another.

8 in Buddhism, ultimate transcendence from the illusion of the material world, freedom from the attachments of desire

12 teachers, scholars and priests, the highest caste

15 warriors, essentially equal to priests in social stature

16 sub-castes, or categories of castes depending on kinship and occupation

17 the individual soul, which is continually reincarnated after death

19 ancient Aryan (or Indo-European) god of thunder and conflict

20 "the awakened one" 21 the destroyer god, one of a trinity of important gods in Hinduism

22 the Buddha's original name 24 the essence of the Buddha's teachings 26 the illusion that the apparent world of separate objects and people is the only reality

29 the main scriptural text (hymns and rituals) of Ancient India, written in Sanskrit.

31 an early Indo-European language, in which the Vedas were composed

34 the Indian word for "caste" which literally means "color"

35 in the Bhagavad-Gita, this incarnation of Vishnu is the king's charioteer

36 the ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River valley before 1500 BCE

Down1 the cattle-herders who migrated into the Indus River valley after 1500 BCE

2 the creator god, one of a trinity of important gods in Hinduism

4 the Hindu ritual requiring a widow to throw herself upon her husband’s funeral pyre.

5 the world-soul, the one-ness underlying everything

6 traders, landowners and some artisan groups 9 in the Bhagavad-Gita, this king is unwilling to fight members of his family

10 landless peasants, laborers, servants 11 the god of illusion (or devil) who tempted the Buddha as he meditated

13 one of the main cities of the Indus River civilization

14 the path between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-denial

18 ancient law codes describing the rules for Indian society

21 Hindu holy-man 23 a hallucinogenic drink favored by the Indo-Europeans and their gods

25 status of upper-caste males who have undergone a coming-of-age ritual at puberty

27 a spiritual life characterized by self-denial and abstinence from worldly pleasures

28 the sustainer god, one of a trinity of important gods in Hinduism

30 the obligation each individual must fulfill in regards to their position in society

32 the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during a person’s life, that determines their reincarnation in their next life

33 number of ways to pursue the dharma of the Buddha