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    RG ST 3/EACS 3: Asian Religious Traditions

    Review Names and Terms for Midterm Examination

    Hinduism (Vedas, Upanishads, etc.)

    Vedas Upanishads (upaniṣads) Aranyakas (āraṇyakas)


    Brahmanas (brāhmaṇas) Arjuna Krishna (Kṛṣṇa)
    (texts)
    karma-yoga jñana-yoga (jñāna-yoga) bhakti-yoga
    Vishnu (Viṣṇu) atman (ātman) Brahman
    shramana (śramaṇa) bhakti Ramayana (Rāmāyaṇa)
    tapas puja (pūja) yoga
    karma samsara (saṃsāra) moksha (mokṣa)
    dharma rishi (ṛṣi) avatara (avatāra)
    brahmana (brāhmaṇa) kshatriya (kṣatriya) vaishya (vaiśya)
    (brahmin)
    shudra (śūdra) 4 castes (varnas) (varṇas) “4 Stages of Life”
    (ashramas) (āśramas)
    “4 Aims of Life” (purusha- Shiva (Śiva) Agni
    arthas) (puruṣa-arthas)
    Devi (Devī) Rig Veda (Ṛg Veda) Mahabharata (Mahābhārata)
    Varuna (Varuṇa) maya (māyā) adharma
    rita (ṛta) Ravana (Rāvaṇa) Indra
    Soma/soma shruti (śruti) smriti (smṛti)
    Aryan (Ārya) Proto-Shiva Bhagavad Gita (Bhagavad
    Gītā)
    Sannyasin kama (kāma) artha
    Indus Valley Civilization Mohenjo-daro Harappa
    Samhitas (saṃhitās) Rama (Rāma)

    EACS/RG ST 3 1 Midterm Review Sheet



    Jainism

    Jina Jaina Mahavira (Mahāvīra)


    jiva (jīva) ajiva (ajīva) Shvetambara (śvetāmbara)
    Digambara sallekhana (sallekhanā) ahimsa (ahimsā)
    chakravartin tirthankara (tīthaṅkara) kevala

    Buddhism

    Shakyamuni (Śākyamuni) anatman (anātman) dukkha (duhkha) (duḥkha)


    karma samsara (saṃsāra) anicca (anitya)
    bodhi bodhisattva Nirvana (nibbana) (nirvāṇa)
    Dharma arhat (arhant) Four Noble Truths
    “Three Marks of Existence” prajña (pañña) (prajñā) sila (shila) (śīla)
    (tri-lakshana) (tri-lakṣaṇa)
    “3 Bodies” (tri-kāya) bhikkhu (bhikshu) (bhikṣu) Theravada (Theravāda)
    Mahayana (Mahāyāna) Hinayana (Hīnayāna) Mara (Māra)
    “Four Sights” dhyana (dhyāna) (meditation) samadhi (samādhi)
    parinirvana (parinirvāṇa) Pali (language) Ashoka (Aśoka)
    Triratna (three jewels) sangha shunyata (śūnyatā)
    (emptiness)
    tripitika Pratitya-samutpada Nagasena (Nāgasena)
    (“dependent origination”)
    King Milinda (Menander) sutra (sūtra) Samadhi
    Friendliness (metta) Questions of King Milinda
    (milinda-pañña)
    Buddha Nature (tathāgata- “Consciousness School”
    garbha) (vijñāna-vāda)

    EACS/RG ST 3 2 Midterm Review Sheet

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