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by: MALLARI, PATRICIA MAE | NAGUIT, NICHOLAS ANGELO |
ONG, PSALM ISAIAH
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“Those heroes reached
the sea of red waters”
 “Dhananjaya had not
cast off his celestial bow,
Gandiva (Arjuna bow)”
 “The deity of fire
standing before them
like a hill”
“Himavat, that very
large mountain”
“Shakra and Indra came
on a car and ask him to
ascend it”
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JAYA
01 ja·​ya |  jāyā
victory

VIAND
vi·​and | \ ˈvī-ənd
an item of food especially: a choice
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or tasty dish
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PRECEP
TOR
pre·​cep·​tor | \ pri-ˈsep-tər
the headmaster or principal of a school 03
MAHABHARAT
A
04 ma·ha·bhar·a·ta | \ mahābhārata
one of the two Sanskrit epic poems of ancient India (the other
is Ramayana). It is an important source of information on the
development of Hinduism between 400 BCE and 200 CE.
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DENIZEN
05 den·​i·​zen | \ ˈde-nə-zən
government: a person admitted to residence in a
foreign country

SRADDHA
srad·​dha | \ ˈs(h)rädə \
a Hindu rite or ceremony performed in
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behalf of departed ancestors
 VOCABULARY FELICI
TY
fe·lic·i·ty | /fəˈlisədē/
the ability to find appropriate expression for
one's thoughts
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DESTITUT
E

08 des·​ti·​tute | \ ˈde-stə-ˌtüt

lacking something needed or desirable

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LIBATION

09 li·​ba·​tion | \ lī-ˈbā-shən
an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a
deity)

BEHE
ST
be·​hest | \ bi-ˈhest 
an authorative order 10
 VOCABULARY SHAKR
A

11
sha·​kra | \ śakra
any of several points of physical or spiritual energy in the
human body according to yoga philosophy

SVARGA

12 svar·ga |  \ ˈsf|ärgə
also known as Swarga or Svarga Loka, is one of the
seven higher lokas (esoteric plane) in Hindu
cosmology. A Hindu heaven
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DHARMA

13 dhar·ma |   \ ˈdär-mə
religious concept and key concept with multiple
meanings in Hinduism

ADHARM
A
adhar·​ma | \ ¦ə-ˈdər-mə \
is the Sanskrit antonym of dharma. It means "that which is
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not in accord with the dharma“ (unrighteousness,
wickedness, injustice)
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PAAP
pa·ap | pāp
is an offense or a sin against oneself, i.e., it damages
one’s own standing.
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SAMSARA

16 sam·​sa·​ra |   \ səm-ˈsär-ə
the indefinitely repeated cycles of birth, misery, and death caused
by its own past deeds (karma)
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KARMA

17 kar·ma |  \ ˈkär-mə
the universal causal law by which good or bad
actions determine the future modes of an
individual’s existence

ATMAN
at·​man |  \ ˈät-mən
the universal self, identical with the eternal core of the personality
that after death either transmigrates to a new life or attains release
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(moksha) from the bonds of existence
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DHARAMRAJ
dhar·am·raj
king of dharma
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VRISHNI

20 vrish·​ni | vṛṣṇi
were an ancient vedic Indian clan who were believed to
be the descendants of Vrishni, a descendant of Yadu.
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ANDHAK
A

21
andha·ka
in Hindu mythology it refers to a malevolent Asura whose pride
was vanquished by Shiva for asking for his wife, Pārvati

PANDAVAS

22 pan·​da·​vas | pāṇḍava
refers to the five brothers namely, Yudhishthira, Bhima,
Arjuna , Nakula and Sahadeva, who are the main characters in
the epic Mahabharata