Hinduism

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• major city center on indus valley people

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• major city center of indus valley civilization

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• IVC most likely transformed in to dravidian -preistly class; high purity

1. 69.sanskirt

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   • "cultured/perfected" language of the Aryans

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• religious text of the Aryans; originally oral; include for collections of eloquent hymns addresses to the Vedic deities

1. Vedic scripture
   1. 32. Henotheism

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      • each god when worshiped is elevated to the highest position; there is no clear defined hierarchy among the gods
   2. sacrificial text
      1. 90. upanishads (last portion of anta)

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         • philosophical speculation of absolute reality and the induvudual
         • who am i? what is the absolute truth of the world? what is the relationship between the two?
         1. 93. vedanta

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            • schools of philosophy based on Upanishads
      2. 14. Brahmanas
         1. 96. Yajna (vedic sacrifice)

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            • offerings into a ritually constructed square fire pit
            • vedic hymns are recited as certain point in the ritual ; the Brahmans were skilled in Vedic hymns and rituals
   3. Vedas
      1. Rig- Veda

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         • the oldest collection; over 1000 hymns; palm leaf; vedic deities are personified power of nature
         1. some examples of god
            1. 2.Agni - god of fire; transports sacrificial offerings to other gods
            2. 36. Indra - god of thunder and lightning (200 hymns)
            3. 79. Soma - sacred (hallucinodenic) plant
            4. 25. Dyaus- pitri - sky God
            5. 59. Prithivi - earth goddess
            6. 81. Surya - the sun
   4. special status
      1. they are known as 75. shruti

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         • divinely heard i.e., revealed
      2. composed by the 64. rishi

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         • seerers ; semi-divine sages
      3. all other Hindu scripture is regarded as 78. smriti

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         • trasdidtional rememdered)
      4. 75. shruti - scripture
      5. the source came from something beyond the gods
      6. channeled through the seers ( may be more important/ healed higher)