RLGA01H3 Final: All Final Exam Keyterms Defined (What you need to know)
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Key terms for the lecture on hinduism: sanatana dharma eternal religion/eternal truth, to practice hinduism means to practice duty, they are devoted to gods such as siva or visnu. Vertical tilak visnu devotee tilak (or tilaka) forehead marking indicating devotion to god. Indus valley civilization peaceful civilization found by archaeologists in. 1850s, which many hindus did not consider it as part of hinduism. They had a different belief for clean/dirty in different contexts. Hindu temple nowadays are equipped with taps/baths in order to follow their rituals. They were concerned with procreation and was very organized as a city. Aryans they were not as organized as the indus valley civilization, however they brought in gods, traditions, languages and rituals. Sanskrit - official language of hindu religion, believed to be origin of languages, believed through syntax, one can get into nature. Everything we know about them came from collections of writing called veda.
