Hinduism Vocabulary G-S
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- Reincarnation
- the cycle of death and rebirth
- moksha
- liberation or release from the cycle of death and rebirth, or samsara
- Mantra
- a sequence of sounds used as a focus of meditation
- puja
- an offering to a god or goddess
- Hatha yoga
- the form of yoga devoted to only bodily control
- Krishna
- a god who is one of the avatars of Vishnu
- Karma yoga
- a disipline work or "action"
- om
- the most famous mantra
- Shiva
- one of two main gods of Hinduism
- Ishvara
- "Lord of the Universe"
- Karma
- Sanakirt term meaning "action"
- Parvati
- one of Shiva's wives
- Sanskirt
- the language in which sacred Hindu texts are written