Exam 3: Hinduism

William Carey, a nineteenth-century British missionary, objected to the practice of surviving Indian widows dying on their dead husbands' funeral pyres called

Both Jainism and Buddhism rejected the Vedic system of

The most popular Hindu festival is celebrated to welcome spring.

How do American Hindu temples differ from those in India?

What are some of the challenges Hinduism and its practitioners face today? Give at least two examples of modern Hindu reformers and how they influenced Hinduism.

What is one reason that Hindus make pilgrimages to the Ganges River?

In postclassical Hinduism, this god known as "the destroyer" is responsible for death, destruction, and disease.

This branch of Vedanta, developed in the ninth century, means "non-dual" and indicates a monistic viewpoint.

The god of fire, through whom offerings were presented to the other gods, was

This philosopher is known as the developer of the Advaita Vedanta system and fiercely opposed Buddhism.

What is the term for the religion of the classical era in India?

This second book of the Vedas relates to the knowledge of rites and contains a collection of materials recited during sacrifices to the gods.

Hinduism boasts a rich and complex textual tradition. Explain, in particular, the basic tenets of the Upanishads and the concepts of karma, samsara, and moksha, and how these relate to the life of the Hindu.

Early Indian society developed into three basic classes called

What does Hinduism share with most religions today?

Who were the Aryans and when did they come to India? Describe the basic characteristics of Aryan religion and discuss some of the ways early Hinduism preserved them, particularly in the Vedic literature.

The Bhagavad Gita is an epic poem about

Explain the contradiction some scholars see between the Upanishads and the other types of Vedic literature. How would someone who sees both as fundamentally similar challenge the attempt to contrast them?

The emergence of this religion in the fifteenth century represented an attempt at reconciliation between Islam and Hinduism.

This follower of non-dualistic Vedanta and a priest of Kali in Calcutta is known as perhaps the greatest religious reformer of the nineteenth century.