1What is the hindu word for liberation?
Moksha
2What English word is related to the word Vedas?
Vision
3Vedic worship was primarily to what gods?
Nature Gods at Altars of Fire
4What is a symbol of Hare Krishna?
Flute
5What term refers to a short prayer?
Mantra
6What animal is revered in Hindu culture?
Cows
7What term refers to the divine nature in each person?
Atman
8Name the Vedic god of fire.
Agni
9What’s the name of the Vedic hallucinatory drink?
Soma
10Which is the oldest Veda?
Rig Veda
11How many written works do the Vedas comprise?
100
12What period was Bhagavad-Gita written?
200 BCE - 200 CE
13What Indian epic poem is the Bhagavad-Gita a part of?
Mahabharata
14What prince was counseled by Krishna?
Arjuna
15What can the term maya be translated to?
Illusions of matter
16What does Bhakti mean?
Devotion
17What god is paired with Rama?
Sita
18Name the Vedic god of storm and war:
Indra
19What’s the name of the god with a monkey face who helped Sita return to Sri Lanka?
Hanuman
20What term refers to the ideal of causing no harm to anything that can suffer?
Ahimsa
21Who helped India seek independence?
Gandhi
22What is religious practice of ordinary Hindus primarily involve?
Devotion to the deities
23What’s the law of moral cause-and-effect?
Karma
24What term refers to the religiously sanctioned Hindu social class system?
Caste
25What kind of yoga does Raja Yoga pertain?
Meditation
26What is a Brahmin?
Vedic Priest
27Name the Vedic god of destruction and rebirth:
Shiva
28Name the major city of pre-Vedic culture
Harappa
30What deity is shown with dark blue skin?
Hare Krishna
31What is a guru?
A religious teacher
32What is an important symbol of Shiva?
Lingam
33What does dharma refer to?
Social and Religious Duty
34What term refers to the absolute or divine reality?
Brahman
35What term refers to the wandering individual seeking moksha?
Sannyasin