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"Without Harm" The moral precept of not harming living beings, practiced in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

The Indo-European people, related to the early Iranian people, who spoke an ancient form of Sanskrit and brought the Vedas to the Indian subcontinent.

One of the books of the Vedas, which includes hymns to the various deities, as well as incantations and spells.

The soul, which is everlasting and is subject to transmigration (meaning upon death, it moves to another body). See also Brahman..

An incarnation of a god on earth, usually in human, but sometimes in animal, form. The God Vishnu

An act of violent sacrifice, such as an animal, made to a deity. Currently limited almost exclusively in the area of Calcutta to the Goddess Kali

Personal devotion to a particular chosen deity in anthropomorphic form. Bhakti has replaced sacrificial rites as the major function of modern Hinduism, and is part of what distinguishes it from tradit [..]

The earth, and one of the three lokas.

A wish usually granted by a god to any person. However, in Thai, the word boon means merit, as in the word "tham-boon" (making merit).