BRAHMINS
KSHATRIYAS
VAISHYAS
SHUDRAS
THE SOURCES FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE PERIOD THAT IS
REFERRED TO AS THE LATER VEDIC AGE ARE THE TWO EPICS,
MAHABHARATA AND RAMAYANA.
MAHABHARATA RAMAYANA
THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR RELIGIONS THAT HAVE ORIGINATED
FROM INDIA
HINDUISM;
BUDDHISM;
JAINISM;
AND SIKHISM
HINDUISM IS PERAPHS ONE OF MOST COMPLEX RELIGIONS
OF THE WORLD. IT HAS ATLEAST THREE SPECIAL
CHARACTERISTICS. FIRST, IT IS NOT FOUNDED BY ANY SINGLE
PROPHET. SECOND, AS AN ETERNAL RELIGION, HINDUISM
HAS NO DESIRE TO PROPAGATE ITS RELIGION TO
FOLLOWERS OF OTHER RELIGIONS. THIRD, IT GIVES
FREEDOM TO ITS ADHERENTS IN MATTERS OF PRAYER AND
WORSHIP.
BELIEF IN SAMSARA OR REINCARNATION
TRIMURTI OR A TRIAD OF THE THREE HIGHEST DEITIES:
BRAHMA, THE CREATOR; VISHNU, THE PRESERVER; SHIVA, THE
DESTROYER.
4 PURPOSES OF HUMAN LIFE IN HINDUISM:
DHARMA MEANING FULFILLING ONES DESTINED PURPOSE IN LIFE
ARTHA OR PROSPERITY
KAMA OR DESIRE, PLEASURE, AND ENJOYMENT
MOKSHA OR RELEASE FROM SAMSARA AND UNITY WITH BRAHMA
CHANDRAGUPTA
ASHOKA MAURYA
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