Hinduism

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A place of religious retreat for Hindus (6)
  2. 5. A Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred (6)
  3. 8. One of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and (8)
  4. 9. A later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions (plural) (10)
  5. 12. Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy (6)
  6. 13. The auspicious one (5)
  7. 14. Any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit (plural) (5)
  8. 15. A terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world (3)
  9. 16. The name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (5)

Down

  1. 1. The triad of divinities of later Hinduism (8)
  2. 2. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India (plural) (8)
  3. 3. The endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth (7)
  4. 6. An Asian river (6)
  5. 7. A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas (7)
  6. 10. In Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama (7)
  7. 11. A hereditary social class among Hindus (5)