Religion - Intro.+ Hinduism + Buddhism

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana (5)
  2. 7. The endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth (7)
  3. 9. Relating to or characteristic of ___ (8)
  4. 10. Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention (9)
  5. 11. The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation (13)
  6. 14. A religion represented by the many groups that profess various forms of the ___ doctrine (8)
  7. 15. The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal (8)
  8. 16. The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation (5)

Down

  1. 1. Any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit (plural) (5)
  2. 2. An Asian river (6)
  3. 3. Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity (7)
  4. 5. One of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and (8)
  5. 6. A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas (7)
  6. 8. Belief in a single God (10)
  7. 12. Any of several breeds of Indian cattle (6)
  8. 13. One who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment (6)