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  2. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    Behenchod (बहनचोद, بہنچود; English: Sisterfucker), also pronounced as behanchod is sometimes abbreviated as BC, is a Hindustani language vulgarism. It is a form of the profanity fuck. The word is considered highly offensive, and is rarely used in literal sense of one who engages in sexual activity with another person's sister ...

  3. Karma - Wikipedia

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    Karma ( / ˈkɑːrmə /, from Sanskrit: कर्म, IPA: [ˈkɐɾmɐ] ⓘ; Pali: kamma) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. [ 1] In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein ...

  4. Arishadvargas - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In Hindu theology, arishadvarga or shadripu ( Sanskrit: षड्रिपु; meaning the six enemies) are the six enemies of the mind, which are: kama (Desire/Lust), krodha (Anger), lobha (Greed), mada (Ego), moha (Attachment), and matsarya (Jealousy) additionally alasya (laziness). In Hinduism, these 6 traits are considered negative ...

  5. Sannyasa - Wikipedia

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    Sannyasa, a form of asceticism marked by renunciation of material desires and prejudices, is characterized by a state of disinterest in and detachment from material life, with the purpose of spending one's life in peaceful, spiritual pursuits. [ 2][ 3] An individual in Sanyasa is known as a sannyasi (male) or sannyasini (female) in Hinduism ...

  6. Karma in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Karma is a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's ( jivatman's) reincarnated lives, [ 1] forming a cycle of rebirth. The causality is said to apply not only to ...

  7. Dharma - Wikipedia

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    Common examples of such use are pitri dharma (meaning a person's duty as a father), putra dharma (a person's duty as a son), raj dharma (a person's duty as a king) and so forth. [28] In Hindu philosophy, justice, social harmony, and happiness requires that people live per dharma. The Dharmashastra is a record of these guidelines and rules. [84]

  8. Hindus - Wikipedia

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    Hindus ( Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] ⓘ; / ˈhɪnduːz /; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. [ 67][ 68][ 69] Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. [ 70][ 71]

  9. Moksha - Wikipedia

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    Moksha ( Sanskrit: मोक्ष, mokṣa ), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, [ 1] is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. [ 2] In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth. [ 3]