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Religions, the Buddha and Mahavira, Takhts, Sufi orders, six darshanas, Vedanta and languages — one sentence each

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How to read
  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Religions and Scriptures

The four religions born in India and the two classes of Hindu texts.

Trick 1

Four religions born in India

⇄ Any order

Hina buys jam for her sister.

  1. HinduismSanatan Dharma — third largest in the world
  2. Buddhism
  3. Jainism
  4. Sikhism

The same “jam” comes back for the Jaina school among the nastika schools.

Trick 2

Shruti and Smriti — two classes of Hindu texts

➜ Shruti in order (Vedas → Upanishads) · Smriti in any order

Shruti (what is heard)Vicky brought Arjun upstairs.

Smriti (what is remembered)Dhruv’s puppy eats rotis.

  1. 1Vedas — Samhitasmantras, hymns
  2. 2Brahmanassacrificial ritual
  3. 3Aranyakas
  4. 4Upanishadsphilosophy — traditionally 108
  5. 5Dharmashastraslaw books
  6. 6Puranasmyths, legends
  7. 7EpicsRamayana, Mahabharata

Shruti was revealed to seers; Smriti was composed by human authors · the oldest text is the Rigveda (about 1500–1000 BC).

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The Buddha, Mahavira and Jainism

Places in the lives of the Buddha and Mahavira, two Tirthankaras and where most Jains live.

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Sikhism, Islam and Sufism

The five Takhts, the Sufi orders with their saints and centres, and the countries with the most Muslims.

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Six Orthodox and Three Heterodox Schools

Each school’s founder, the four pramanas of Nyaya and the three schools that reject the Vedas.

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Teachers of Vedanta

Which teacher founded which school of Vedanta.

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Indian Languages

The classical languages in order and how Hindi grew out of Sanskrit.

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Read the full chapter for the complete notes — a trick helps you remember the list; understanding comes from the notes.