HINDUISM MILESTONES

& SACRED WRITINGS

 

Textbook p. 136

 

1.  Complete the chart below.

Milestone

Description

Meaning

Thread Initiation (Upanayana)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marriage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death and Cremation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 141

 

  1.  What are the Ramayana and Mahabharata?  What is the purpose of these writings?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Outline / describe the content in each of the above.

Ramayana

Mahabharata