Atman The real self, the eternal life principle.
Brama The creator god
Brahman Ultimate Reality
Brahmin A member of the priestly caste, the highest class.
Dharma The teachings of virtue and principle
Karma The culminating value of all of one's life actions, good and bad, which together determine one's next rebirth and death.
Mahabharta One of the national epics of India.
Maya The power that produces the phenomena of physical existence.
Moksha The term for liberation from the bondage of finite existence.
Puranas Part of the Hindu scriptures consisting of myths and legends mixed with historical events.
Samsara The rebirth of souls passing on from one existence to another until release can be achieved, reincarnation.
Upanishads Part of the Hindu sacred texts containing treatises on the nature of ultimate reality and the way to achieve union with the absolute.
Veda The oldest of the Hindu scriptures, consisting of four collections of sacred writings.
Yoga The Hindu path of union with the divine. Any sort of exercise (physical, mental or spiritual) which promotes one's journey to union with Brahma.
References
McDowell, Josh and Don Stewart, Handbook of Today's Religions. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983. Twelfth printing, June 1992.
Written by Sara Wenner, 2001