BuddhaNet Crossword Puzzle #12

Across 
	1	Philosophical dialogues or treatises of ancient India. (10)
	6	One of the schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, emphasizing abandonment of striving as the way to enlightenment. (5)
	7	"Hearer"; a disciple not yet capable of independent progress. (7)
	9	"The greater vehicle"; one of the two major divisions of Buddhism. (6)
	10	A sage (usually a hermit). (5)
	12	Member of the warrior caste, the second highest in the Indian social scheme. (9)
	14	One of the Theravada philosophical schools. (10)
	16	- -   - - -  in Chinese. "He who has fully arrived," i.e., the Perfect One. A title of the Buddha. (2,3)
	17	One of the Theravada philosophical schools. (11)
	18	One of the great Hindu gods. (5)
	19	The tribe into which Buddha was born. (5)
	20	Noble; the noble ones; the elect. (Sanskrit) (8)
	21	Conqueror. (4)

Down 
	2	"Beyond Nirvana," the state into which one who has attained Nirvana passes at death. (11)
	3	A name for Indra. (5)
	4	Heavenly being, god. (4)
	5	Complete concentration, absorbed contemplation. (7)
	8	An age, epoch of time. (5)
	11	The Evil One; the great tempter. (4)
	12	The place where Buddha died. (8)
	13	Words or sentences possessing magic power. (7)
	15	One of Buddha's disciples. (7)
	16	A story or legend about Buddha's birth or previous forms of existence. (6)
	17	The void; emptiness; the realm of transitory and relative existence. (5)

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