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Across 2. The official language of Myanmar. 4. True remover of darkness. 7. Sanskrit for “Service to the guru” 8. One who performs tapas or is in the state of tapas. 10. A term coined in 1969 by Mircea Eliade to contrast the Eastern view of bliss as “standing inside oneself”. 11. One of 18 celebrated Saiva siddhas (adepts), and accepted as the first grammarian of Tamil language. 13. Largest city in Myanmar. 14. Primary religion practiced in Myanmar today. 16. “Goddess”. A name of Shakti, used especially in Shaktism. 18. “Abode of snow”.

Down 1. Sanskrit for “Cherished or chosen Deity” 3. The previous name of Myanmar. 5. Sanskrit for “serpent,” often the cobra; symbol of the kundalini coiled on the four petals of the muladhara chakra. 6. “Eon” or “age”. A time span, from tens-of-thousands to one million years. 7. “Householder”. Family man or woman. 9. “Dhupa”. Substance that gives off pleasant aromas when burned. 11. Sanskrit for “Noninjury,” nonviolence or nonhurtfulness. 12. A fee or honorarium given to a priest at the completion of any rite. 15. The major agricultural product of Myanmar. 17. “Veda of verse”. The first and oldest of the four Veda corpora of revealed scriptures