1. The four basic Vedic texts in Hindu are the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. The Rig- Veda is the most important of the four and is also the largest containing 1028 hymns and 10 books. The Sama-Veda is made up of almost the same hymns as the Rig-Veda except they are rearranged because they are meant to be chanted, it has 760 hymns with around 70 of them coming from the Rig-Veda. The Yajur-Veda is split into two parts the white and the black sections, they describe how to perform rituals and sacrifices. The final Veda is the Atharva-Veda, this Veda contains charms and magical incantations and has a more folklorist style, it contains 730 hymns.
2. In the late medieval period indulgences in the catholic church were a way to reduce the amount of torment and punishment for their sins. The problem Martin Luther had with these were that these indulgences were mostly just payments and giving money to priests and the church. I think this made Martin Luther angry because the church was supposed to teach that you don't need materialistic things but yet they are asking people to give them money. Another reason he may have rejected these indulgences was that it was guilt tripping people into giving the church money, it was making them feel like a worse person if they didn't give money to the church regardless if they had the money or not.
3. Hajj is when Muslims go to Mecca a Saudi Arabian city to worship god. Muslims are expected to do this at least once in there life.
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