Terms of the Day for September 9

• Hinduism – a religion including the worship of several gods and a belief in reincarnation, the law of karma, and a universal spirit.
• Champa Kingdom – (CHUM-pah) the kingdom of the Chams situated in what is now central Vietnam, lasting from the end of the 2nd to the start of the 19th century.
• Khmer Empire – (kuh-MEH) one of the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia. The empire, which grew to power in the first millennium AD, at times ruled over parts of modern-day Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia.
• Angkor – (ANG-core) meaning “Holy City”, a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire.  The region flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
• Mount Meru – (meh-ROO) in Hindu belief, a mountain at the center of the cosmos and home of the gods, around which the entire universe revolves.