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India Terms
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Undergraduate 3
09/23/2008

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8-fold path
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is declared to be the way that leads to the end of suffering and the achievement of self-awakening
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Bharat Mata
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is a personification of India as a mother goddess
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Boddisattva
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refers to a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others
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Buddha
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the Awakened One
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Chaitya
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a Buddhist shrine that includes a stupa
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Chakra
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is a Sanskrit term meaning circle or wheel
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Chattra
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atop a stupa, a stone umbrella symbolizing dignity; composed of a stone horizontally oriented disk on a vertical pole
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Darsana
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a Sanskrit term meaning "sight"; most commonly used for "visions of the divine," i.e. of a god or a very holy person or artifact
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Dharma
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the principle or law that orders the universe
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Garbhagriha
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the "innermost chamber," sanctum sanctorum, of a Hindu temple, where the primary murti is installed
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Harmika
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small platform with a railing located at the very top of a stupa
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Hindu
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an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism
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Lama
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title for a Tibetan teacher of Dharma
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Mahābhārata
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one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India
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Mandala
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a schematized representation of the cosmos, chiefly characterized by a concentric configuration of geometric shapes, each of which contains an image of a deity or an attribute of a deity
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Mithuna
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a Sanskrit term often translated as sexual union in a ritual context
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Mudra
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a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism
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Mughal
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an Islamic imperial power which ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from the early 16th to the mid-19th centuries
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Shiva
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the supreme God in the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism
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stupa
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a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of a Buddha or saint
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torana
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a type of gateway seen in Hindu and Buddhist architecture
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Urna
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a circle of hair between a Buddha's eyebrows
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Ushnisha
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a bump at the top of the head of the Buddha; symbolizes wisdom and openness as an enlightened being
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Vedic
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the four ancient Indian collections of hymns and ritual formulae of the Samhitā period
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Yaksih
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are benevolent mythical beings; often depicted as beautiful and voluptuous, with wide hips, narrow waists, broad shoulders, and exaggerated, spherical breasts
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Yasti
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a spire with three chatras, or circular disks which is the topmost element on the dome of a stupa
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