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| (272-231 BCE) Maurya ruler. Converted to Buddhism and spread the Buddha's teachings throughout and beyond India. Inscribed Buddha's laws on a monolithic column. Erected many pillars. |
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In Buddhist thought, a potential
Buddha who chooses not to achieve enlightenment
in order to help save humanity. |
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| Prince Siddhartha Gautama. Advocated the path of self-denial and self-discipline to end the cycle of rebirth |
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Halls with rounded, or apsidal, ends
for housing smaller stupas. South Asian rock-cut temple hall
having a votive stupa at one end. |
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| The supreme goddess is Shaktism. Worshiped as (Paravati or Uma wife of Shiva and Lakshmi wife of Vishnu) Also as lover Radha of Krishna. She both creates and destroys. As Durga she is multi-armed and rides a lion. Her son is the elephant Ganesha. |
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Small and dark inner sanctuary
chamber, like a cave, which houses the image of the deity. |
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| A stylized phallic symbol that is worshipped in Hinduism as a sign of generative power and that represents the god Shiva |
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| Sanskrit term for the sacred diagram of the universe. |
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Monumental tomb. The name
derives from the mid-fourth-century BCE tomb of Mausolos at Halikarnassos, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. |
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| The Islamic building for collective worship. From the Arabic word masjid, meaning a “place for bowing down.” |
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In Buddhist and Hindu iconography, a
stylized and symbolic hand gesture. |
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Do not fear mudra,with the right
hand up, palm outward, is a gesture of protection or blessing. |
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Wheel of the Law, or
teaching mudra is a two-handed gesture with right thumb and index finger forming a circle. |
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"Descended from the Mongols.” The
Muslim rulers of India, 1526–1857. |
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In Buddhism and Hinduism, a blissful
state brought about by absorption of the individual soul or consciousness into the supreme
spirit. Also called moksha. |
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| The body parts, clothing, or objects associated with a holy figure, such as the Buddha or Christ or a Christian saint |
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| The destroyer, can be represented in the form of a lingam. He frequently has multiple heads and arms. Rides the bull Nandi and carries a three-pronged fork. |
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| A large, mound-shaped Buddhist shrine. |
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| A whorl of hair, represented as a dot, between the brows; one of the lakshanas of the Buddha. |
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A knot of hair on the top of the head;
one of the lakshanas of the Buddha |
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| A Buddhist monastery in Cambodia. |
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| The preserver of the universe. Frequented with four arms and holds a conch and a discus. Sometimes on a serpent. Assumes different avatars to balance the universe including Krishna and the Buddha himself. |
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