ARTH 230 Vocab Cards

Chitirai Festival

celebration in Madurai during April celebrating the marriage of Goddess Minkashi (Parvati) and God Sunareshvara (Shiva) as well as Minakshi's brother Lord Alagar's journey to Madurai

Sanskritization

translation of local names and cultures into Sanskrit names and incorporation into the larger Indian pantheon

Islamicate

describing a non-Islamic region where Muslims are a major part of the culture

madrasa

Islamic school

jharoka-i-darsan

Mughal emperor revealing himself in projecting balcony (jharoka) to his subjects for darsan

jali

pierced screen

Braj (Vraj)

Region where Krishna grew up. In the Agra-Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh (northern India)

pichvai

decorative cloth hanging placed behind image of Krishna in temples

seva

loving service. In Pushtimarg, refers to ritualized worship of Krishna: bathing, dressing, singing and preparing food for Krishna

haveli

translates to mansion; Pushtimarg (path of grace) sect refers to temples as haveli

bhakti

loving devotion; direct and personal connection to deity

lila

divine play or adventures

rasalila

Krishna dancing with Radha and her Gopis (milk maids)

Ratna

style

bhumisparsha mudra

earth-touching mudra; denotes the Buddha's enligthenment under the Bodhi tree; being one with the arth

stupa

round mound in Buddhist temples