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| Mount or vehicle of Vishnu |
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| monumental gatehouse of South Indian temples |
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| (lit. water vessel): finial on a Hindu temple roof or gopuram |
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| Minakshi and Sundareshvara |
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| Shiva and Parvati of Madurai Temple |
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| man-lion incarnation of Vishnu (see Dehejia, fig 186) |
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| god Shiva in his form of the cosmic dancer (see Dehejia, Fig. 2) |
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| adventures of God Rama. One of the two Indian epics. |
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| mythological lion-like figure |
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| cowherd girl. Radha is the favorite gopi of Krishna. |
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| “sons of kings”. Hindu kings ruling in the area of Rajasthan. |
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| “Book of Akbar”. Memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (see Dehejia Figs. 196-7 and Mitter Fig. 76). |
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| founder of the Mughal dynasty |
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| Char bagh (also chahar bagh) |
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| lit: four-fold garden. A garden divided into four parts by four water channels. The char bagh is used in Mughal funerary architecture to evoke the idea of paradise |
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| Public Audience Hall of a Mughal Palace |
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| Private audience Hall of a Mughal Palace |
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| “Tales of Hamza”. Persian cycle of stories originated in Iran in the 11th century describing the fantastic adventures of Hamza, the paternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad (Prophet of Islam) |
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| townhouse built around a central courtyard |
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| latticed window, pierced screen |
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| decorative projecting balcony |
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| men’s quarter of a Mughal or Rajput palace |
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| niche in the qibla wall that indicates the direction of Mecca towards which Muslim must face during prayer |
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| tower attached to a mosque (such as the Qutub Minar, Delhi) |
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| the book of the Emperor Shah Jahan |
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| inlay with semi-precious stones |
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| the wall of a mosque that marks the direction of Mecca |
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| “Book of Kings” Persian literary work written by the poet Firdawsi (d. 1002) (see Dehejia, fig. 170) |
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| mystic saint of Islam (such as Shaikh Salim Chishti) |
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| women’s quarters of a Mughal or Rajput palace |
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| Independence (“self-rule") |
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| Self-sufficiency ("of one's own country“) |
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