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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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| is a personification of India as a mother goddess |
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| refers to a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others |
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| a Buddhist shrine that includes a stupa |
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| is a Sanskrit term meaning circle or wheel |
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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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| 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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| the principle or law that orders the universe |
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| the "innermost chamber," sanctum sanctorum, of a Hindu temple, where the primary murti is installed |
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| small platform with a railing located at the very top of a stupa |
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| an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism |
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| title for a Tibetan teacher of Dharma |
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| one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India |
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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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| a Sanskrit term often translated as sexual union in a ritual context |
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| a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism |
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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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| the supreme God in the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism |
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| a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of a Buddha or saint |
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| a type of gateway seen in Hindu and Buddhist architecture |
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| a circle of hair between a Buddha's eyebrows |
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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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| the four ancient Indian collections of hymns and ritual formulae of the Samhitā period |
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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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| a spire with three chatras, or circular disks which is the topmost element on the dome of a stupa |
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