Creatures with elephant body and lion face (cf. yali)
sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering; a Hindu ritual performed in front of a sacred fire and often accompanied by mantras
the sacred ceremonial thread, like muktayajnopavita, vastrayajnopavita, ajinayajnopavita etc.
nature spirit, could be benevolent or malefic, in Hindu and Bhuddist mythology (female: yakshi)
(yalam, Tamil: யாளம்) architectural part of the prastaram and is decorated with the yali (cf. yahzi)
leograph (cf. yahzi)
a band-strip for binding the legs in a meditation pose (cf. paryanka-bandha)
meditative pose
is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu goddess Shakti, literally ‘womb’ and the female organs of generation
unit of measurement
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