Archives Glossary of special terms

dhammilla

a variety of coiffure

dhanapati

a donor

dharma

established belief and practice, law or doctrine

dharmachakrapravartanamudra

hand suggesting the first turning of the wheel of law by Buddha at Sārnāth

dhattura

a thorn apple with strong narcotic properties; usually the flower represented

dhattura-flower

a flower with strong narcotic properties

dhoti

cloth over the waist; male skirt (also lungi or veshti)

dhyana

meditation or hands in meditation

dhyanasloka

contemplative hymn to mentally picture the iconography of the deity

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