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)
In this gesture of the hand, the palm of the right hand is placed in the palm of the left hand. Both hands rest on the crossed legs of the seated image. This is the hand gesture of meditation and… Continue Reading →
a band-strip for binding the legs in a meditation pose (cf. paryanka-bandha)
meditative pose; alternativly, the octagonal shaped seat or pedestal; it is used for worship
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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