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yahzi

Creatures with elephant body and lion face (cf. yali)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

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)