| Art History 207~~Fall 1998 |
| Terminology |
| "B-C" |
| bhakti |
Devotion to the gods, expressed in rituals and hymns expressive of love.
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| bijas |
Sacred syllables repeated during Hindu rituals.
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| boddhisattva | Enlightened Being, or a Being of Wisdom; one who has reached enlightenment but stays in the world to help others.
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| brahmans |
The members of the highest, or priestly class; emerged during the Vedic period.
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Chandragupta Maurya |
Father or grandfather of Ashoka; established the Mauryan Empire by the late 4th c. BCE; reigned c.322-298 BCE
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| chaitya |
(caitya) Refers most fundamentally to the horseshoe-shaped window characteristic of early Indian architecture; comes to refer to the Buddhist worship halls associated with Theravada and Mahayana traditions.
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| chakra |
A wheel; comes to be associated with the Dharma Chakra or the Wheel of the Buddhist Law.
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| Chandra |
A yakshi associated with fertility; she is represented as kicking the trunk of the Asoka tree to bring it into bloom.
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| Chakravartin |
The Divine Ruler, or World Ruler, in early Buddhist conceptions; comes to reflect the ideal ruler.
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| char-bagh |
A 'four-square' garden, adopted from Central Asian garden design traditions during the Islamic period.
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| chattra |
The multi-tiered umbrella at the top of a stupa; becomes the source of the multiple layers of the pagoda.
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"History of Indian Art" (ArH 207), Fall 1998, Department of Art History, University of Oregon.