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1. abhinaya, n. View full entry 1880
...In Indian dance: the use of any of various expressive techniques to convey a mood, emotion, theme, or idea....
2. abhisheka, n. View full entry 1834
...In India: any of various ceremonies involving a ritual washing or anointing. ...
3. adevism, n. View full entry 1878
...Disbelief in the gods of a particular mythology....
4. Adi Granth, n. View full entry 1812
...The sacred scripture of the Sikhs; spec. the teachings and religious poetry of the first five Sikh Gurus, compiled in the early 17th cent. Cf. Granth, Guru...
5. Advaita, n. View full entry 1825
...A school of Vedantic philosophy which explains all creation as a manifestation of Brahman and teaches that enlightenment is to be obtained from the recognition that differentiation between the self and Brahman...
6. agarbatti, n. View full entry 1884
...An incense stick; (as a mass noun) incense....
7. ahimsa, n. View full entry 1831
...The doctrine of non-violence; avoidance of killing or causing harm out of respect for all living things....
8. aiyo, int. View full entry 1886
...In southern India and Sri Lanka, expressing distress, regret, or grief; ‘Oh no!’, ‘Oh dear!’...
9. Akali, n. View full entry 1810
...A member of a conservative Sikh movement of South Asia, characterized by its strict adherence to fundamentalist Sikh values; (in early use) spec. a member of an order of militant...
10. akhara, n. View full entry 1832
...In India: a wrestling ring or pit; a gymnasium or outdoor exercise area....
11. alap, n. View full entry 1834
...In classical Indian music: the improvised non-metrical section of a raga, forming a prologue to the formal expression....
12. ambari, n. View full entry 1855
...The fibre of an Indian plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, used for making ropes and coarse cloth; brown Indian hemp (also ambari hemp); the plant itself....
13. amrita, adj. View full entry 1810
...Immortal, ambrosial. (See Notes to Southey's Kehama xxiv. (1850) 626.)...
14. ankus, n. View full entry 1886
...In India, an elephant-goad. Also attrib....
15. Arhat | Arahat, n. View full entry 1870
...A Buddhist saint of the highest rank....
16. arjun, n. View full entry 1862
...An evergreen tree of southern India and Sri Lanka, Terminalia arjuna (family Combretaceae); = kumbuk...
17. Aryan | Arian, adj. and n. View full entry 1839
...Applied by some to the great division or family of languages, which includes Sanskrit, Zend, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, and Slavonic, with their modern representatives; also called Indo-European, ...
18. atta, n. View full entry 1860
...Wheaten flour or meal....
19. aumil, n. View full entry 1800
...In South Asia: a non-European factor, esp. a collector of revenue. Cf. amildar...
20. badmash, n. View full entry 1843
...A scoundrel, a rogue; a miscreant; a hooligan, a ruffian....
