akṣara
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Sanskrit term meaning imperishable, fixed, etc. (a + kṣhara). Akṣhara is also a letter of the alaphabet, a syllable or
Bhāva
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The presiding spirit or emotion in a piece of music, dance, or histrionics. To create and convey bhāva, symbols, variations
ḍamaru
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The name of a small hour glass-shaped drum, carried by various deities, most notably by Śiva in his Naṭarāja form.
jāti
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Sanskrit term, meaning a ‘group into which one is born’, that is a native group. It is derived from ‘jāt’,
mudrā
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1 Hand gestures, usually accompanied by mantras. Considered to be the deity, or aspects of the deity, in the
rūpa
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Sanskrit term, derived from ‘roop’ which means shape, form etc. Rūpak means ‘that which has form’. The term, now not
