2005-04-23

Foh-maeyu, Fo mai-yu (Chinese) (from fo buddha + miao temple)

Buddha's temple; a temple dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha.

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Lhakhang lha khang (Tibetan) God-house; a temple or image hall; a crypt, especially a subterranean temple.

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Lhakang (Tibet, Tibetan). A temple; a crypt, especially a subterranean temple for mystic ceremonies.

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MANO-MANDIR: temple of mind

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gopura:

gopura. Decorated gate to the temple.

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mandir:

mandir (mandhir). Temple.

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mandir:

a hindu temple

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panda:

a temple priest at a pilgrimage site

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Karnak The ancient Egyptian temple at Thebes, situated on the eastern bank of the Nile, called the Temple of Karnak after a modern village in the vicinity named El-Karnak.

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Azerekhsh (Pahlavi) The most celebrated of the ancient fire-temples of the Magi, situated in Shiz, the capital of Atropatene (the Persian Gazn). Tradition ascribes the temple of Azerekhsh to Zartusht (Zoroaster).

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Neocoros (Ancient Greek). With the Greeks the guardian of a Temple.

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Gonpa (Tibet, Tibetan) A temple or monastery; a Lamasery.

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mandira

temple.

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COVENSTEAD: the meeting place of the coven, also called a temple.

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Mahanta - the head of a monastery or temple.

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Pradakshina:

Pradakshina. Walking clockwise in a temple as a form of worship.

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gopura

The ornately decorated ceremonial gateway or archway of a temple or city. The gopuras of Vishnu temples simulate the gateways to Vaikuntha.

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Neokoros (Greek) The custodian or guardian of a temple; in Greek Asia a title for a city, in reference to the deity venerated by that city with a temple: for example, Ephesus was a neokoros of Artemis.

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deva-dasi:

deva-dasi - a temple prostitute

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deva-mandir:

deva-mandir (dheva-mandhir). Temple of God.

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