Ajivika and Buddhist Art in Ancient South Asia

Ajivika

Agnostic sect or philosophical belief in ancient South Asia

Amaravati

A town in Andhra Pradesh, India

Bodhisattva

One on the path to becoming a Buddha; chooses to remain among us out of compassion

Chaitya

A shrine

Darshan

sacred viewing; beholding a deity or saint or sacred object (or an image of a deity or a saint)

Jaggayyapeta

town where Chakravartin is located

Jataka

Tale from the previous births of the Buddha (animals forms)

Karle/Karla

Cave shrine, party place for college students. Has elevated stupa.

Manibhadra

One of the major Yakshas. popular

Mithuna

An amorous couple

Nirvana

Eternal peace; escape from the cycle of suffering; enlightenment

Sangha

the Buddhist monastic order of monks and nuns

Sikri

A specific location or site

Surya

The Hindu sun god

Torana

A gateway, often in the context of Buddhist shrines

Vihara

A monastery, especially in a Buddhist context

Bhaja

Buddhist cave site

Bharhut stupa

Shrine, dismantled by British, not pieces remain in museum

Chakravartin

The ideal ruler, lit. one who turns the wheel

Dharma

The Law or the Way as preached by the Buddha

Indira

The Hindu god of rain

Madhya Pradesh

A state in central India

Mathura

City in India where Parkham located

Parkham

statue of Manibhadra

Sanchi

Buddhist complex (studied the toranas (gateways))

Sunga/Shunga Empire

An ancient empire from 2nd - 1st century BCE

Svayambhu

Self-born, self-manifested, self-existing creation; impersonal or created by its own accord

Vedika

A fence, especially in the context of religious structures