AFRICAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN (VOCAB SET #3)

AFRICAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARCHITECTURE VOCABULARY

tukul

round housing type with a conical thatched roof, common in eastern Africa

zimbabwe

stone house or structure

anthropomorphism

the attribution of human characteristics to a non-human entity

torons

projecting wood beams

redented

formed like the teeth of a saw, indented

pradakshina

the clockwise circumambulation of pilgrims

prakaram

a walled enclosure in a Hindu temple compound, similar to a temenos

shikara

pyramidal tower built over the sanctuary (garbha griha) of a Hindu temple

The Buddhist Eightfold Path

set of eight practices for reaching Enlightenment

Mandala

diagram of the cosmos made from overlaid geometric patterns, used as the basis for the plan of monumental religious structures in south and southeast Asia