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Key Terminology for Worship in Hinduism Flashcards

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Puja

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worship, showing honor and revering God

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Arti

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a - to
rati - virtue/light

worship involving waving lamps, in home, outside sacred places

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Sadhana

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A means to accomplishing something, a discipline followed to achieve mocksha - puja is a Sadhana

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Bhakti

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Devotion

alt. movement in Hinduism with origins in 6th century

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Bhakta

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A devotee

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Istadeva

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One’s chosen deity name or form

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Murtis

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Images of God

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Swastika

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Sign of good fortune found at shrines

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Arti tray

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tray holding necessary items for puja

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Arti lamp

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Lamp used in arti ceremony, waved before murtis in home, temples, and outdoors at festivals

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Diva

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Lamp

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Incence

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Used to sweeten the air for God to lift a prayer to heavens

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Prasad

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Food offered to the deity, received back it is blessed by God and offered to worshipers

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Kalasha

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Water Pot

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Angali

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Gift or offering made in worship

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Gangajaj

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Purest water, from Ganges

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Kumkum

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Red powder used to mark bodies of worshipers/murtis

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Haldi

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Yellow powder (tumeric) used to mark body or murtis
*Sandlewood ash also used*
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Panchamrit

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Literally means the 5

yogurt, sugar, milk, honey, butter, mixed and offered to murti/washed in the panchmrit

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Mala

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String of prayer beads, used for namjapa

*Hare Krishnas have 108 beads

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Tilak

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Marks using powder on the bodies of worshipers, usually on forehead, self administered or by priest
*Unique marking for each of the major sampradayas (sects) ie Saivas with 3 lines

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Padya

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Offering murtis water to wash their feet

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Aghya

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giving food offerings

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Pushpa

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Offering flowers

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Dhupa

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Offering incense

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Bhajans

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Devotional hyms of praise to God

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Mantras

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Short verses (shloka) from the sacred Vedas or the name of God repeated

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Aum

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Sacred sound, mantra embodying the presence and reality of Brahman

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Gayatri mantra

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Means ‘great mantra’, memorised and recited as part of puja

*Originates from Vedas, refers to Brahman as the sun, Puja performed to the sun in the early morning

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Namjapa

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Repetition of a name of God

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Shanti-path

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Special prayer to end puja at home or in temple, asks for peace (shanti) in all the world

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