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» Abacus
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Upper part of a capital |
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» ABHAYAMUDRA
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"gesture without fear"; a position of the hands indicating "do not fear, approach with trust". |
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» Active solar
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A solar application that uses electrical or mechanical equipment (typically pumps or fans) to assist in collecting and storing solar energy for the purpose of heating or cooling (buildings, liquids, or gases] or to make electricity. |
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» ADHISTHANA
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Plinth, base, platform. |
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» AGNIKULA
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"Family of the fire", a lineage to which four Rajput dynasties belonged. |
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» AHAVANIYA
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Sacrificial fire of the east. |
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» ALASAKANYA
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"Reclining girl"; an erotic female figure used in temple decoration. |
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» AMALAKA
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A type of segmented cushion like a myrobalan fruit crowning the ogival structure over the inner sanctum of north Indian temples. |
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» Amalaka
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Horizontal disk with lateral ribs set at the top of a temple tower in northern India. |
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» ANDA
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Central body of a domed stupa. |
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» ANGASHIKHARA
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a small shikhara built around the central one. |
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» ANTARAM
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Hall between the mandapa and the temple sanctum. |
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» APADANA
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Hypostyle reception room used by Persian kings. |
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» Apsara
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Celestial nymph often found among the carvings decorating a temple. |
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» APSARAS
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Heavenly nymph. |
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» Aranyakas
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Texts explaining acts of mythical or ritual kind, which give special energy and are only known by insiders. |
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» ARASA
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Type of marble from Gujarat. |
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» Architecture
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The art or science of building; specif:the art or practice of designing structures and esp. inhabitable ones. 2. Formation or construction as or as if the result of conscious act. 3. Architectural product or work. 4. A method or style of building. 5. computing: the entire structure of a network, including protocols, operating system, hardware, cabling, interfaces and adapter cards. |
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» Ardha-mandapa
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Small pillared hall preceding the -> mandapa as a form of vestibule to the temple. Known as antarala in a special kind of northern-temple style (-»Bogha-mandapa). |
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» ARDHAMANDAPA
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Hypostyle entrance porch to the temple. |
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» ARHAT
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"Venerable saint"; Buddhist monk who has achieved detachment. |
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» Artificial Life
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'Artificial Life' was coined as a deliberate oxymoron to challenge received ideas that life is the sole province of the pure category of nature (Helmreich 1998a: 21). It is also clearly a response, from within biology to the limitations placed on the discipline by the sole availability of carbon-based life on Earth: 'There is nothing in its charter that restricts biology to the study of carbon-based life; it is simply that this is the only kind of life that has been available to study3 (1996 [1989]: 39). And again, 'Since it is quite unlikely that organisms based on different physical chemistries will present themselves to us for study in the foreseeable future, our only alternative is to try to synthesise alternative life forms ourselves -Artificial Life: life made by man rather than by nature' |
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» Arya
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Indo-European people who invaded northern India around the second millennium B.C. Atman: Principle of the individual, the 'self. In antithesis with -> brahman.
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» ASURA
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Demon, force from the darkness. |
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» Avatar
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Incarnation of a deity. In Hinduism, Krishna, like -> Buddha, is regarded as an avatarof Vishnu.
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» AVATARA
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Descent of the Divinity to earth in animal or human form. |
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» Axonometric
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A drawing technique devised to represent three dimensional objects on flat paper. Verticals are drawn to scale, but diagonal dimensions are distorted. |
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» BAKADARI
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pavilion with twelve openings. |
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» Bakeout
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A process used to remove VOCs in a building by operating the building's HVAC systems at elevated temperatures using 100 percent outside air after all the furniture and finishes [carpeting, ceiling tiles, etc.] have been installed. |
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» BANGALDAR
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Bengalese roof with arched overhangs. |
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» BAOLI
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Underground constructions with several floors used as a rest place in Gujarat. |
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» BARA DEUL
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: "Large temple"; term that refers to the sanctuary |
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» BARA:
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: Part of the temple in Orissa that corresponds to the walls. |
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» BEKI
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Small neck of a column on which the amalaka rests. |
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» BHADRA DEUL
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Aauspicious temple" or a mandapa or jagamohana in temples in Orissa. |
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» BHOGAMANDAPA
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"Hall of offerings". |
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» BHUMI
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Floor of the rekha. |
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» BHUMIIA
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Type of shikhara. |
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» BINARY
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A Number that uses only two digit, 0 and 1. Also called a base-2 number system in which place-value indicate powers of 2 (in the decimal system,place-value indicates power of 10)Since computer use bits, which have only two states,binary is a convenient number system representing computer information at its most basic level. |
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» BINDU
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Point or instant from which all originates. |
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» Biomass
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An energy resource derived from organic matter such as wood, agricultural waste, or other living cell material. |
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» Bioremediation
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The use of natural biological organisms {microbes, bacteria, plants, etc.] to break down contaminants and restore contaminated land to productive use. |
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» Bioremediation
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The use of natural biological organisms {microbes, bacteria, plants, etc.] to break down contaminants and restore contaminated land to productive use. |
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» BITMAP
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Any Situation in which a single location in memory corresponds to a single pixel. Usually applies to screen or printer outputs. |
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» Black water
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Wastewater from toilets and urinals, which contains pathogens that must be neutralized before the water can be safely reused. After neutralization, black water is typically used for non-potable purposes, such as flushing or irrigation. |
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» BODHISATTVA
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Highly venerated Buddhist figure who foregoes enjoyment of nirvana and remains in the world to help suffering mankind achieve liberation. |
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