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Glossary of Terms
(E?)(L?) http://www.asiasource.org/reference/This section features a growing general glossary of terms covering Economics, Business, Politics, Arts, and Religion. We currently list more than a thousand terms with a particular strength in the Arts and Religion.
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- A - There are 70 terms beginning with "a."
- abhayamudra | Abhirati | abr | abrban | ABRI | acarya | adiol | adras | Advani, Lal Krishna | agama | age, respect for | Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) | Agni | Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchange & Cooperation Between the South and North | ai kochet | ajrarkh | Akali Dal | Akanishta | Akshobhya | alacha | All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | All-India Congress Committee (AICC) | aloizi | amalaka | Ambika Yaksi | Amida | Amitabha | Amoghasiddhi | amok | analects | Anantasayana | Anata | ancestor worship | anda | Andhakasura(vadha)murti | anekandaka | anjalimudra | ankusa | annealing | antarala | antarapatta | Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign | ANZUS | APEC | applique | Apsaras | aranya | archetype-deity | ardhamandapa | arhat | Arjuna | Armistice Agreement | art | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | asmalyk | asoka | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | astadikpala(s) | asura | asvapitha | atlas | Avalokiteshvara | avatar | avatara | ayatlyk | Ayatollah | Ayodhya
- B - There are 79 terms beginning with "b."
- Ram temple | Babur | Backward Classes (BCs) | Bactria | baghmal | Bahasa | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | Bajrang Dal | baldachin | Balouch | bandh | bandhani | Banjara | barong | Bas'chira | Basic Agreement | baskur | basma | bast | batik | beater | beatific-body | bekasab | bell | beshir | between | bhadra | bhagna | Bhairava | Bhaishajyaguru | bhakti | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Bhil | bhoota figures | Bhopal | Bhrngi | bhu | bhumi | Bhumibol | bhumija | bhumisparshamudra | Bhuta | bidri | bija | bindu | block-print | Blue House | bodhi | Bodhi tree | bodhicitta | body, speech, and mind | body-mind complex | Bofors | bolim posh | Bombay Plan | booth capturing | | Brahma | brahman | Brahmana | Brahmani | brahmasthana | Brahmin | brazing | Bretton Woods Agreements (1945) | Budhavatara | Bumiputra | Burakumin | burka | button-hole stitch | buynuz | byobu | Byodoin
- C - There are 78 terms beginning with "c."
- | caitya | cakra | cakravarti(n) | camaradharini | Camunda | candrasala | carding | Caste System | Caturbhuja | caturmukhalinga | caturvinsatimurit | Caturvyuha | Cekong | Central Advisory Commission (CAC) | Central Military Commission (CMC) | Ch'i | Ch'ungch'ong | chadya | chaikhalta | chain stitch | chakra | chakravartin | Chala Muslim | chalma | champlevi | Chandra Shekhar | chandrahaar | chapan | chappal | charity, gesture of (varadamudra) | charkh | charkhtob | charpoy | chasing | chasmi buldul | chaupad | chavadan | Chettiar | Chief minister | chigaidana | chillum | China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) | chintz | chitagar | chitrakar | Cholla | Chosen Soren | Chuang Tzu | Chun Doo Hwan | chun tzu | Chung Ju Young | chuval | chyrpy | clear light | cloisonni | Combined Forces Command (CFC) | communal | Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) | Community Development Programme | Confucianism | Confucius | Congress Party | Congress Working Committee (CWC) | consort | coral knot stitch | counter-shed | Creation Stage | Crore | crown knot | Cultural Revolution
- D - There are 64 terms beginning with "d."
- Daijoin | Daimyo | daira gul | Daitokuji | dakini | Dalai Lama | Dalit | damaru | dana | darsana | dasavatara | Dassehra | deibiki | Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | Democracy Wall | Democratic Justice Party (DJP) | Democratic Liberal Party (DLP) | Democratic Party (DP) | Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) | Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) | Deng's Southern Tour | denier | deslik | deva | devadasi | devagrha | devakulika | devalaya | devcharkh | Dharma | dharmachakra | dharmachakramudra | Dharmashastra | dhoti | dhurrie | dhyanamudra | digambara | dikpala(s) | divination | Diwali | djoinamoz | doctrine of the mean | Doi moi | doming block | Doordarshan | dorii | doroi | dostarkhan | doucai | dravida | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) | Dravidians | draw plate | drawloom | Drepung monas=tery | drop | dschulchir | dud | dumba | Durga | Durga | dvarapala | dvija | dwifungsi
- E - There are 22 terms beginning with "e."
- earthenware | East Asian Economic Grouping (EAEG) | East India Company | Edo | ekamnukhalinga | ekandaka | Elections | emakisee | emanation | Emergency | enameling | endaka | energy, neural energy | engi | enlightenment | ensi | Ersari | eshik tysh | Esoteric Communion | evolution, evolutionary | eya
- F - There are 33 terms beginning with "f."
- Fabian Socialism | Factory Manager Responsibility System | fatwa | fierce deity | Fifth Five-Year Plan (1974-79) | Fifth Republic | filial piety | filigree | First Five-Year Plan (1951-56) | Five Constant Relationships | Five Guarantee Households | five poisons | five systems | five wisdoms | Five-Year Plans | flat weave | Floating Population | floating weft | floss silk | flower-and-bird painting | Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), 1973 | Foreign Joint Venture Law (1984) | Four Cardinal Principles | Four Modernizations | Four Noble Truths | Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969-74) | fugitive dye | fulling | fung shui | fury-fire | fusuma | futa Futa | futabof
- G - There are 44 terms beginning with "g."
- gada | gajapitha | Gajasuramardin (Gajasura[samhara]murti) | gana | Gandhi, Indira | Gandhi, Mohandas K. | Gandhi, Rajiv | Ganesa | Ganesha | Gang of Four | Ganga | Ganga | ganjifa | garbhagrha | Garuda | Gauri | gavara posh | Geluk order | germetch | Getihu/Individual Economy | ghanta | ghatapallava | Ghats | ghiordes knot | ghudjeri | glaze | glossing | gofun | gol | Gond | grasaptti (grasapattamala, grasapattaka) | Great Leap Forward | Great Seal | Green Revolution | Green Revolution | greenware | Guam Doctrine (also known as the 'Nixon Doctrine') | guanxi | Gudigar | gul | gul-i-peron | gulduzi | guru | guza
- H - There are 24 terms beginning with "h."
- haikai | Haj | hamsa (hansa) | han | Han'gul | Hanahoe | Harappa | Harihara | Harijan | hasli | hatchlu | Hazara | heddle | Heian | Heruka | Hevajra | Hindi Heartland | Hinduism | Hindutva | Hiranyaksa | Hong Kong Basic Law | Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) | Household Responsibility System | Hsiung-Nu
- I - There are 20 terms beginning with "i."
- I-Ching | Iaddu | ikat | Indian National Congress (INC) | Individual Vehicle | Indo-Aryans | Indra | Indrani | Industrial Policy Resolution, 1948 | Industrial Policy, 1991 | Industries Development and Regulative Act (IDRA), 1951 | initiation | Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) | Intensive Agricultural District Programme, 1960s | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | iolam | Iron Rice Bowl | Isana | ishtibar | istadevata(s)
- J - There are 22 terms beginning with "j."
- jadyakumbha | Jagannatha | jagati | jaina | Jainism | jali | jallar | jamdani | Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) | Jana Sangh | Janata Dal | Janata Party | Jat | Jataka | jatamukuta | Jati | Jen | Jharkhand | jhumka | jina | Juche | June 27th, 1995 Election
- K - There are 101 terms beginning with "k."
- kabeez | Kadam order | Kagyu order | Kailasa, Mount | kaisho | kaksasana | kalamkari | kalamkash | kalasa | Kali | Kaliyuga | Kalkin | kalmi | Kama | Kamakura | kamoni pakhtashapi | kampong | kanaus | Kanga | Kangakuin | Kannon | Kano | kantha | | kapala | kapili | kapota | Kar sevak | karachup | Karakalpak | karandamukuta | karaoke | karaqul | karbos | karna | karnika | Karoshi | karshin | Karttikeya | Kashmir Valley | Kaumari | kayotsargamudra | Kazakh | keibutsu | kelim | kep | kesdi | Ketu | Ketumati Pure Land | khadi | khalat | Khalistan | khan atlas | kharkhanas | khasi | khatvanga | khiwaz | khosa | khum | khurjin | kia su | Kim Chong Pil | Kim Dae Jung | Kim Il Sung | Kim Jong Il | Kim Young Sam | kimigakitsuke | kinbyobu | kinkhab | Kirghiz | kirti (kirtii) | kirtimukha (kirttimukha) | Kitsui, kitanai, kiken | knotted pile | koki | Kokinshu ( or Kokin wakashu) | kolyb | Korean Workers Party (KWP) | koto | KOTRA | Krsna (Krishna) | Ksatriya | Ksemankari | Kubera | kudunggari | kulhar | Kumara | kumbha | kunda | Kung Fu-Tzu | Kuomintang | Kuomintang (Guomindang, Nationalist Party, KMT) | Kurma | kurok-yastik | kurta | Kwangju Incident | kychik | Kyongsang | kys-gilgam
- L - There are 31 terms beginning with "l."
- Lakai | Lakh | lakshana | Laksmi | Laksmi-Narayana | Lakulisa | lalatabimba | lali posh | lama | Lao Tzu | lata | latina | latitasana | Law on South-North Exchange and Cooperation | Lee Ki Taek | Left Front | leheria | Li | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | License-Permit Raj | linga | livit | Lohar | Lok Sabha | Lokeshvara | lola gul | lord | lost wax | lota | lotus posture | lungi
- M - There are 71 terms beginning with "m."
- Macanese | madrach | magic-body | maha-stambha | Mahabharata | Mahadeva | Mahakala | mahamandapa | mahasiddha | Mahavira | Mahayana | Mahesvara | Mahesvari | Mahisasuramardini | mai pen ral | Maitreya | makara | makara | makara-torana | Mali | Manassa | Mandal Commission | mandala | mandalak | mandapa | mandapika | mandira | mandorla | Manjushri | mantra | March First (1919) Independence Movement | mariena | marquetry | Marwari | masala | mashru | matha | Matsya | maund | meditation, gesture of (dhyanamudra) | meditation, posture of | Mencius | Merdeka | Meru, Mount | mihrab | Milarepa (1040-1123) | Minamoto | Ministry of National Unification (MNU) | misknowledge | Missile Crisis of 1996 | mithuna | Mizo | modaka | mohalla | Mohenjo-Daro | Momoyama | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act, 1969 | mordant | mordant | Most-Favored Nation (MFN) | Muchilinda | mudra | Mughal | Munakata Shrine | muni | munisak | Muromachi | murti | mushku-zafar
- N - There are 36 terms beginning with "n."
- naga | Naga | nagara | nagaskha | Nagini | namakdan | namazlyk | Nandi | naqsha | narapitha | Narasinha (Nrsimha) | Naropa | Natesa | National Assembly Elections | National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) | National Development Council (NDC) | National Front | National People's Congress (NPC) | naturapetty | nau ratan | navagraha(s) | navandaka | Naxalites | Nehru, Jawaharlal | Neminatha | New Economic Policy, 1991 | New Korea Party (NKP) | Nirrti | nirvana | nishonzan | Nodong Sinmun (Rodong Shinmun) | Noin Ula | Nonresident Indians (NRIs) | Nordpolitik (Northern Policy) | numdah | Nyingma order
- O - There are 12 terms beginning with "o."
- OECD | oi | oinakhalta | ojakbashi | ok gozi | okbash | One Country, Two Systems | One-Child Policy | Open Policy | oshiita | Other Backward Classes (OBCs) | overglaze
- P - There are 67 terms beginning with "p."
- P'anmunjom | paambadam | Pacific Economic Co-operation Council (PECC) | Pahari | pakhtai americon | pakhtasavvahuni | Pakistan People's Party (PPP) | palliya | Pancagnitapas Parvati | pancamukhalinga | pancandaka | Pancasila | pancayatana | Panchayat | panjara | Parasurama | pardah | parikara | paripasha | Park Chung Hee | Parsi | Parsvanatha | Parthia | Parvati | Pasupata | patachitra | patara | patis | patola | Pazyryk | pedya | People's Action Party (PAP) | People's Communes | People's Liberation Army (PLA) | People's Republic of China (PRC) | Perak | Perfection Stage | phamisana | Philosophical Taoism | phulkari | pickling | pietra dura | pillakash-khona | pilta | pit loom | pitha | Planning Commission | ply | podshokhi | Politburo (or Political Bureau) | porcelain | poshtin | Poverty Alleviation Programs (PAPs) | Prajnaparamita | prasada | prasasti | pratiratha | preaching, gesture of (dharmachakramudra) | President | President's Rule | Privately-Owned and Foreign Invested (Sanzi) Enterprises | psychonaut | puja | puja | purana(s) | purnaghata
- Q - There are 1 terms beginning with "q."
- Quit India
- R - There are 42 terms beginning with "r."
- Rahu | Rajin-Sonbong Free Economic and Trade Zone (FETZ) | Rajput | Rajya Sabha | Rama | Ramayana | ramie | rangamandapa | ranguborchi | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) | Ratnasambhava | Ravana | raw silk | Reality | reassurance, gesture of (abhayamudra) | Rectification of Names | relaxation, posture of (latitasana) | Religious Taoism | Renminbi (Rmb) | repoussi | Republic of China (ROC) | Republic of Korea (ROK) | Reservation | Reserve Bank of India (RBI) | Reunification Democratic Party | Revanta | rezai | Riddhi | Rinpa (often Rimpa) | Roh Tae Woo | Rohingyas | rolag | Rsabhanatha | rsi (risi) | ruband | Rudra | rudraksha | ruidigo | rukorssi | rumol | rupaskha | ruyan
- S - There are 123 terms beginning with "s."
- Sabha | sabhamandapa | saha | Saka | sakha | sakti | Sakya order | Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) | salabhanjika | salilantara | sallabof | sallanchak | Salor | salori bulur | samadhi samadh samadh | Samantabhadra | samapadasthanaka | Samiti | samivarana | samsara | sancai | sandalik posh | Sangha | sankha | Santinatha | Saptamatrka[s] | sar-o-par | Sarariman | Sarasvati | Sarmatians | Sart | Saryq | Sati | saye gosha | Scenes in and around Kyoto | Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) | Scythians | Second Five-Year Plan (1956-61) | Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) | seed-syllable | Segyehwa | sehna knot | sekhari | self-habit | Seres | Sericulture | Serinda | Sesa | shabadan | shabrack | Shakyamuni | Shambhala | shamisen | Shamvara, or Samvara | Shang Ti | Shankaracharya | Shari'a | Shastra | She Chi | shed | shikishi | shilpashastra | Shingon order | Shinjinrui | Shinkokinshu ( or Shinkokin wakashu) | Shinto | shisha | shisham | Shiv Sena | Shiva | shoin style | shoki bargikaram | shona gul | Shunto | Siddhi | Sikh, Sikhism | sikhara | silk floss | Simla Agreement | sindura | Singh, V. P. | sinnet | Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Future of Hong Kong | Siva | Siying Qiye | Skanda | skull bowl | slip | Socialist Market Economy | soufreh | soul, indestructible drop | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | sparak | Special Administrative Regions (SARs) | Special Economic Zones (SEZs) | spiritual gene | spun silk | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Accord | Standing Committee of the Politburo | State Council | State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) | Status of Forces Agreement | sthapathi | stoneware | stupa | substansive dye | Sudra | sufa | Sukhavati | Sultan | sumach | Supreme People's Assembly | surahi | Surya | Suwannaphume | suzani | Svetambara | Swadeshi
- T - There are 70 terms beginning with "t."
- tabby weave | tablet weaving | tachardia lacca | Tadjik | takhai-pos | Tale of Genji | Tale of Heike | Tanabata | Tao | Tao Te Ching | Taoism | Taoist Hygiene and Yoga | taotie | Tara | tarjanimudra | tarkashi | tathagata | Te | teaching, gesture of (vitarkamudra) | Team Spirit | Tekke | Tendai order | terra-cotta | Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) | thali | thang ka | thanka | The 14th National Assembly Election | The 14th Presidential Election | Theravada | thewa | Third Five-Year Plan (1961-66) | Third Plenum of the Eleventh Party Central Committee | Thirty-six Immortal Poets | Three D's | Three Friends of Winter | Three Jewels | Three Kims | Three Noes | Ti | Tiananmen | Tie-dye | Tien | Tiffin | ting-tingchi | tirtha | tirthankara | Toda | tokonoma alcove | tor | torana | Tosa | touching the earth, gesture of (bhumisparshamudra) | Township and Village Collective Enterprises (TVCEs) | Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs) | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | tribhanga | trisula | truth | tseng hung hua | Tsong Khapa (1357 - 1419) | tsukeshoin | tukhmak | Tunku | Turkmen | Tushita Pure Land | twill weave | Two-Track Price System
- U - There are 23 terms beginning with "u."
- udgama | udumbara | ugra | Uighur | Uji | ukiyo-e | Uma | Uma-Mahesvaramurti | underglaze | United Malays National Organization (UMNO) | United People's Party (UPP) | Universal Vehicle | UNTAC | urna | Usas | Ushnisha | usto | Utang na loob | uttaranga | uttaravedi | Uzbek
- V - There are 37 terms beginning with "v."
- vahana | Vairochana | Vaisnavi | Vaisya | vajra | vajra | Vajradhara | Vajrapani | Vajrasattva | Vajrayana | valabhi | Vamana | vapi | varadamudra | Varaha | Varahi | varna | Varuna | vastupurusamadalas (vastumandala) | Vasuki | Vayu | vedi | vedibandha | Vegetarian Meals | vidyadevi(s) | vidyadhara | vihara | Vikrama-Samvat | vina | Vinadhara | Vinayaka | virastambha | Vishnu | Vishwa Hindu Parishad | vitarkamudra | vyala
- W - There are 9 terms beginning with "w."
- waka | warp | weft | weft-wrapping | Wen | wisdom | Work Unit (Danwei) | Wu-Wei | wucai
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- Y - There are 25 terms beginning with "y."
- Yadav | yaksi | Yakuza | yalangdavron | Yama | Yamantaka | Yamato | Yamato-e | Yamuna | Yang Hyong-sop | yantra | yaska | Yin-Yang | yoga | Yoganarayana | Yogesvara | Yogesvari | yogin | yogini | Yomud | Yongbyon | yoni | Yueh-Chi | yulduz | yurt
- Z - There are 10 terms beginning with "z."
- Zaibatsu | Zaitek | Zamindars | zaminduz | zar-i-choub | zardervori | zardosi | zeh | Zila Parishad | Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality (ZOPEAN)