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Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, shamanism, and many other religions. Relic derives from the Latin reliquiae, meaning "remains", and a form of the Latin verb relinquere, to "leave behind, or abandon". A reliquary is a shrine that houses one or more religious relics.
Relic of the tooth of the Buddha, venerated in Sri Lanka as a cetiya "relic" of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Śarīra, a generic term referring to Buddhist relics. In Buddhism, relics of the Buddha and various sages are venerated. After the Buddha's death, his remains were divided into eight portions.
The name Laufi, meaning "thin as a leaf", is used in all sources except for Gesta Danorum, where it is called Snirtir, from snerta meaning "to attack". The name is used in later Scaldic works, such Hattalykill and the Þulur of the Edda in the sense "sword". [36] Bödvar Bjarki's sword with which he killed Ingeld's son Agnar. [30]
Articles related to relics, objects of religious significance from the past. They usually consist of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial.
The Relic (Anthony novel), a 1991 novel by Evelyn Anthony; Relic, a 2001 novel by Tom Egeland; Relic (Foster novel), a 2018 novel by Alan Dean Foster; Relic, a comic book enemy of Green Lantern; Relic the Pika, a character in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline of the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie comics
King Dutugemunu who, on the full-moon day of the month of Āsāëha (June–July), under the constellation of Uttarāsāëha, would officiate in the ceremony for the enshrining of the relics in the Great Stūpa, worshipped the Sangha (Order of monks) on the day before the full-moon day, reminded them that tomorrow is the appointed day for the ...
List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 22 January 2025, at 11:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
(Up to 13 additional Gardiner-unlisted determinative hieroglyphs for the "pectoral"; See Gardiner's sign list.) Rosetta Stone – A stone with three languages on it, which unlocked the Egyptian language; Saqqara Bird – wooden bird model; Sarcophagus – a funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone