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Kartarimukha. scissors face or arrow shaft face. separation of women and men, opposition, stealing, corner of the eye, death, disagreement, lightning [2] 5. Mayura. peacock or peacock's beak. bird of omen, forehead, stroking the hair, wiping tears, argument [2] 6. Ardhachandra.
A punkah in the house of French colonials in Indochina c. 1930. Church interior with an intricate system of punkahs c. 1900. A punkah, also pankha ( Urdu: پَنکھا, Hindi: पंखा, paṅkhā ), is a type of fan used since the early 6th century BC. The word pankha originated from pankh, the wings of a bird which produce a current of air ...
Mayura (mythology) Mayura ( Sanskrit: मयूर Mayūra) is a Sanskrit word for peacock [1] which is one of the sacred birds of the Hindu culture. It is referred to in a number of Hindu scriptures. It is also a contemporary Hindu name used in many parts of India.
The Indian peafowl ( Pavo cristatus ), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens, although both sexes are often referred to colloquially as a ...
Arti. (Hinduism) Arti ( Hindi: आरती, romanized : Ārtī) or Arati ( Sanskrit: आरति, romanized : Ārati) [1] [2] is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities. [3] [4] [5] Arti also refers to the songs sung in praise of ...
Vahana ( Sanskrit: वाहन, romanized : vāhana, lit. 'that which carries') or vahanam ( Sanskrit: वाहनम्, romanized : vāhanam) denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle. In this capacity, the vahana is often called the deity's "mount". Upon the partnership ...
The peacock dance or peafowl dance is a traditional Asian folk dance that describes the beauty and the movement of peacocks.There are several peacock dance traditions developed in Asia, among others are peacock dances of Myanmar, and in the western and northern parts of Cambodia, West Java in Indonesia, also peacock dances of Indian subcontinent in Southern India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
This “speaking fan” created a system whereby motions of the fan translated into letters of the alphabet. The alphabet, with the exception of J, was split into five sections. These sections corresponded to one of the following movements: Moving the fan with the left hand to the left arm; Moving the fan with the right hand to the left arm