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According to the ancient Indian/Hindu-origin traditional medicine system of ayurveda, drinking water stored in the copper lota has health and nutritional benefits. It is used for jala neti, a traditional ayurvedic and yogic practice that is used for cleansing the nose and sinus passages through nasal irrigation.
The Thathera (literally meaning 'the beater', [1] also known as Thathrias [2]) is a Hindu and Sikh artisan caste in India, whose traditional occupation is the making of brass and copper utensils. [citation needed] In 2014, the craft of the Thathera community of Jandiala Guru was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
A brass kamandalu, held by a sadhu. Kamandalu ( Sanskrit: कमण्डलु, kamaṇḍalu [1] ), kamandal, or kamandalam is an oblong water pot, originating from the Indian subcontinent, made of a dry gourd ( pumpkin) or coconut shell, metal, wood of the Kamandalataru tree, [2] or from clay, usually with a handle and sometimes with a spout.
A kalasha, also called Pūrṇa-Kalaśa, Pūrṇa-Kumbha, Pūrṇa-Ghaṭa, also called ghat or ghot or kumbh ( Sanskrit: कलश kalaśa, Telugu: కలశము Kannada: ಕಳಶ literally "pitcher, pot"), is a metal ( brass, copper, silver or gold) pot with a large base and small mouth. It is employed in the rituals in Hindu, Jain, and ...
Kalai (process) The art of kalai (kalhai or qalai) is the process of coating an alloy surface such as copper or brass by deposition of metal tin on it. [1] The word "kalai" is derived from Sanskrit word kalya lepa, which means "white wash or tin". [2] A cultural Sanskrit work by Keladi Basava called "Sivatattva Ratnakara" (1699) mentions ...
Anda. An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari. A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız.
Bhagavan. The word Bhagavan ( Sanskrit: भगवान्, romanized : Bhagavān; Pali: Bhagavā ), also spelt as Bhagwan (sometimes translated in English as "Lord", "God"), an epithet within Indian religions used to denote figures of religious worship. In Hinduism it is used to signify a deity or an avatar, particularly for Krishna and Vishnu ...
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 ...