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Al-Kalbi writes that an idol, or an aṣnām, is a venerated figurine resembling a human that is made out of wood, gold, or silver. However, if made of stone, it is called an awthān. [13] In the Quran, the words used for 'idol' or 'statue' include wathan (plural awthān) and ṣanam (plural aṣnām).
Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
Idola theatri (singular Idolum theatri) is a type of tendency towards logical fallacy or error, normally translated as "idols of the theatre". The Latin was coined by Sir Francis Bacon in his Novum Organum —one of the earliest treatises arguing the case for the logic and method of modern science .
Achilles' sacrifice of Trojan prisoners, 4th-century BC fresco from Vulci.The eidolon of Patroclus is second from left.. In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon (/ aɪ ˈ d oʊ l ɒ n /; [1] Ancient Greek: εἴδωλον 'image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost'; plural: eidola or eidolons) is a spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form.
Purification (Shuddhi) - the idol is cleansed and purified to remove impurities. [13] Invocation (Avahana) - the deity is invoked into the idol through specific mantras and rituals prescribed in the scriptures. [14] Infusion of life (Prana pratishtha) - this is the core of the ritual where pran is put into the idol through various mantras. [7]
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Cult image, a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents; Murti, a devotional image of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence