Arabic. The cenotaph in a Islamic tomb. See zat pwe. Burmese. Classical dance drama in Burma with performances usually based on the Jataka or Ramayana stories. Its development was heavily influenced by the movements of the marionettes from yokthei pwe. ...for more order our CDrom...
Burmese. Prayer pavilions in Buddhist temple compounds in Burma. Burmese for chedi. Japanese. Term for a school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed mainly in China and Japan. It emphasizes self-realization and meditation, and discourages ritual ...for more order our CDrom... Arabic-Hindi. Segregated residence for Hindu or Muslim women. See also purdah. A language related to Sanskrit in which the Avesta is written, a religious book of the ancient Persians and their descendants, the Parsi. Arabic. A sacred Islamic burial chamber. A theoretical belt of twelve astral signs in which lies the solar orbit. In Thailand both the Chinese and the regular zodiac are used. In Thai the twelve astral signs are called rasih and the circle of the zodiac 'chakrasih'. The escutcheon of Nakhon Sri Thammarat shows a zodiac (fig.). ...for more order our CDrom...
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