Términos

In Indian architecture, a moon-stone with conch-terminals; moonstone with sinuous extremities containing carved conches (Karṇāṭan and north Indian).

Puertas principales de dos pisos de complejos de templos Zen, literalmente "puerta iluminada", "puerta montaña", o "puerta triple". El tamaño de la puerta puede ser equiparado con el estado del templo. Estas puertas pueden contener tres pasajes y se consideran también como barreras simbólicas entre lo profano y lo sagrado.

Style and culture of a subdivision of the Lakota people who currently live primarily in the Cheyenne River Reservation.

Grupo de tipos de letra de la clase de estilo romano que no tiene remate, producida por primera vez en el siglo XIX.

Radical partisans of the lower classes during the French Revolution; term refers to a man shabbily dressed, not wearing the breeches of the middle and upper classes of the period.

Style and culture of one of the largest Indian scheduled tribes; the Santal are a Kolarian people of northeastern India and Bangladesh.

Family containing around 36 genera and more than 400 species of semiparasitic shrubs, herbs, and trees, distributed in tropical and temperate regions. Modern classifications with Santalaceae include the former family Viscaceae (mistletoes), previously considered distinct.

Order containing 8 families, 151 genera, and about 1,000 species of flowering plants. All the families in Santalales are parasitic to some degree, attaching either to the roots or branches of their hosts. Members have a cosmopolitan distribution, but are most heavily concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions.

Genus of woody flowering plants, either trees or shrubs. Most are root parasites that photosynthesize their own food but tap the roots of other species for water and inorganic nutrients. Several species, most notably S. album, produce highly aromatic wood, used for scents and perfumes and for herbal medicine.

Species of long-lived, woody, flowering plant; the most commonly known source of sandalwood. This species has been long valued, harvested, and cultivated for its fragrant wood and medicinal qualities of essential oil. Currently, the wild population is vulnerable to extinction; very few sizable trees exist, thus it is not currently much used for fine woodworking; harvest of new trees is viable only after 40 years.