IMPORTANT TERMS OF HISTORY

THINKERS,BELIEFS AND BUILDING

Hey students,these terminology matters a lot if you wanna score good in history class 12th.Many times question of 1 mark or 2 marks,so just go through these words that matter

TERMINOLOGY

1) Ajivikas: Buddhist sects who ware also defined as fataliats.

2) Ashvamedha: A horse, signified as an

yagna, in which a horse was released. Area, which to be covered by the horse signified as an area of king's influence. If horse was captured by someone, he had to fight with the king.

3) Lokyata: A religious sect which is defined as materialists.

4) Rajasuya yagna: A sacrificial ceremony which is performed by chiefs and kings.The rituals were conducted by Brahmanas.

5) Sangha: Organisation of monks.

6) Thupa: Pali word for stupa.

7) Tripitaka: Three books of Buddhist sacred text.

8) Tirthankar: A great teacher in Jainism. Or Literally those who guide men and women across the river of existence.

9) Upanishads: Brahmanical philosophical texts.

10) Kutagarashala: A hut with a pointed roof or in grove where travelling mendicants halted.

11) Hagiography: A biography of a saint or religious leader.

12) Anicca: Transient

13) Anatta: Soulless

14) Dukkha: Sorrow

15) Dhamma: The path of righteous living

16) Bhikkhus: Those people who lived on alms

17) Theris: Respected women who had attained liberation

18) Metta: Fellow feeling

19) Karuna: Compassion

20) Chaitya: Derived from the word chita, meaning a funeral pyre, and by extension funerary mound.

21) Harmika: A balcony like structure that represented the abode of the gods.

22) Yashti: A mast arises from the harmika.

23) Ayudhas: Weapons or auspicious objects the deities hold in their hands..