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Ethnomusicology
Religious terms for Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
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Music
Undergraduate 2
02/12/2006

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Sanskrit
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language of Aryans of Indo-European origins (Hindu)
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Nada Brahma
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sacred causal sound; underlying foundation of all musical sound (Hindu)
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mantra
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recited meditation and sacred utterance, vehicle of thought (h)
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bhajan
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devotional songs in various Indian languages and styles; loosely organized songs (h)
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Brahmans
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custodians of vedas; highest caste; supreme being/truth (h)
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Ramayana
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lower class religious text, very long; humanly created fifth veda; part of smrti (h)
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sruti
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the four vedas; devine compositions (h)
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dharma
Definition
justice, faith, duty; religous and social obligations (h)
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bhakti
Definition
devotion to God; devotional music cultivated through lineages (h)
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raga
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Indian modal system (h)
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Theradvada
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most orthodox division of Buddhism; make salvation attainable through monastism (b)
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karma
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reincarnation; pay for last life (b)
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samigha/samgha
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order of monks/ disciples (b)
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paritta
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apotropaic chants in theravada schools; spells used in ceremonies (b)
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nirvana
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ultimate reality, provisional and relative usefulness; found in Mahayana (b)
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mudra
Definition
hand symbols w/ isoteric meanings (b)
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mu'yu
Definition
fish-shaped musical instrument box; chinese instrument (b)
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tantra
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offshoot of Mahayana; rigerous mental disciplines (b)
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shakuhachi
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bamboo flute (Japanese); importance lies in silence and space (b)
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Bodhisattva
Definition
path of becoming enlightened (b)
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mizmor/psalm
Definition
sacred hymn (j)
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shofar
Definition
ram's horn instrument (j)
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ta'amim
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hebrew; notation signs for language (j)
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hazan/cantor
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learned singers of hymns (j)
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piyyut
Definition
new form of metrical hymn for Sephardic Jews; created outside of the temple (non-sacred) (j)
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Bar'mitzvah
Definition
age 13; son of commandments; coming of age ceremony; ability to lead prayers (j)
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payatan
Definition
poet, musician, voluntary reader of ritual (j)
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Ladino
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spanish/Jewish Sephardic language (j)
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cantillation
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liturgical chanting; singing of scripture (j)
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hassidim
Definition
modern form of Jewish tradition; more joyful worship of God
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