A Place Within (51 page)

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Authors: M.G. Vassanji

 

Select Glossary

Banya

a member of the traditional trading caste

bhajan

devotional song

bhakti

devotional worship

Brahmin

a member of the traditional priestly caste

dargah

a shrine where a holy man is buried and worshipped

fakir

mendicant

ginan

religious songs (bhajans) of the Khojas, and other sects

kafir

heretic, in Islam

khano

a Khoja prayer house and community centre (from
jamat khana
)

Khoja

a Gujarati ethnic-religious group with elements of both Ismailism and Vaishnavism

Kshatriya

a member of the traditional warrior caste

mandir

temple

masjid

mosque

pir

a Muslim holy man or saint

pavaya

a transvestite eunuch

qadi

an Islamic judge

qawali

a form of Urdu poetry, often devotional

sadhu

an ascetic

sepoy

private soldier

Sufi

an Islamic mystic

Vaishnavism

worship of the god Vishnu and his avatars, especially Rama and Krishna

yogi

an Indian ascetic

 

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