Glossary

Shringar is the Sanskrit-derived word for adornment; on this site it means the ornaments, garments and decorations made for a deity image rather than for a person to wear.

Also spelt: shringaar, sringar, sringaar, shingar, shrungar, sringhar, adornment

Aabharan means ornaments; shringar jewellery is the set of necklaces, earrings, bangles, waistbands and anklets made to fit a deity image rather than a person, usually in gold- or silver-finish metal.

Also spelt: aabharan, abharan, aabhushan, abhushan, deity jewellery, deity jewelry, thakorji jewellery, ornaments

A mukut is a crown-form headpiece made to sit on the head of a deity image; it is worked in metal with a gold or silver finish and is chosen by the width of the image it must fit.

Also spelt: mukat, mugat, mukuta, makut, crown, deity crown

Morpankh means peacock feather — mor is peacock and pankh is feather; as an ornament it is a single feather, or a feather-shaped piece, fitted to a deity image or to its headwear.

Also spelt: mor pankh, morpankhi, mor pankhi, peacock feather, morpakh

Vastra means cloth or garment; on this site it is the clothing made to fit a deity image, most often in cotton and cut to the measurements of the specific swaroop.

Also spelt: vastr, vasthra, vastram, cloth, deity clothing

A poshak is a complete outfit for a deity image — the main garment together with its matching pieces — supplied as a set in one fabric and colour.

Also spelt: posak, poshaak, pooshak, poshak set, vagha, vagho, outfit, dress

Leriya is a cotton fabric carrying diagonal wave-like stripes produced by resist-dyeing the rolled cloth; the shop stitches it into vastra and poshak.

Also spelt: leheriya, lehariya, laheriya, leriya cotton, cotton leriya

A mala — also called haar or malaji — is a garland or necklace made to a fixed inner length so that it hangs at the right height on the deity image it is made for.

Also spelt: malaji, maala, haar, har, necklace, garland, mala ji

A singhasan is the seat or throne on which a deity image is placed, made in wood or metal and sized to the image it holds.

Also spelt: sinhasan, simhasan, singhaasan, singhasan throne, throne, seat

A jhula, also called a palna, is a swing cradle made to hold a deity image, built in wood or metal and sized to the image.

Also spelt: jhoola, palna, palana, jhulla, swing, cradle, hindola swing

Rajkot is a city in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, western India; it is where the Aanshi Shringar Art workshop is based.

Also spelt: Rajkot, Gujarat, Saurashtra

Nathdwara is a town in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, India.

Also spelt: Nathdwara, Nathadwara, Nathdwar, Shrinathji Nathdwara

Aanshi Shringar Art is a Rajkot-based workshop and online shop that makes handcrafted shringar — gold- and silver-finish ornaments, cotton vastra and everyday seva needs — for Thakorji, Shrinathji, Lalaji and other swaroops, used by Vaishnav and Hindu families across sampradayas and by Krishna bhakts generally for home and haveli seva, and ships across India and internationally.

Also spelt: ASA, Aanshi Shringar, Anshi Shringar Art, aanshishringarart