- dokhma
- n. structure on which Parsee dead are exposed; 'tower of silence'.
Dictionary of difficult words. 2015.
dokhma
Look at other dictionaries:
Dokhma — Dakhmah im indischen Mumbai auf einer Radierung von 1886 Dakhmah heißt auf persisch Grab, bezeichnet aber ausschließlich Bauwerke, die auch „Türme des Schweigens“ genannt werden und den Anhängern Zarathustras als Begräbnisstätte dienen. Bei den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
B. V. S. Parsi High School — Infobox School name = Bai Virbaiji Sopariwala Parsi High School imagesize = 160px caption = motto = Towards that best light established = 1859 closed = type = Private affiliation = district = grades = president = principal = Mrs. Kermin Parakh… … Wikipedia
Interment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Interment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interment interment burial sepulture Sgm: N 1 inhumation| inhumation| Sgm: N 1 obsequies obsequies exequies Sgm: N 1 funeral funeral wake pyre … English dictionary for students
Towers of Silence — are circular raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag ) originally denoted any place for the dead.… … Wikipedia
Sanjan (Gujarat) — Sanjan is the second station in Gujarat (the first station is Umbergaon) just inside the Gujarat Maharashtra border, when travelling on the Western Railway line. Sanjan is in the Valsad district. Sanjan is believed to have been founded by… … Wikipedia
Torres del silencio — Para otros usos de este término, véase Torres del Silencio (desambiguación). Un dibujo del siglo XIX de las torres del silencio de Bombay. Las torres del silencio (también conocidas como dakhma, dokhma o doongerwadi) son edificios funerarios de… … Wikipedia Español
Dakhma — This article is about the Zoroastrian structures. For the Paul Scott novel, see The Towers of Silence. Part of a series on Zoroastrianism Portal … Wikipedia
barrow — Synonyms and related words: anthill, arch, beehive tomb, boar, bone house, boundary stone, box grave, brae, brass, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bust, butte, cairn, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, column, cromlech,… … Moby Thesaurus
burial — Synonyms and related words: baptism, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial at sea, burial chamber, burial customs, burial mound, burying, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, clouding, concealedness, concealment,… … Moby Thesaurus
catacombs — Synonyms and related words: barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, cromlech, crypt, deep six, dokhma, dolmen, grave, house of death, last home, long home, low… … Moby Thesaurus
