Xawaad
Xawaad (ingiriis: temple) waa meel dadka heeysta diinta inta badan cawaanta ay ku cibaadeeystaan. Xawaadka , macbadka ama xeero waa dhisme ama qaab dhismeed loogu talagalay cibaadada ilaahyo ama ilaahyo u gaar ah cawaanada, badanaa waxaa la xiriira caadooyin diimeed. Xawaadku waa meelaha dadku isku yimaadaan si ay u sameeyaan dhaqamo, salaado, ama xafladaha la xiriira diintooda. Xawaado waa kuwo caadi ah diimaha badan, sida Hinduusiyada, Budhismka, diimaha Giriigga iyo Roomaanka hore, iyo qaarkood diimaha Masiixiyadda iyo Yuhuudiyadda.[1]
Xawadooyin waxay ku kala duwan yihiin naqshadooda, cabirkeeda, iyo shaqadooda iyadoo ku xiran dhaqanka iyo diinta ay ka tirsan yihiin. Qaar ka mid ah xawadooyin waa kuwo fudud, halka kuwo kale ay yihiin kuwo waaweyn oo qurux badan oo leh qaab dhismeedyo aad u faahfaahsan. Tusaale ahaan, Hinduusiyada, xawaado badanaa waxay leeyihiin farshaxanno iyo sawirro kala duwan oo muujinaya ilaahyo iyo sheekooyin khuraafaad ah. Waagii hore, xawaadada waxaa loogu talagalay ilaahyo sida Zeus ama Athena waxaana loo qaabeeyey iyadoo leh tiirro iyo sanamyada.
Guud ahaan, xawaado waxay u adeegaan meelaha lagu xiro ruuxiga ah iyo cibaadada.
Xigasho
[wax ka badal | wax ka badal xogta]- ↑ Kramrisch, Stella (1946). The Hindu Temple. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 135, context: 40–43, 110–114, 129–139 with footnotes. ISBN 978-81-208-0223-0., Quote: "The [Hindu] temple is the seat and dwelling of God, according to the majority of the [Indian] names" (p. 135); "The temple as Vimana, proportionately measured throughout, is the house and body of God" (p. 133).