The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (515 page)

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’Cham
(Tibetan ritual drama)
:
see
MUSIC
.
Cham
r
.
An untouchable
caste
of leather-workers common in N. and Central India.
Champa
(heavenly Buddha)
:
Ch’an
.
Chin. for Jap.,
Zen
.
Ch
na
(Pañj
b
, ‘canopy’). Decorative awning. In some
gurdw
r
s
a large square of cloth is suspended over the
di
Granth in lieu of a wooden canopy (
p
lk
).

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