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Perso-Arabic term for shrine or tomb
Rauza , Rouza , Roza (
Urdu : روضة ,
Bengali : রৌজা ,
Hindi : रौज़ा ) is a
Perso-Arabic term used in Middle East and
Indian subcontinent which means shrine or tomb.
[1]
[2]
[3] It is also known as
mazār ,
maqbara or
dargah .
[4]
The word rauza is derived through Persian from the
Arabic rawdah (روضة rawḍah ) meaning garden, but extended to tomb surrounded by garden as at
Agra and
Aurangabad .
[5] Abdul Hamid Lahauri, the author of the
Badshahnama , the official history of
Shah Jahan 's reign, calls
Taj Mahal rauza-i munawwara (
Perso-Arabic : روضه منواره rawdah-i munawwarah ), meaning the illumined or illustrious tomb in a garden.
[2]
References
^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1992).
A comprehensive Persian-English dictionary including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature; being Johnson and Richardson's Persian, Arabic and English dictionary ; revised, enlarged and entirely reconstructed (3. Repr. ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 595.
ISBN
9788120606708 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^
a
b Tillotson, Giles (2008).
Taj Mahal . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 14.
ISBN
9780674063655 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^ Becker, James (2010).
The messiah secret . London: Bantam. p. 474.
ISBN
9781407055800 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^ D'Rozario, P. S. (1837).
A Dictionary of the Principal Languages Spoken in the Bengal Presidency: Viz. English, Bángálí, and Hindústání. In the Roman Character . G. Woollaston. p. 316. Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^ Ward, Philip (1998).
Gujarat, Daman, Diu : a travel guide . New Delhi: Orient Longman Ltd. p. 31.
ISBN
9788125013839 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
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