| Adivasi - tribal. | Alpana - ritual floor decoration. |
| Bhand / Bhar - terracotta pot or cup. | Chatai / Dorma - Mat. |
| Choori - thin bangles. | Chitrakar - painter. |
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Kantha - a quilt made by the joining of layers of old saris. |
Dhokara - the ancient method of lost wax casting of non-ferrous metals. |
| Dhaak - a type of drum. | Dholak - drum. |
| Haat - village fairs held regularly, usually once a week. | Rasa - the response of the mind, the vital feeling and the sensibility to a certain 'taste' in things, the spice of life. |
| Vikas - means development in sanskrit. | Bazaar - marketplace. |
| Lep kantha - are rectangular wraps heavily padded to make warm coverlets. Lep means a quilt. | Sujani kantha - are rectangular cloths used as blankets or spreads on ceremonial occasions. Sujani is to decorate. |
| Kalka - paisley or mango motif. | Jamdani - fine, figured muslin. |
| Jatra - Folk theatre of Bengal. | Kansha - an alloy of copper and zink used to make vessels. |
| Oaar kantha - are rectangular pillow covers in simple designs with a decorative border sewn around the edges. Oaar is to cover. | Hathudi - is a hammer. |
| Rang - is color, specially paint or dye used in fabric printing. | Zari - gold or silver thread, usually a thin silk thread wrapped in fine gold or silver.Originally silver was used, but is now replaced by synthetic fibres. |
| Phool - is flower, padma phool is lotus, jhinge phool is gourd flower, cherry phool is cherry flower. | Rumal - is handkerchief. |
| Jaal - is a tesselated pattern either geometric or floral, used in hand printing or embroidery to cover the body of a lenght of fabric. | Paar - is the design used in the border of a sari, dupatta or shawl. |
| Butis - are small floral or geometric motifs used in embroidery or printing to cover fabric. | Dupatta or Odhini - is length of fabric used to cover the head and upper part of the body of a woman. |
| Tant - is a handloom. | Tanti - is a handloom weaver. |
| Kumbhakar - is a potter. | Karmakar - is a blacksmith. |
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- craft for contemporary living
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