Incense also known as agarbathi (or agarbatti) and joss sticks, in which an incense paste is rolled or moulded around a bamboo stick, are the main forms of incense in India. The bamboo method originated in India, and is distinct from the Nepali/Tibetan and Japanese methods of stick making without bamboo cores. Though the method is also used in the west, particularly in America, it is strongly associated with India. The basic ingredients are the bamboo stick, the paste (generally made of charcoal dust and joss/jiggit/gum/tabu powder - an adhesive made from the bark of litsea glutinosa and other trees), and
Deity for human beings who gain merit through an ethical life, where they become guardian deities and live blissfully in heaven, but are also subject to death when their merit is lost. The English language word "deity" derives from Old French "deité," the Latin "deitatem" or "divine nature", coined by Augustine of Hippo from "deus" ("god"). Deus is related through a common Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origin to "*deiwos". This root yields the ancient Indian word "Deva" meaning "to gleam, a shining one", from *div- "to shine", as well as Greek "dios" "divine" and Zeus; and Latin "deus" "god" (Old Latin "deivos"). Deva