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Incense

Incense is an aromatic biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt. The term is used for either the material or the aroma. Incense is used for aesthetic reasons, religious worship, aromatherapy, meditation, and ceremonial reasons. It may also be used as a simple deodorant or insect repellent.

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History

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Composition

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Burning incense

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Usage

Health risks from incense smoke

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Incense

Nodes183
Edges182
Triples228
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010929
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Incense

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related to Combustible base · 19
Incense → Charcoal, Commercially, Dar, East Asian, Fragrant, Fuel, Gums, IndiaLaha, Jigit, Makko, Mucilaginous, Natural, Nepal, Persea, Phoebe, The, These, Tibet, Xiangnan
related to Indirect-burning · 18
Incense → Bakhoor, Bible, Bukhoor, Eastern Orthodox Christian, Finer, Frankincense, Heat, In, Indirect-burning, Japan, Much Arabian, Paste, Powdered, The, These, West, Whole, Within
related to Christian · 17
Incense → Anglican, Assyrian Church, Bible, Christian, Christianity, Continental Reformed, Each, East, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Old Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, The, This
related to External links · 15
Incense → George Town World Heritage, Incorporated, Joss Stick-Making Demonstration, Joss Sticks, Making, Malaysia, Media, National Heritage Board, Nepal, Penang, Roots, SingaporeMovie, Tibetan Incense, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Indian · 14
Incense → An, Cycle Pure, Hindi, India, Japanese, Moksh Agarbatti, Mysore, Nepali, Perfume, PremaNature, Stick, The, There, Tibetan
related to Health risks from incense smoke · 13
Incense → Buddhist, Chinese, CO, In, Indian, Japanese, NO, Research, SO, Taiwan, Taiwanese, The, VOCs
related to history · 13
Incense → A-Group, Archaeological, BCE, Early Dynastic, Egypt, Latin, Lower Nubia, Nubia, Nubian, Qustul, Sudan, The, The Qustul
related to Burning incense · 11
Incense → Buddhist, China, Chinese, For, In Japan, Indirect-burning, Instead, Japan, Japanese, The, This
related to Chinese · 11
Incense → Agarwood, Along, Buddhism, Buddhist, By, China, Chinese, For, The, With, Yu Jianwu
related to Japanese · 10
Incense → Agarwood, In Japan, India, Japanese, Karnataka, Kōdō, Mysore, Sandalwood, The, Zen

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used sticks burning chinese powder use stick material direct-burning citation needed materials religious also burned smoke sandalwood burn made mixture

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Incenseis aaromatic biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt0.90text
cinnamoninstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
cassiainstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
styraxinstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
and sandalwoodinstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
and played an important role in formal ritualsinstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
ceremonies.Incense culture flourished in China during the Song dynastyinstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
when specialized buildings were constructed for incense ceremoniesinstance ofAncient Chinese incense commonly incorporated herbs and aromatic woods0.80text
sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate sustains the burning of the incenseinstance ofCharcoal or wood powder provides the fuel for combustion while an oxidizer0.80text
gum arabic or gum tragacanth are used to bind the mixture togetherinstance ofGums0.80text
Phoebe nanmu or Persea zuihoensis.Jigitinstance ofmade from the bark of trees of genus Phoebe0.80text
myrrhinstance ofResinous materials0.80text

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