times. In 1896‚ after being attacked and beaten by a mob of white South Africans‚ Gandhi began to teach a policy of passive resistance to‚ and noncooperation with‚ the South African authorities. For this‚ Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha‚ a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. In 1914‚ the government of the Union of South Africa made important concessions to Gandhi’s demands including recognition of Indian marriages and abolition of poll taxes for them. With his work in South Africa complete
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senses‚ wisdom‚ knowledge‚ truth and calmness. Manu was endued to treat wisdom and devoted to virtue. He became the progenitor of a line and in Manu’s race has been born all human beings‚ who have‚ therefore‚ been called ‘Manavas’ (Mankind through the Sanskrit root). If the ten attributes of Dharma are adhered to properly the result is ahimsa‚ love and peace in the world since these are not only the ten attributes of dharma but also of humanism and are the cornerstones for bringing about peace in
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can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form‚ language meaning‚ and language in context. The earliest known activities in descriptive linguistics have been attributed toPāṇini around 500 BCE‚ with his analysis of Sanskrit in Ashtadhyayi.[6] One subfield of linguistics is the study of language structure‚ or grammar. This focuses on the system of rules followed by the users of a language. It includes the study of morphology (the formation and composition of words)
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HISTORY OF INDIA’S TOURISM INTRODUCTION It’s 65 years since independence‚ and in its wake Indian tourism industry has traversed a rocky road – much like the subcontinent itself. High Life surveys six colourful decades… Flashing with heat and drowned by monsoons‚ with its rainbow of saris and the fast-changing blues of its overarching skies India‚ to the chilly British mind‚ has long defined the exotic… ´Characteristics grow more vivid beneath the Indian sky‚’ From text pg. 206 -------------------------------------------------
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AP World History DBQ Essay Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-8. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages provided. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Uses all of the documents. Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate
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Hindutva SwatantryaVeer V.D. Savarkar Essentials of Hindutva Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 – 1966) What is in a name? We hope that the fair Maid of Verona who made the impassioned appeal to her lover to change ’a name that was ’nor hand‚ nor foot‚ nor arm‚ nor face‚ nor any other part belonging to a man’ would forgive us for this our idolatrous attachment to it when we make bold to assert that‚ ’Hindus we are and love to remain so!’ We too would‚ had we been in
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dengue and SARS‚ now Chikungunya has shocked people of the world. At some places‚ Chikungunya is called Chicken Guinea. Actually this is misunderstanding‚ as Chikungunya has no relationship with chicken. The condition known as sandhi jwara in Sanskrit has the similar symptoms to chikungunya. Sandhi jwara which means ’pain in joints’ and this is one of the primary symptoms of chikungunya.CAUSE: The mosquitoes that cause infection due to the Chikungunya virus in Africa and Asia are the same mosquitoes
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Factors leading to Muslim Separatism: There are a few factors which spit the inhabitants of the sub continent into two nations. RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCE The Muslims and Hindus have different religious. Islam preaches Tauheed and believes in equality of man before law. Muslims are believed of ALLAH‚ Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). The Holy Book holds a cohesive approach towards life. Whole the Hindus follow the religion which is based on the concept of multiple Gods. They follow a caste system and the
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only when he had achieved his goal. He entered into deep and deeper stages of meditation. Reaching the climax in the knowledge of suffering‚ its cause‚ its ending and the path leading to its ending what he later taught as the “four noble truths”‚ in Sanskrit known as “Sowan‚ Sakurdagami‚ Anaghami and Arahat” for which the literal English translation would
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(K.L. Leonard‚ 1978). Origin Literally‚ the Kayasth is described as one who is an inhabitant of Kaayadesh‚ the region between the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers of north India. In Sanskrit the word Kayasth means‚ “one who resides in the body” (Rose‚ 1919). A different meaning has been suggested by Crooke‚ from the Sanskrit Kaya- santitch which means staying at home (Crooke‚ 1896). As far as the mythological origins of their community are concerned the Kayasth believe that they originated from Chitragupta
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