Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ‚ Sanskrit: दीपावली‚ Telugu: దీపావళి‚ Urdu: دیوالی)‚ also popularly known as the Festival of Lights‚ is an important 5-day festival in Hinduism‚ Sikhism and Jainism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India [1]‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad & Tobago‚ Malaysia‚ Nepal‚ Singapore‚ Sri Lanka and Fiji. The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word Dīpāvali दीपावली (Dīpāvali)‚ which translates into row of lamps (din Sanskrit)[2]. Diwali involves
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Punjab | | | | Punjabi Names | Jhelum · Chenab · Ravi · Sutlej · Beas | | | | | Greek Names | Hydaspes · Acesines · Hydraotes · Hesidros · Hyphasis | | | | | Sanskrit Names | Vitasta · Ashikini · Parushani · Shatadru · Vipasa | | | Jehlum River or Jhelum River Urdu: دریاۓ جہلم (Shahmukhi)‚(Sanskrit: वितस्ता‚ Kashmiri: Vyeth‚ Hindi: झेलम‚ Punjabi: ਜੇਹਲਮ(Gurmukhi)) is a river that flows in India and Pakistan. It is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab‚ and
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MERDEKA Merdeka is a word in the Indonesian and Malay language meaning Independence or freedom. It is derived from the Sanskrit Maharddhika meaning "rich‚ prosperous and powerful". In the Malay archipelago‚ this term had acquired the meaning of a freed slave. The term Mardijker is a Dutch corruption of the Portuguese version of the original Sanskrit words and was used to designate former Portuguese and Dutch slaves from India in the East Indies‚ known as Mardijkers‚ whence the Malay meaning of "free(dom)"
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tour is the warm hospitality of Indians. A ready smile on the face‚ always willing to go out of the way to help somebody‚ exuding genuine happiness upon meeting a person - these are some of the common traits you will find in maximum Indians. The Sanskrit adage‚ "Atithi Devo Bhava‚" meaning the guest is truly your god dictates the respect granted to guests in India. So it’s understandable why the tourists visiting India want to come back again & again. Values can
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respect to the Gentoos shall invariably be adhered to."[2] The substance of Hindu law implemented by the British was derived from early translations of Sanskrit texts known as Dharmaśāstra‚ the treatises (śāstra) on religious and legal duty (dharma). The British‚ however‚ mistook the Dharmaśāstra as codes of law and failed to recognize that these Sanskrit texts were not used as statements of positive law until they chose to do so. Rather‚ Dharmaśāstra contains what may be called a jurisprudence‚ i.e.
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concern among some Company officials about being seen as foreign rulers. They argued that the Company should try to win over its subjects by outdoing the region’s previous rulers in the support of indigenous learning. Guided by this belief‚ the Benares Sanskrit College was founded in Varanasi in 1791 during the administration of Lord Cornwallis. The promotion of knowledge of Asia had attracted scholars as well to the Company’s service. Earlier‚ in 1784‚ the Asiatick Society had been founded in Calcutta
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inscription‚ dated 575 AD‚ was found in the Rayalaseema region and is attributed to the Renati Cholas‚ who broke with the prevailing custom of using Sanskrit and began writing royal proclamations in the local language. During the next fifty years‚ Telugu inscriptions appeared in Anantapuram and other neighboring regions. Telugu was more influenced by Sanskrit and Prakrit during this period‚ which corresponded to the advent of Telugu literature. This literature was initially found in inscriptions and poetry
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the grandmother of legend‚ and the great grand mother of tradi*on. Our most valuable and most construc*ve materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only” Mark Twain "India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of our philosophy‚ of much of our mathema*cs‚ of the ideals embodied in chris*anity... of self‐government and democracy. In many ways‚ Mother India is the mother of us all."
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of mankind‚ the dweller in Arabia‚ Ye have collected a great force to kill the Devil and you yourself have been protected from the malecha opponents." The Prophecy clearly states: The name of the Prophet as Mohammad. He will belong to Arabia. The Sanskrit word Marusthal means a sandy track of land or a desert. Special mention is made of the companions of the Prophet‚ i.e. the Sahabas. No other Prophet had as many companions as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He is referred as the pride of mankind (Parbatis
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nuclear explosion. Survivors were thrown back to the Stone Age. As a proof a heavy layer of radio active ash was found at 10 miles west of Jodhpur‚ Rajasthan‚ India covering 3 square km with the blast dating back to 8‚000 12‚000 years. As per old Sanskrit books it should be 15‚000 years back. Also a high rate of birth defects and cancers were reported in this area as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is believed that the Atlantis did
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