, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. Pliny, xiii. 11. See Liniment, and cf. Literal.] 1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or...
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The interaction between flying insects and artificial light, is such a common occurrence that it has inspired the saying “drawn like a moth to a flame”1. Artificial light is an ancient method to trap insects, with the earliest written records dating back to the Roman Empire around 1 AD2,3...
The earliest evidence for yoga is found not in texts but rather in art, in the material remains of the Indus, or Harappan, civilization. Much later it was this renunciate /ascetic tradition that was predominant in the philosophical literature known collectively as Upanishad, out of which—and...
the aim of the arya samaj was to reestablish the vedas, the earliest hindu scriptures, as revealed truth. its additional aim was to improve the physical, spiritual and social well-being of all mankind. for further reading check the following articles: list of socio-religious movements dayananda...
Probably the earliest Indian thinker to write about sixdarśanaswas the Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher, Bhāvaviveka, who lived in the 5thcentury CE. In addition to his own Madhyamaka system (established by Nāgārjuna), Bhāvaviveka engages with earlier Buddhist thought (which he labels asŚrāv...
In South East Asia, the rebab has a distinctive and unique shape, indicating that it evolved significantly from its earliest Arabic origins. Traditionally, the structure of the rebab represents a stylised human form with triangular crowned head (kecopong), long thin neck (leher) and a round bo...
Moreover, it has characteristics dating to 1967, making it probably one of the very earliest Crashes ever. In May 2022, the Cartier London Crash was put up for auction and was sold at $1.7m byLoupe This. 34. Rolex Daytona ref. 6239 'Crazy Doctor' : $1.7mil ...
This repo contains a list of the 10,000 most common English words in order of frequency, as determined by n-gram frequency analysis of the Google's Trillion Word Corpus. - google-10000-english/google-10000-english-usa-no-swears-medium.txt at master · fi