Contemporary with Kabir was one of the greatest of woman poets, the Rajput Mirabai, who wrote in both Hindi and Gujarati. A century before her, Manichand had written an important historical novel in Gujarati. In 1574 the Hindi version of the Ramayana ,by Tulsidas, appeared it was to be ...
Karuna: The literal meaning of Karuna is compassion. Every Bodhisattva should have compassion for himself and try to identify the sufferings of others as their own. It will help them in having a deeper understanding of other’s problems and arrive at a solution. ...
The word "appliqué" is derived from the French verb "appliquer," meaning "to put on." It refers to a textile craft in which one piece of fabric is sewn over another for a decorative effect. Appliqué is found in many forms of folk art, from Gujarati Indian tent fabrics to American co...
1377 : Malay prince (meaning that he hails from the region speaking the Malay language : south-east of Sumatra) Paramesvara establishes in Tumasik (Singapore) to escape the Javanese overlordship. 15thcentury : rise of Malacca sponsored by the Ming fleet. Melaka dominates both side of the Str...
II. The History of David - Genealogy of Saul. Jeiel, the founder of Gibeon, dwelt in Gibeon; his wife’s name was Maacah. His firstborn son was Abdon;
None of the original Armenian inhabitants remain, but transplants like Zabel Joshi, an Armenian originally from Beirut who settled in Bombay in 1973 after marrying a Gujarati businessman, find comfort in the city’s Armenian heritage. “When I arrived here, there were 25 individuals, not familie...
Selective new British recruitment policies screened out all “nonmartial” (meaning previously disloyal) Indian castes and ethnic groups from armed service and mixed the soldiers in every regiment, thus permitting no single caste or linguistic or religious group to again dominate a British Indian ...
The history of the Chhattisgarh region dates back to about the 4th centuryce, when it was known as Southern (or South)Kosala. The name Chhattisgarh, meaning “thirty-six forts,” was formerly applied to the territory of the Haihayadynastyof Ratanpur, founded about 750. UnderBritish rulethe ...
DoshiFamily History Doshi Surname Meaning Indian (Gujarat): occupational name from Gujaratidsahi‘hawker selling cloth’ from Persiandush‘shoulder’ + the agent noun suffix-ī(because the cloth was carried over the hawker's shoulder). Source:Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022 ...
and in parts of the South. Asamiya, Bangla, Oriya, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Marathi are the state languages ofAssam,West Bengal,Orissa,Punjab,Gujarat, andMaharashtra, respectively. There are other Modern Indo-Aryan languages with large numbers of speakers in India, though they lack official recogni...