on the other hand, the planetary names became the established popular terms, too strongly intrenched to be displaced by the eccl[esiastical] names, and spreading through most of western Europe. [Carl Darling Buck, "A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages," ...
Buddhist prayer beads are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. This practice is known in Sanskrit as japa. Buddhi “佛教念珠也称Japa mala或mala。 Japa mala是一套小珠。 它常用由Buddhists和Hindus。 佛教念珠为保留计数...
In Sanskrit language, the day is called Bṛhaspativāsaram (day of Bṛhaspati) In Nepali language, the day is called Bihivāra as derived from the Sanskrit word In Thai, the word is Wan Pharuehatsabodi , also in Old Javanese as Respati or in Balinese as Wraspati Referring to the ...
If you ask your Indian grand mother, she might have told you that during her days, people measured time in a weird unit called ghati/ghadiya (1 ghati = 24 minutes). 1 day is the time lapsed between two sunrises. Sandhi in sanskrit means knot or junction and hence th...
was co-funded by Bertelsmann and later sold to Universal Music Publishing. Holder of a Master’s and a Ph. D. in Sanskrit and Indian Culture, he founded the Alliance Française in Ahmedabad. He was in charge of the cinema, broadcasting, and music in...
Cambodia's ancient name is "Kambuja" (Sanskrit: कंबुज). In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king marking the beginning of the Khmer Empire which flourished for over 600 years allowing successive kings to dominate much of Southeast Asia and accumulate immense power and wealt...