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The 1988 Summer Olympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 올림픽; RR: 1988-nyeon Hagye Ollimpik), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (제24회 올림픽경기대회; Je-24-hoe Ollimpik-Gyeonggidaehoe) and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (서울 1988), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the ...
The epic alludes to this first phase of life as (lines 2.112–117), "Like snakes coupled in the heat of passion, or Kama and Rati smothered in each other's arms, so Kovalan and Kannakai lived in happiness past speaking, spent themselves in every pleasure, thinking: we live on earth but a few days", according to R Parthasarathy's translation.
Karna ( Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa ), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, [2] is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. [3] [4] He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the Pandavas ), and thus a demigod of royal birth. Kunti was granted the boon to bear a child with desired ...
Vedas Rigveda manuscript page, Mandala 1, Hymn 1 (Sukta 1), lines 1.1.1 to 1.1.9 (Sanskrit, Devanagari script) Information Religion Historical Vedic religion Hinduism Language Vedic Sanskrit Period Vedic period c. 1500 –1200 BCE (Rigveda), c. 1200 –900 BCE (Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda) Verses 20,379 mantras Full text The Vedas at English Wikisource Part of a series on Hindu scriptures ...
Lee Strasberg. Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg; [1] November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American theatre director, actor and acting teacher. [2] [3] He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective". [4]
Captain Underpants is an illustrated children's graphic novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey.The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy ...
Richard Hooker (25 March 1554 – 2 November 1600) [2] was an English priest in the Church of England and an influential theologian. [3] He was one of the most important English theologians of the sixteenth century. [4] His defence of the role of redeemed reason informed the theology of the seventeenth-century Caroline Divines and later ...
Muses. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized : Moûsai, Greek: Μούσες, romanized : Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for ...