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Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. Raja ( / ˈrɑːdʒɑː /; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a royal Sanskrit title that was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The title was used by Indian sovereign monarchs, vassal rulers and highest ...
Pallava script was the first significant development of Brahmi in India, combining rounded and rectangular strokes and adding typographical effects, and was suitable for civic and religious inscriptions. Kadamba-Pallava script [16] evolved into early forms of Kannada and Telugu scripts. Glyphs become more rounded and incorporate loops because ...
Shaktism. Matrikas ( Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkā, lit. "mothers") [ 2] also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism. The Matrikas are often depicted in a group of seven, the Saptamatrika (s) (Seven Mothers). [ 3] However, they are also depicted as a group ...
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration ( IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages. It is based on a scheme that emerged during the 19th century from suggestions by Charles Trevelyan, William Jones, Monier Monier-Williams and other ...
Jambavan: The king of the bears. He was created by Brahma to assist Rama in his struggle against Ravana. Janaka: The king of Mithila and the father of Sita and Urmila. Jambumali: One of the eight sons of Lanka's commander-in-chief Prahasta. He was killed by Hanuman during the encounter in the Ashoka Vatika.
Rajas ( Sanskrit: रजस्) is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] The other two qualities are sattva (goodness, balance) and tamas (lethargy, violence, disorder). Rajas is innate tendency or quality that drives ...
Raja (Arabic: رجاء) is an Arabic given name. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. Raja ibn Haywa , was a prominent early Muslim theological and political adviser of the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705), al-Walid I (r. 705–715), Sulayman (r. 715–717) and Umayyad caliph ...
From Arabic word Kirmiz(evolved in French later),from Sanskrit कृमि kṛmi meaning "worm". Cashmere 1680s, "shawl made of cashmere wool", from the old spelling of Kashmir, Himalayan kingdom where wool was obtained from long-haired goats. [16] Chakram from Sanskrit चक्रं Cakram, a circular throwing weapon, sharp edged discus.