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2. Tarka Shastra - Wikipedia

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   The meaning of the word tarka also is specific, in that it does not imply a pure logical analysis but a complex activity of discourse guided by strict definitions and goals. Tarka-Sangraha is a foundational text followed as guidelines for logic and discourse ever since it was composed in the second half of 17th century CE.

3. Rekhta - Wikipedia

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   Rekhta ( Urdu: ریختہ [ˈreːxtaː]; Hindi: रेख़्ता [ˈreːxtaː]) was an early form of the Hindustani language. This style evolved in both the Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts and is considered an early form of Modern Standard Urdu and Modern Standard Hindi. [2] According to the Pakistani linguist and historian Tariq ...

4. Apastamba Dharmasutra - Wikipedia

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   Apastamba Dharmasutras 1.8.23-25 Translator: Patrick Olivelle The Dharmasutra is attributed to Apastamba, the founder of a Shakha (Vedic school) of Yajurveda. According to the Hindu tradition, Apastamba was the student of Baudhayana, and himself had a student named Hiranyakesin. Each of the three founded a Vedic school, and each of their schools produced a collection of literature within the ...

5. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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   e. Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad styles ...

6. Bindi (decoration) - Wikipedia

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   Hindu woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh wearing a bindi. A bindi (Hindi: बिंदी, from Sanskrit बिन्दु bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") known as pottu (Tamil: பொட்டு) and teep (Bengali: টিপ) is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the center of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from the Indian ...

7. Ganapati Atharvaśīrṣa - Wikipedia

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   History Ghurye notes that the text identifies Ganesa with the Brahman and is of a very late origin, [7] while Courtright and Thapan date it to the 16th or 17th century. [8] [9] While the Upanishad is a late text, the earliest mention of the word Ganapati is found in hymn 2.23.1 of the 2nd-millennium BCE Rigveda . [10]

8. Shiva Tandava Stotra - Wikipedia

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   Etymology. In Sanskrit, tāṇḍava (nominative case: tāṇḍavam) means a frantic dance; stotra (nominative case: stotram) means a panegyric, or a hymn of praise. The entire compound can be translated as "Hymn of praise of Shiva's dance".

9. Old Hindi - Wikipedia

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   Old Hindi. Old Hindi, [A] or Khariboli was the earliest stage of the Hindustani language, and so the ancestor of today's Modern Standard Hindi and Standard Urdu registers. [2] It developed from Shauraseni Prakrit and was spoken by the peoples of the region around Delhi, in roughly the 10th–13th centuries before the Delhi Sultanate.