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  2. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in the world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India, followed by Kashmiri in the second place, with Meitei (officially called Manipuri) as well as Gujarati, in the third place, and Bengali in the ...

  3. Hindi Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Many Hindi speakers with Internet use English Wikipedia instead. Given the great geographic spread of the Hindi language, the contributors to the Hindi project live in various areas around the country. There are also prolific users whose native language is not Hindi, as Hindi is a government language in India alongside English.

  4. Brahmi script - Wikipedia

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    The word Lipī ( 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀻) used by Ashoka to describe his "Edicts". Brahmi script (Li= 𑀮 La+ 𑀺 i; pī= 𑀧 Pa+ 𑀻 ii). The word would be of Old Persian origin ("Dipi"). Pāṇini (6th to 4th century BCE) mentions lipi, the Indian word for writing scripts in his definitive work on Sanskrit grammar, the Ashtadhyayi.

  5. Indian classical music - Wikipedia

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    Tyagaraju known for his extensive contributions to Carnatic music. Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. [1] It is generally described using terms like Marg Sangeet and Shastriya Sangeet. [2] It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as Hindustani and the South Indian expression ...

  6. Braj Bhasha - Wikipedia

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    Braj [a] is a language within the Indo-Aryan language family spoken in the Braj region centered on Mathura. Along with Awadhi, it was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before being replaced by Hindi in the 19th century. The language was historically used for Vaishnavite poetry dedicated to Krishna, whose life ...

  7. Language - Wikipedia

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    Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and written forms, and may also be conveyed through sign languages. Human language is characterized by its cultural and historical diversity, with significant variations observed ...

  8. Yoni - Wikipedia

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    Yoni ( Sanskrit: योनि, IAST: yoni ), sometimes called pindika, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu goddess Shakti. [3] [4] It is usually shown with linga – its masculine counterpart. [3] [5] Together, they symbolize the merging of microcosmos and macrocosmos, [5] the divine eternal process of creation and ...

  9. 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 ...