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2. History of Hindustani language - Wikipedia

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   In these cities, the language continued to be called "Hindi" as well as "Urdu". While Urdu retained the grammar and core vocabulary of the local Hindi dialect, it adopted the Nastaleeq writing system from Persian. The term Hindustani is derived from Hindustan, the Persian-origin name for the northwestern Indian subcontinent.

3. Doha (Indian literature) - Wikipedia

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   Doha is a lyrical verse-format which was extensively used by Indian poets and bards of North India probably since the beginning of the 6th century AD. Dohas of Kabir, Tulsidas, Raskhan, Rahim and the dohas of Nanak called Sakhis are famous. Satasai of Hindi poet, Bihārī, contains many dohas. Dohas are written even now.

4. Niyoga - Wikipedia

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   Niyoga ( Sanskrit: नियोग) was a Hindu practice, primarily followed during the ancient period. It was permitted for the widows or wives who had no child by their spouse to procreate a child with another man. [1] [2] [3] The basic purpose of niyoga is to ensure the continuation of the family lineage and to mitigate the financial and ...

5. Linguistic history of India - Wikipedia

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   One such classic is Ramcharitmanas, written by Tulsidas in Awadhi. In 1623 Jatmal wrote a book in Khariboli with the name 'Gora Badal ki Katha'. The establishment of British rule in the subcontinent saw the clear division of Hindi and Urdu registers. This period also saw the rise of modern Hindi literature starting with Bharatendu Harishchandra ...

6. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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   Urdu. v. t. 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 ...

7. Philosophy - Wikipedia

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   An example of this usage is the 1687 book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. This book referred to natural philosophy in its title, but it is today considered a book of physics. The meaning of philosophy changed toward the end of the modern period when it acquired the more narrow meaning common today. In this new ...

8. Hindi - Wikipedia

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   Modern Standard Hindi, ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī) [14] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.

9. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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   Welsh - Traditional idioms meaning "never" are: tan ddydd Sul y pys ("till two Sundays come together") and pan fydd yr Wyddfa’n gaws ("when Snowdon is made of cheese"). More modern additions include pan fydd moch yn hedfan ("when pigs fly"), pan fydd uffern yn rhewi drosodd ("when hell freezes over") and pan fydd 'Dolig yn yr haf, a gwsberis ...