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  2. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi ( Hindi: आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, romanized : Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), [14] commonly referred to as Hindi (Hindi: हिन्दी, [a] Hindī ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in North India, and serves as the lingua franca of the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern ...

  3. Kanyasulkam - Wikipedia

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    The play portrays the practice of Kanya-sulkam (roughly translates to bride price) which was common among the priestly Brahmins in Telugu-speaking areas of southern India. Controversial in its time, this play continues to be one of the most popular Telugu literary works of all time. A number of expressions used by Gurajada in this play are ...

  4. Hindi Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Hindi Wikipedia is the second most popular Wikipedia in India after the English version. However, more than 85% of Wikipedia pageviews from India are to the English Wikipedia. Between January 2016 and January 2021 the share of Hindi Wikipedia increased from 2% to 8%. [3] On average, the Hindi Wikipedia receives 50 to 70 million monthly ...

  5. Vishwakarma (caste) - Wikipedia

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    The Vishwakarma community are a social group of India, sometimes described as a caste. They prefer the alternate name, Vishwabrahmin, and claim themselves to be Brahmin or of high-status in the caste hierarchy, although these claims are not generally accepted outside the community. The community comprises five subgroups— carpenters ...

  6. Telugu language - Wikipedia

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    Telugu is one of the six languages designated as a classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world. [10] Modern standard-Telugu is based on the dialects of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East, and West Godavari districts of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.

  7. Narayana Teertha - Wikipedia

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    Narayana Teertha was born in South India in the region covered by the present-day Andhra Pradesh. He lived in Kaza, Guntur district near Mangalagiri. He belonged to Tallavarjula family. [1] His birth name was Govinda Sastrulu. They eventually moved to Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. While there is significant dissention as to his exact time, historians ...

  8. Avadhanam - Wikipedia

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    Avadhanam. Avadhānaṃ is a literary performance popular from the medieval era in India. Avadhānaṃ was originated and primarily cultivated among Telugu poets. [1] It involves the partial improvisation of poems using specific themes, metres, forms, or words. [2] The true purpose of an Avadhanam event thus is the showcasing, through ...

  9. Telugu script - Wikipedia

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    ha (హ) —. —. —. —. —. The Telugu script has generally regular conjuncts, with trailing consonants taking a subjoined form, often losing the talakattu (the v-shaped headstroke). The following table shows all two-consonant conjuncts and one three-consonant conjunct, but individual conjuncts may differ between fonts.