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  2. Thirty-two forms of Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    The first sixteen of the forms of Gaṇapati shown [in the Sritattvanidhi] are more popularly worshipped under the name shoḍaśa-gaṇapati. Among them, the thirteenth, viz. Mahāgaṇapati, is especially widely worshipped. There is a tāntrik sect which is devoted to this form. Śakti-gaṇapati, Ucchishṭa-gaṇapati and Lakshmī ...

  3. The Pit and the Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The 2009 horror film directed by David DeCoteau bears little resemblance to the original story but like the 1961 version, utilizes the large swinging pendulum in the penultimate scene. The film follows a group of university students who visit a hypnotherapy institute lorded over by a sinister hypnotist who wants to use the students to ...

  4. Kunstformen der Natur - Wikipedia

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    Kunstformen der Natur (known in English as Art Forms in Nature) is a book of lithographic and halftone prints by German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Publication [ edit ] Originally published in sets of ten between 1899 and 1904 and collectively in two volumes in 1904, [2] it consists of 100 prints of various organisms, many of which were first ...

  5. Russian forms of addressing - Wikipedia

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    The system of Russian forms of addressing is used by the speakers of Russian languages to linguistically encode relative social status, degree of respect and the nature of interpersonal relationship. Typical linguistic tools employed for this purpose include using different parts of a person's full name, name suffixes, and honorific plural .

  6. Concentration (game show) - Wikipedia

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    Concentration is an American television game show based on the children's memory game of the same name. It was created by Jack Barry and Dan Enright.The show featured contestants matching prizes represented by spaces on a game board, which would then reveal portions of a rebus puzzle underneath for the contestants to solve.

  7. The Three Musketeers - Wikipedia

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    The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the newspaper Le Siècle between March and July 1844. Plot Depiction of the Cardinal's musketeers, the great rivals of the King's musketeers. In 1625 France, D'Artagnan leaves his family in Gascony and travels to Paris to join the Musketeers of the Guard.

  8. New Revised Standard Version - Wikipedia

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    The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 1989 by the National Council of Churches , [8] the NRSV was created by an ecumenical committee of scholars "comprising about thirty members". [9]

  9. IQ classification - Wikipedia

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    IQ classification. Score distribution chart for sample of 905 children tested on 1916 Stanford–Binet Test. IQ classification is the practice of categorizing human intelligence, as measured by intelligence quotient (IQ) tests, into categories such as "superior" or "average". [1] [2] [3] [4]