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  2. Yakshini - Wikipedia

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    The sal tree (Shorea robusta) is often confused with the ashoka tree (Saraca indica) in the ancient literature of the Indian Subcontinent. [8] The position of the Salabhanjika is also related to the position of Queen Māyā of Sakya when she gave birth to Gautama Buddha under an asoka tree in a garden in Lumbini, while grasping its branch. [7]

  3. Didarganj Yakshi - Wikipedia

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    The Didarganj Yakshi (or Didarganj Chauri Bearer; Hindi: दीदारगंज यक्षी) is one of the finest examples of very early Indian stone statues.It used to be dated to the 3rd century BCE, as it has the fine Mauryan polish associated with Mauryan art, but another Yakshi is also found but without polish so it is also dated to approximately the 2nd century CE, based on the ...

  4. List of tree deities - Wikipedia

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    Tree deities were common in ancient Northern European lore. In Charlemagne's time, following the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae in 782 offerings to sacred trees or any other form of worship of the spirits of trees and springs were outlawed. Even as late as 1227 the Synod of Trier decreed that the worship of trees and sources was forbidden. [5]

  5. Yaksha - Wikipedia

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    Jains mainly maintain cult images of Arihants and Tirthankaras, who have conquered the inner passions and attained moksha. Yakshas and yakshinis are found in pair around the cult images of Jinas, serving as guardian deities. The yaksha is generally on the right-hand side of the Jina image while the yakshini is on the left-hand side. They are ...

  6. Art of Mathura - Wikipedia

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    [52] [61] It is often suggested that the style of the colossal Yaksha statuary had an important influence on the creation of later divine images and human figures in India. [36] The female equivalent of the Yashas were the Yashinis, often associated with trees and children, and whose voluptuous figures became omnipresent in Indian art. [61]

  7. Is It Safe to Use Expired Vitamins? The Truth About Vitamin ...

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    When you buy a bottle of vitamins from a nutrition store, you’ll probably notice a best-by date on the bottom of the jar. But that inscribed number isn’t a hard-and-fast rule—there is some ...

  8. Passengers duct tape man who allegedly tried to open door ...

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    A group of passengers sprung into action and stopped a man who allegedly tried to open the cabin door mid-flight during a trip to Dallas Tuesday morning by restraining him with duct tape ...

  9. Baby Has $5 Million Surgery to Remove Left Side of Brain at ...

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    Related: Mom Noticed Her Toddler Was Acting Strange.Days Later, She Found Out It Was Stage 4 Cancer (Exclusive) From there, things began to get worse. Andalusia recalls seeing Caper’s eye twitch ...