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Svaha (Sanskrit: स्वाहा, IAST: Svāhā), also referred to as Manyanti, is the Hindu goddess of sacrifices featured in the Vedas. [4] She is the consort of Agni, and the daughter of either Daksha or Brihaspati, depending on the literary tradition.
The word is derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word Ṛtú, a fixed or appointed time, especially the proper time for sacrifice or ritual in Vedic religion; this in turn comes from the word Ṛta (ऋत), as used in Vedic Sanskrit literally means the "order or course of things". This word is used in nearly all Indian languages.
through Hindi राज from Sanskrit राजन् rājān, which means "a king". [91] Ramtil through Hindi ultimately from Sanskrit रामतिल rāmatila, which means "a dark sesame". [92] Rani through Hindi रानी ultimately from Sanskrit राज्ञी rājnī, consort of a rajah. [93] Rice
Early Hindustani Bible translations were untaken by Winfried Ketlar, Benjamin Schultze and Casiano Baligati in the 17th and 18th centuries. [2] The first translation of part of the Bible in Hindi, Genesis, was made in manuscript by Benjamin Schultze (1689–1760), [3] a German missionary, who arrived in India to establish an English mission in 1726 and worked on completing Bartholomäus ...
A map showing languages of the Indian subcontinent c. 1858; It refers to the language as "Nepalee".. The term Nepali derived from Nepal was officially adopted by the Government of Nepal in 1933, when Gorkha Bhasa Prakashini Samiti (Gorkha Language Publishing Committee), a government institution established in 1913 (B.S. 1970) for advancement of Gorkha Bhasa, renamed itself as Nepali Bhasa ...
Prakriti (Sanskrit: प्रकृति IAST: Prakṛti) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance". [1] It is a key concept in Hinduism, formulated by its Sāṅkhya school, where it does not refer to matter or nature, but "includes all the cognitive, moral, psychological, emotional, sensorial and physical aspects of reality", stressing ...
The "Indian languages TRANSliteration" (ITRANS) is an ASCII transliteration scheme for Indic scripts, particularly for the Devanagari script.The need for a simple encoding scheme that used only keys available on an ordinary keyboard was felt in the early days of the rec.music.indian.misc (RMIM) Usenet newsgroup where lyrics and trivia about Indian popular movie songs were being discussed.
Odia [8] (ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ISO: Oṛiā, pronounced ⓘ; [9] formerly rendered as Oriya) is an Indo-Aryan classical language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered as Orissa), [10] where native speakers make up 82% of the population, [11] and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, [12] Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. [13]