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  2. AGIL paradigm - Wikipedia

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    The AGIL paradigm is a sociological scheme created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in the 1950s. It is a systematic depiction of certain societal functions, which every society must meet to be able to maintain stable social life. [1]

  3. Cosmogony - Wikipedia

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    The Big Bang theory, which explains the Evolution of the Universe from a hot and dense state, is widely accepted by physicists.. In astronomy, cosmogony is the study of the origin of particular astrophysical objects or systems, and is most commonly used in reference to the origin of the universe, the Solar System, or the Earth–Moon system.

  4. Lesser Sunda Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of Lesser Sunda Islands, east of Java Satellite picture of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda Kecil, Tetum: Illá Sunda ki'ik sirá, Balinese: Kapuloan Sunda cénik), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, or "Southeast Islands"), [1] are an archipelago in Indonesian archipelago.

  5. Earth - Wikipedia

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    Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water.

  6. Shiva - Wikipedia

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    According to the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, the word "śiva" (Devanagari: शिव, also transliterated as shiva) means "auspicious, propitious, gracious, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly". [30]

  7. The Buddha - Wikipedia

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    Siddhartha Gautama, [e] most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. ' the awakened one '), [4] [f] [g] was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia, [h] during the 6th or 5th century BCE [5] [6] [7] [c] and founded Buddhism.

  8. Bhagavad Gita - Wikipedia

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    The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.

  9. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.