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Hindi literature is composed in three broad styles- prose (गद्य, gadya), poetry (पद्य, padya), and prosimetrum (चंपू, campū). [1] In terms of historical development, it is broadly classified into five prominent forms (genres) based on the date of production. [citation needed] They are:
Godaan is regarded as an enduring Hindi-language cult-classic work by Premchand [7]. Like his other novels, Godaan too depicts the social struggles of the lower class. Godaan was made into a Hindi film in 1963, starring Raaj Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Mehmood and Shashikala. In 2004, Godaan was part of the 27-episode TV series, Tehreer....
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.
Scholars have been saying that the term natural disaster is unsuitable and should be abandoned. [3] Instead, the simpler term disaster could be used. At the same time the type of hazard would be specified. [4] [5] [6] A disaster happens when a natural or human-made hazard impacts a vulnerable community. It results from the combination of the ...
The later puranic view also asserts that the universe is created, destroyed, and re-created in an eternally repetitive series of cycles. In Hindu cosmology, the age of the Earth is about 4.32 billion years (the duration of a kalpa or one day of Brahma) [77] and is then destroyed by fire or water elements. At this point, Brahma rests for one ...
There are examples of libraries accidentally destroyed by human actions. Others were damaged by natural disasters like earthquakes, floods or accidental fires. Library fires have happened sporadically through the centuries: notable examples are the destruction of the Library of Alexandria , the destruction of Library of Nalanda in India and the ...
Hints show the letters of a theme word. If there is already an active hint on the board, a hint will show that word’s letter order. Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to Jumpstart Your ...
Imagination magazine cover, depicting an atomic explosion, dated March 1954. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; natural, such as an impact event; man made, such as nuclear holocaust; medical, such as a plague or virus, whether natural or man-made; religious, such as the Rapture or Great Tribulation; or imaginative, such as zombie apocalypse or alien invasion.