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A Hindu woman, with Sindur in her hair and Bindi on forehead, customs also found among women in Jainism [119] Usually, the sari consists of a piece of cloth around 6 yards long, wrapped distinctly based on the prior mentioned factors. [120] The choice of the quality and sophistication of the cloth is dependent on the income and affordability.
In the work called Amarkosh written in the Gupta era names of the teachers and professors are there and they belonged to the female sex. In the 2nd century BCE, Queen Nayanika (or Naganika) was the ruler and military commander of the Satavahana Empire of the Deccan region (south-central India). [ 7 ]
Mallikarjun Kharge, Indian lawyer and politician and current President of Indian National Congress. [65] Jogendra Nath Mandal, one of the central figures in creation of the state of Pakistan; later a government minister [66] Dakshayani Velayudhan, Indian politician and the sole Dalit woman in the Constituent Assembly. [67] [68]
Sri Sri, Indian poet who is known for his works in Telugu literature and anthology Maha Prasthanam [258] Subramani Bharathi, Tamil poet popularly known as "Mahakavi Bharathi" ("Great Poet Bharathi"), he was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry [259] [260] Suryakant Tripathi, Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. [261]
The manuscripts found in the North and South India have "great divergence" in details, though the thematic essence is similar. [3] Scholars have attempted to construct a critical edition, relying mostly on a study of the Bombay edition, the Poona edition, the Calcutta edition and the south Indian editions of the Mahabharata manuscripts.
Kinnara In Hindu faith, a kinnara is a paradigmatic lover, a celestial musician, half-human and half-horse. Tārkṣya is the name of a mythical being in the Rigveda, described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi "with intact wheel-rims". Tumburu is a horse faced Ghandarva, a celestial musician.
List of Indian women writers This page was last edited on 26 June 2022, at 19:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Panchakanya, a pre-1945 lithograph from Ravi Varma Press.. The Panchakanya (Sanskrit: पञ्चकन्या, romanized: Pañcakanyā, lit. 'Five maidens') is a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics, extolled in a hymn and whose names are believed to dispel sin when recited.