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Example of the divergence among the Kra-Dai languages, using the word for "tooth". Kra–Dai consists of at least five well-established branches, namely Kra, Kam–Sui, Tai, Be, and Hlai (Ostapirat 2005:109). Tai southern China and Southeast Asia Kra southern China, northern Vietnam; called Kadai in Ethnologue and Geyang (仡央) in Chinese Kam ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. ... Print/export Download as PDF ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Ekai may refer to: Ekai language, a language ...
In Hindi 2½ Seer = Dhai (2½) Seer, or Dhaser 1 Paseri = 2 Adisari = 5 Seer In Hindi 5 Seer = Panch (5) Seer, or Paseri for short 1 Daseri = 2 Pasri = 10 Seer In Hindi 10 Seer = Das (10) Seer, or Daseri for short 1 Maund (maan or man[मण]) = 4 Daseri = 8 Pasri = 40 Seer Rice and Grains Volume Measures. Grains were not weighed.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. ... Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ekai (Ekai Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma.
Ekai Kawaguchi (河口慧海, Kawaguchi Ekai) (February 26, 1866 – February 24, 1945) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who was famed for his four journeys to Nepal (in 1899, 1903, 1905 and 1913) and two to Tibet (July 4, 1900–June 15, 1902, 1913–1915).
A Stranger in Tibet is the story of Ekai Kawaguchi and his travels in Tibet and Nepal at the turn of the 20th century. Kawaguchi, a Zen Buddhist monk, was the first Japanese explorer to enter Nepal, in 1897, and Tibet, in 1900. His goal was to find ancient copies of sanskrit documents related to Buddhism. Since Tibet was closed to foreigners at ...
Ekai Kawaguchi, a Japanese monk who traveled in Tibet from July, 1900 to June 1902, reported: As I have already said, khyang is the name given by the Tibetans to the wild horse of their northern steppes. More accurately it is a species of ass, quite as large in size as a large Japanese horse.
The Brahmi letter , Dha, is probably derived from the Aramaic Dalet, and is thus related to the modern Latin D and Greek Delta. [2] Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Dha can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period. [3]