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  2. Parvati - Wikipedia

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    The name Uma is used for Sati (Shiva's wife, who is the incarnation of Parvati) in earlier texts, [which?] but in the Ramayana, it is used as a synonym for Parvati. In the Harivamsa , Parvati is referred to as Aparna ('One who took no sustenance') and then addressed as Uma, who was dissuaded by her mother from severe austerity by saying u mā ...

  3. Ghost - Wikipedia

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    The souls of the dead returned for a specific purpose. Demonic ghosts existed only to torment or tempt the living. The living could tell them apart by demanding their purpose in the name of Jesus Christ. The soul of a dead person would divulge its mission, while a demonic ghost would be banished at the sound of the Holy Name. [57]

  4. Environmental, social, and governance - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, it is to be noted that amid allegations of greenwashing and stricter regulations, there's a notable decrease in funds incorporating ESG-related terms into their names. An increasing number of funds in the United States are removing ESG-related terms from their names, a trend not observed in Europe. [32]

  5. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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    The ancient work on the grammar of the Tamil language, Tolkāppiyam, argued to have been written around 2nd century CE, [7] classifies Tamil words as peyar (பெயர்; noun), vinai (வினை; verb), idai (part of speech which modifies the relationships between verbs and nouns), and uri (word that further qualifies a noun or verb).

  6. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    One can also find a way around this verb, using another one which does not is used to express idiomatic expressions nor necessitate a pleonasm, because it only has one meaning: 我要就寝 ('I want "to dorm " ') Nevertheless, 就寝 is a verb used in high-register diction, just like English verbs with Latin roots.

  7. Ekphrasis - Wikipedia

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    The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, [1] often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined. Thus, "an ekphrastic poem is a vivid description ...

  8. Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones, held in place with mortise and tenon joints, a feature unique among ...

  9. Species description - Wikipedia

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    A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication. Its purpose is to provide a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been previously described or related species.