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  2. Itihasa-Purana - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda, [1] [2] [3] refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty, and legendary past events, [web 1] as narrated in the Itihasa (Mahabharata and the Ramayana) [1] and the Puranas. [1]

  3. Itihaas - Wikipedia

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    Itihaas or Itihas may refer to: . Itihasa, historical portions of the Brāhmaṇas; Indian epic poetry; Itihaas, a 1987 Indian Hindi-language drama film by Joshiy, starring Raaj Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Mohnish Behl, Suresh Oberoi and Danny Denzongpa

  4. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...

  5. Itihaas (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Ambika is the princess of a royal family who seeks justice for her husband's death. The series revolves around two generations of the royal family and explores greed, dishonesty and murder that often accompany the lust for the throne.

  6. Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba - Wikipedia

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    Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba is a book on the history of ancient Bengal and Bengalis written by Niharranjan Ray. It was published in 1949 by The Book Emporium . The subject of the book is the history of the Bengalis and the homeland of the Bengalis; especially the past society, culture and economic life.

  7. Akhara - Wikipedia

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    The term akhara, is a gender-egalitarian term, [3] which means the circle or more precisely the spiritual core, [4] congregation or league, [5] it is similar to the Greek-origin word academy and the English word school, can be used to mean both a physical institution or a group of them which share a common lineage or are under a single leadership, such as the school of monastic thought or the ...

  8. Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha

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    The basis for the formation of BAPS was Shastriji Maharaj's conviction that Swaminarayan remained present on earth through a lineage of Gunatit Gurus (perfect devotee), starting with Gunatitanand Swami, one of Swaminarayan's most prominent disciples, [4] [11] [12] [13] [5] [14] [note 1] and that Swaminarayan and his choicest devotee, Gunatitanand Swami, were ontologically, Purushottam and ...

  9. Gudi Padwa - Wikipedia

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    The word pāḍavā is derived from the Sanskrit word pratipad for the first day of each fortnight in a lunar month, or the first day on which the moon appears after the "new moon" day and the first day after the full moon. A Gudhi is also hoisted on this occasion, gives this festival its name.