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  2. Arjava - Wikipedia

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    Ārjav means straightness, sincerity, and harmony in one’s thought, words, and actions towards oneself and towards others. [1] Kane translates arjava as straightforwardness. [ 3 ] It is described in ancient Indian texts as “self-restraint from hypocrisy", and "the absence of hypocrisy”.

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

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    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.

  4. List of Sanskrit and Persian roots in Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical (according to Hindi's alphabet) list of Sanskrit and Persian roots, stems, prefixes, and suffixes commonly used in Hindi. अ (a) [ edit ]

  5. Prajñā (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The Sanskrit word प्रज्ञा (Prajña) is the compound of "प्र (pra-)" which prefix means – before, forward, fulfiller, and used as the intensifier but rarely as a separate word [1] and "ज्ञ (jna)" which means - knowing or familiar with. [2]

  6. Honesty - Wikipedia

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    Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man, attributed to J. H. W. Tischbein (c. 1780). Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal ...

  7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues; One law for the rich and another for the ...

  8. Hindustani etymology - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, is the vernacular form of two standardized registers used as official languages in India and Pakistan, namely Hindi and Urdu.It comprises several closely related dialects in the northern, central and northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent but is mainly based on Khariboli of the Delhi region.

  9. Devanagari transliteration - Wikipedia

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    Many words and names transliterated from Devanāgarī end with "a", to indicate the pronunciation in the original Sanskrit. This schwa is obligatorily deleted in several modern Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi and others. This results in differing transliterations for Sanskrit and schwa-deleting languages that retain or ...