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Shakala Shaka (Sanskrit: शाकल शाखा; IAST: Śākala Śākhā), is the oldest shakha (from skt. śākhā f. "branch" or "recension") of the Rigveda . The Śākala tradition is mainly followed in Maharashtra , Karnataka , Kerala , Odisha , Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh .
Cetshwayo's predecessor King Shaka devised the ibutho system as the centre pillar of the Zulu state. [1] Young men were required to serve as soldiers until they were about 30 years old, after which they were allowed to marry. A conversation between King Cetshwayo and the Norwegian missionary, Rev JL Kyllingstad in 1876 was recorded as follows: [2]
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 –24 September 1828), also known as Shaka Zulu (Zulu pronunciation:) and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu , he ordered wide-reaching reforms that reorganized the military into a formidable force.
European settlers used the word Unkulunkulu in order to try to explain their belief in the God of the bible to the people of Zululand. [ citation needed ] According to Irvin Hexham (1981), "there is no evidence of belief in a heavenly deity or sky god in Zulu religion before the advent of Europeans". [ 5 ]
The Mudrarakshasa says that after Alexander the Great's death, Chandragupta Maurya used a Shaka-Yavana-Kamboja-Parasika-Bahlika alliance in his campaign to take the throne in Magadha and found the Maurya Empire. [25] [26] [27] The Saka were the Scythians; the Yavanas were the Greeks, and the Parasikas were the Persians. [26] [28]
The "shaka" sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.
Nandi and Shaka were initially accepted into Senzangakhona's kraal, and she was treated as a lesser wife. [4] As she was not his Great Wife, Shaka was not the heir. Senzangakhona was unwilling to acknowledge Nandi as his chief consort, an important status symbol among the AmaZulu. He did have another child with her, Shaka's sister Nomcuba. [4]
The Bible [1] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...