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Relic of the tooth of the Buddha, venerated in Sri Lanka as a cetiya "relic" of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Śarīra, a generic term referring to Buddhist relics. In Buddhism, relics of the Buddha and various sages are venerated. After the Buddha's death, his remains were divided into eight portions.
Siddhartha Gautama died in the 5th century BCE and was cremated. As of 2024, 32 museums and temples claim to hold one or more teeth of the Buddha. A tooth is venerated as a cetiya relic in Sri Lanka, at the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha in the Temple of the Tooth. Another tooth is kept at the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in Singapore ...
Based on the H. G. Wells novel of the same name Novel 1953 Aliens The Kraken Wakes: John Wyndham: Novel 1953 Future collapse Against the Fall of Night: Arthur C. Clarke: An early version of The City and the Stars: Story 1953 Supernatural "The Nine Billion Names of God" Arthur C. Clarke: A short story taken from the short story collection of the ...
Memorial containing 73 precious relics [29] that had once belonged to Polish royalty. Looted by the Wehrmacht during the German invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II. Sword of Islam: Confirmed 1943 Ceremonial sword presented to Benito Mussolini in 1937 from Berber collaborators in Italian Libya. [30]
Anrita - The name of one of the mystical weapons delivered to Ráma by Viswámitra, as mentioned in the Rámáyana. Ayudhapurusha - The anthropomorphic depiction of a divine weapon in Hindu art. Ayudhapurushas are sometimes considered as partial incarnates of their divine owners.
Among Serbian names are many apotropaic names (zaštitna imena, "protective names"), such as Vuk ("wolf") (and its many derivatives) and Staniša [39] ("stone"). Historical Chinese given names sometimes had apotropaic meanings, such as in the case of Huo Qubing (霍 去病, "Qubing" meaning "away with illness"), or Xin Qiji (辛 棄疾, "Qiji ...
Third-class relics: any object that has been in contact with a first- or second-class relic. [44] Most third-class relics are small pieces of cloth, though in the first millennium oil was popular; the Monza ampullae contained oil collected from lamps burning before the major sites of Christ's life, and some reliquaries had holes for oil to be ...
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