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Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, pious prince, the favorite of the god Marduk, exalted ruler who is the beloved of the god Nabû, the one who deliberates (and) acquires wisdom, the one who constantly seeks out the ways of their divinity (and) reveres their dominion, the indefatigable governor who is mindful of provisioning Esagil and Ezida ...
Nebuchadnezzar I [b] (/ ˌ n ɛ b j ʊ k ə d ˈ n ɛ z ər / NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: md Nabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) [i 2] or md Nábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, [i 3] meaning "Nabû, protect my eldest son" or "Nabû, protect the border"; reigned c. 1121–1100 BC) was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.
A struggling merchant, Xu Sheng (许盛), and his elder brother, Xu Cheng (许成), attend a ceremony at a Sun Wukong temple in Fujian, China. [4] Xu Sheng is entirely sceptical of the self-styled "Great Sage, Heaven's Equal" (齐天大圣); in stark contrast, his brother becomes a fervent devotee. Afterwards, much to his brother's shock and ...
Dirasha (also known as Ghidole, Diraasha, Dirayta, Gidole, Gardulla, Dhirasha) is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. It is spoken in the Omo region of Ethiopia, in the hills west of Lake Chamo, around the town of Gidole. A number of speakers also use Oromo or Konso. According to Wondwosen, the "Dirasha" is the name of ...
Spell for removing anger from the heart of the god. [10] 15. A hymn to the sun-god. Not a standard text; any one of a number of hymns might be used. [11] 16. Not a text but a large vignette depicting the sunrise, referring to the daily rebirth of Ra [12] 17. A text about the nature of the creator-god Atum.
Disturbed people will forsake their own tasks, instead plundering the treasures of kings, plundering and devouring, plundering and devouring, carrying away whatever they can find, cooking in their fires, making flower gardens and fruit orchards, picking the fruits and flowers as they bloom, and gathering treasures like the previous rulers ...
The sangha [u] waited until the eminent elder Mahākassapa arrived to pay his respects before cremating the body. [ 269 ] The Buddha's body was then cremated and the remains, including his bones, were kept as relics and they were distributed among various north Indian kingdoms like Magadha, Shakya and Koliya . [ 270 ]
There is also a later suggestion that he was an astronomer: Pliny the Elder [3] mentions Endymion as the first human to observe the movements of the moon, which (according to Pliny) accounts for Endymion's infatuation with its tutelary goddess. Consequently, Endymion's tomb has been attributed to two different sites.