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The cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia, regarding a complex knot that tied an oxcart. Reputedly, whoever could untie it would be destined to rule all of Asia. In 333 BCE, Alexander was challenged to untie the knot.
Farhang-e-Rabbani (Jadid) is an Urdu-Bangla dictionary. It was first published in 1952. It was certified by Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah and Suniti Kumar Chatterji. It was the first Bangla-Urdu dictionary, when Bangladesh was part of the Dominion of Pakistan as East Bengal. This dictionary was collected or made by Shiraj Rabbani. [1]
Historically, the prayer rope would typically have 100 knots, although prayer ropes with 150, 60, 50, 33, 64 or 41 knots can also be found in use today. There are even small 10-knot prayer ropes intended to be worn on the finger. Hermits in their cells may have prayer ropes with as many as 300 or 500 knots in them. [citation needed]
The bowline on a bight is a knot which makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope. Its advantage is that it is reasonably easy to untie after being exposed to load. It is one of the two tie-in knots that are being taught by the German Alpine Club (DAV), generally being considered secure. [1] [2] [3]
The reef knot can capsize if one of its standing ends is pulled.. A knot that has capsized or spilled has deformed into a different structure. Although capsizing is sometimes the result of incorrect tying or misuse, it can also be done purposefully in certain cases to strengthen the knot (see the carrick bend [4]) or to untie a seized knot which would otherwise be difficult to release (see ...
The second edition was released in 1997, [1] followed by an expanded, refined, and revised third edition in 2011, published by the Bangla Academy. [3] The second edition incorporated portraits of approximately 700 prominent individuals and provided insights into the lives of nearly 1,000 notable Bengali intellectuals and luminaries. [citation ...
Marriage in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی شادی Pākistānī Śādī) pertains to wedding traditions established and adhered by Pakistani men and women.Despite their local and regional variations, marriages in Pakistan generally follow Islamic marital jurisprudence.
The collaboration between Ghalib and Shayek was collected and compiled by Hakim Habibur Rahman, a later Urdu poet of Dhaka, in his book Inshaye Shayek. Habibur Rahman was a prominent Dhakaiya physician and litterateur whose most famous books include Asudegan-e-Dhaka and Dhaka Panchas Baras Pahle .