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  2. Ananta (infinite) - Wikipedia

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    Ananta is also the name of the serpent who overheard Lord Shiva teaching goddess Parvati the secrets of yoga. When Lord Shiva learned of Ananta’s eavesdropping, he ordered Ananta to share that learning with the entire human race. Therefore, Ananta assumed human form as Sage Patanjali and taught the Eight Limbs of Yoga for the well-being of ...

  3. Ananta (king) - Wikipedia

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    Ananta or King Ananta, also known as Anantadeva, was a king of Kashmir who reigned for 40 years from 1028 to 1068 CE. He belonged to the Lohara dynasty . Ananta (Sanskrit: अनन्त ) is the Sanskrit term for that which is infinite due to unending element.

  4. Kathasaritsagara - Wikipedia

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    The tragic history of Kashmir at this period - Ananta’s two sons, Kalaśa and Harṣa, the worthless degenerate life of the former, the brilliant but ruthless life of the latter, the suicide of Ananta himself, the self-immolation of Sūryavatī on his funeral pyre, and the resulting chaos - forms as a dark and grim background for the setting ...

  5. Ananta - Wikipedia

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    Ananta (Puno), a mountain in the Puno Region, Peru Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh , a district of Andhra Pradesh, India Ananta Vasudeva Temple (thirteenth century) at Bhubaneswar, in Orissa state of India

  6. Ananta Chaturdashi - Wikipedia

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    A legend behind the Ananta Chaturdashi is found in the Mahabharata. It recounts the story of a woman named Sushila, who encountered a group of women worshipping Ananta near a riverbank. They explained that the performance of this vrata (pious observance) would earn great merit for the performer and offer them safety.

  7. This Earth of Mankind - Wikipedia

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    This Earth of Mankind is the first book in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's epic quartet called Buru Quartet, first published by Hasta Mitra in 1980.The story is set at the end of the Dutch colonial rule and was written while Pramoedya was imprisoned on the political island prison of Buru in eastern Indonesia.

  8. Ananta Manikya - Wikipedia

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    Ananta Manikya (d. 1567) was the Maharaja of Tripura from 1563 to 1567. A weak monarch in comparison to his predecessor, he spent his reign under the control of his influential father-in-law. A weak monarch in comparison to his predecessor, he spent his reign under the control of his influential father-in-law.

  9. Anantana Avantara - Wikipedia

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    The movie is a light–hearted comedy about the ordeals of a newly married man. It set a trend in the comic films in Kannada and established Kashinath as a comic story teller. However, at the time of release, the movie met with several controversies primarily for the taboo subject on which the story was built. Some even considered the movie to ...