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Meanwhile, the Yavana chief of the fort hears of the queen's presence in Poompuhar. He sets out to capture Ilanchezhiyan and Hippalaas for taking the queen. Ilanchezhiyan escapes the Yavana soldiers, using the queen as a hostage. With his sword on her back, he rides away into the thick forest on his white Arabic horse. Tiberius, a great naval ...
This is an outline of commentaries and commentators.Discussed are the salient points of Jewish, patristic, medieval, and modern commentaries on the Bible. The article includes discussion of the Targums, Mishna, and Talmuds, which are not regarded as Bible commentaries in the modern sense of the word, but which provide the foundation for later commentary.
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Biblical software or Bible software is a group of computer applications designed to read, study and in some cases discuss biblical texts and concepts. Biblical software programs are similar to e-book readers in that they include digitally formatted books, may be used to display a wide variety of inspirational books and Bibles, and can be used on portable computers.
The "Yavana cave", Cave No.17 of Pandavleni Caves, near Nashik (2nd century AD) The "Yavana" inscription on the back wall of the veranda, Cave No.17, Nashik. Cave No.17 has one inscription, mentioning the gift of the cave by Indragnidatta the son of the Yavana (i.e. Greek or Indo-Greek) Dharmadeva: "Success!
During the Dutch period (1638-1796), the first Bible translations into Sinhala language were produced. Simon Kat and Wilhelmus Conijn translated the Gospels and the Catechism. Their translations appeared in print after the printing press was established in Colombo in 1734. Henricus Philipsz translated several Old Testament books between 1783 ...
The inscription is in Brahmi script, and is significant because it mentions that it was made in Year 116 of the Yavanarajya ("Kingdom of the Yavanas"), and proves the existence of a "Yavana era" in ancient India. [7] It may mean that Mathura was a part of a Yavana dominion, probably Indo-Greek, at the time the inscription was created. [3]
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for " Ionians " ( Ancient Greek : Ἴωνες < Ἰάoνες < *Ἰάϝoνες ), who were probably the first Greeks to be known in India.