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  2. Matriarchy - Wikipedia

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    According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), matriarchy is a "form of social organization in which the mother or oldest female is the head of the family, and descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line; government or rule by a woman or women."

  3. Shuddhadvaita - Wikipedia

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    But the pure Brahm and only pure Brahm is the effect and cause of this world." [ 10 ] The Shuddhadvaita philosophy has also been explained by various scholars of the sect, such as Devarshi Ramanath Shastri , who has enunciated the tenets of this philosophy in his books ‘Shuddhadvait Siddhantasaar’ (Hindi and Gujarati) and Shuddhadvaita Darshan.

  4. Patriarchs (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age.

  5. Patriarchy - Wikipedia

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    (Adam) [77] The uneven financial compensation between these levels of labor is one of the factors that pushed feministic ideals forward. The Role of Patriarchy in Feminism With men being expected to bring home an income to support a family and the entire household, the strain of the increasing cost of living makes that ideal impractical.

  6. Zen lineage charts - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a patriarchal lineage in Chan dates back to the epitaph for Fărú (法如 638–689), a disciple of the 5th patriarch, Daman Hongren (弘忍 601–674). In the Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices and the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, Daoyu and Dazu Huike are the only explicitly identified disciples of Bodhidharma.

  7. Puranas - Wikipedia

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    Manvañtara: cosmic cycles, [83] the history of the world during the time of one patriarch and matriarch; Vamśānucaritam: Accounts of royal dynasties, including the Suryavamshi and Chandravamshi kings and queens; A few Puranas, such as the most popular Bhagavata Purana, add five more characteristics to expand this list to ten: [84]

  8. Patriarch - Wikipedia

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    The word is derived from Greek πατριάρχης (patriarchēs), [2] meaning "chief or father of a family", [3] a compound of πατριά (patria), [4] meaning "family", and ἄρχειν (archein), [5] meaning "to rule". [3] [6] [7] [8] Originally, a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an ...

  9. Extended family - Wikipedia

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    The patriarch's wife generally exerts control over the household, minor religious practices and often wields considerable influence in domestic matters. Family income flows into a common pool, from which resources are drawn to meet the needs of all members, which are regulated by the heads of the family.