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1. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Lake Manasarovar on 31-Aug-09 at 4:23 pm

   [...] Manasarovar or Lake Manasa Sarovar (Sanskrit: मानस सरोवर:, Hindi: मानसरोवर झील; Bengali: মানস [...]

2. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Aarti on 01-Sep-09 at 8:31 pm

   [...] Aarti is said to have descended from the Vedic concept of fire rituals, or homa. The word may also refer to the traditional Hindu devotional song that is sung during the ritual. Aarti is performed and sung to develop the highest love for God. “Aa” means “towards or to”, and “rati” means “right or virtue” in Sanskrit. [...]

3. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / mudrā on 04-Sep-09 at 9:01 pm

   [...] mudrā (Sanskrit: मुद्रा, lit. “seal”) is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and [...]

4. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Hinduism on 06-Sep-09 at 11:04 am

   [...] the Indus River, first encountered in the Old Persian word Hindu (həndu), corresponding to Vedic Sanskrit Sindhu, the Indus River.The Rig Veda mentions the land of the Indo-Aryans as Sapta Sindhu (the land [...]

5. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Nepal on 11-Sep-09 at 3:31 pm

   [...] from Sanskrit, Nepali is considered the language closest to Sanskrit and written in Devanagari script. Nepali is [...]

6. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Yamuna on 12-Sep-09 at 2:36 pm

   [...] meaning “twins” in Sanskrit, as it runs parallel to the Ganges, its names is mentioned at many places in the Rig Veda, written [...]

7. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Aum on 13-Sep-09 at 1:14 pm

   [...] Sanskrit name for the syllable is praṇava, from a root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal [...]

8. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Dwarka on 14-Sep-09 at 1:18 pm

   [...] city derives its name from word dvar meaning door or gate in the Sanskrit language. Dwarka is considered to be one of the holiest cities in Hinduism and one of the 4 main [...]

9. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Bhagavad Gita on 14-Sep-09 at 5:11 pm

   [...] Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and director of the Manhattan Project, learned Sanskrit in 1933 and read the Bhagavad Gita in the original, citing it later as one of the most influential [...]

10. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Puranas on 14-Sep-09 at 5:37 pm

    [...] Puranas (Sanskrit: पुराण purāṇa, “of ancient times”) are a group of important Indian Hindu [...]

11. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Advaita Vedanta on 15-Sep-09 at 7:06 pm

    [...] Vedanta Advaita Vedanta (IAST Advaita Vedānta; Sanskrit अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA: [əd̪vait̪ə veːd̪ɑːnt̪ə]) is a sub-school [...]

12. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / indiaIndia on 25-Sep-09 at 2:13 pm

    [...] name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the [...]

13. Uttarakhand Innoformation Centre / Brahmaputra on 26-Sep-09 at 2:26 pm

    [...] bear female names, this river has a rare male name, as it means “son of Brahma” in Sanskrit (putra means [...]

14. Cannabinoids « Ashvattha on 16-Nov-09 at 6:07 pm

    [...] compound was identified as arachidonoyl ethanolamine and named anandamide, a name derived from the Sanskrit word for bliss and -amide. Anandamide is derived from the essential fatty acid arachidonic acid. It [...]

15. Cannabis_Drug « Ashvattha on 24-Nov-09 at 2:10 pm

    [...] Cannabis, also known as marijuana marihuana,and ganja (from Sanskrit: गांजा gañjā, meaning “hemp“), among many other names, refers to any number [...]

16. Cannabis as a drug « Ashvattha Mediqanna on 14-Dec-09 at 2:14 pm

    [...] Sativa »Cannabis as a drugCannabis, also known as marijuana marihuana,and ganja (from Sanskrit: गांजा gañjā), among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the [...]

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