Encyclopedia - Purity: Encyclopedia - Purity
An object is pure if it has no contamination or foreign material. In reference to precious metals, purity is a measure of what percentage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carat Purity: Encyclopedia - Carat Purity
Carat is a measure of the purity of gold and platinum alloys. One carat in this sense is one twenty-fourth purity by weight. Therefore 24...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purity Impurity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Purity Impurity
Purity impurity: Shaucha-ashaucha.   Purity and its opposite, pollution, are a fundamental part of Hindu culture. While they imp...   » Read the article

Article - Purity: Purity Of Body And Mind
Purity comprises both external purity and internal purity. Purity implies both purity of body and purity of mind. Purity of body is only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purity Ring: Encyclopedia - Purity Ring
Purity rings, or Chastity rings are a symbol of virginity in religious cultures. A person who wears a purity ring is vowing to save sex f...   » Read the article

Article - Achamana: Hindu Symbols - Sipping Water Or Achamana
Achamana is sipping water three times, repeating the Names of the Lord. Prokshana is sprinkling water over ones body for the sake of puri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauty Contest: Encyclopedia - Beauty Contest
A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, based largely, though not always entirely, on the beauty of their p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vfo: Encyclopedia - Vfo
VFO is an acronym for Variable Frequency Oscillator. A variable frequency oscillator is needed in any radio receiver or transmitter that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yazidi: Encyclopedia - Yazidi
The Yazidi or Yezidi (Kurdish: Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. They are primarily ethnic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia - Kashrut
Kashrut (Hebrew: כַּשְׁרוּת kašrûṯ) or "keeping kosher" (Hebrew: כָּשֵׁר kāšēr) is the name of the Jewish dietary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish View Of Marriage: Encyclopedia - Jewish View Of Marriage
Judaism considers marriage to be the ideal state of existence; a man without a wife, or a woman without a husband, are considered incompl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia - Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 22/22k: Encyclopedia - 22/22k
22/22k is a quality mark indicating the purity of gold. The first 22 signifies the "skin purity" and the second 22 signifies that after m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racial Purity: Encyclopedia Ii - Racial Purity - Racial Purity Vs. Genetic Diversity
While some people want to preserve the "racial purity", others think that, quite contrary, it is desirable to increase genetic diversity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racial Purity: Encyclopedia Ii - Racial Purity - Popular Culture
The Harry Potter books and movies address the theme of racial purity directly. In the Harry Potter setting, some people are "wizards" (ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Purity Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Purity Harry Potter - Categories By Blood
The wizarding world is divisible into three main classes by purity: pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born. Blood purity Harry Potter -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Purity Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Purity Harry Potter - Notable Individuals
Blood purity Harry Potter - Notable Pure-Bloods. Along with the members of notable pure-blood families, the following individuals are a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Porajmos: Encyclopedia Ii - Porajmos - Aryan Racial Purity
In the thousand years that nomadic Roma tribes wandered through Europe, they were subject to persecution and humiliation; they were stigm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Purity Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Purity Harry Potter - Between Both Worlds
Some characters are stuck between both the magical and the muggle worlds. These are people who have knowledge of but very little or no ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Purity Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Purity Harry Potter - Notable Individuals
Blood purity Harry Potter - Notable Pure-Bloods. Along with the members of notable pure-blood families, the following individuals are a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Purity Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Purity Harry Potter - Notable Pure-blooded Families
Status: Extinct Most of the members of the Black family were highly devoted to the Dark Arts. The Black family home is 12 Grimmauld Plac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joy Programming Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Joy Programming Language - Mathematical Purity
One of the most appealing aspects of Joy is this: the meaning function is a homomorphism from the syntactic monoid onto the semantic mono...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor - Required Purity And Perfection Of Semiconductor Materials
Semiconductors with predictable, reliable electronic properties are necessary for mass production. The level of chemical purity needed is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diving Air Compressor: Encyclopedia Ii - Diving Air Compressor - Air Purity
In addition the compressed air output from the compressor must be filtered to make it fit for use as a breathing gas. The following filte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Breeding - Purebred Cats Dogs And The Debate Over 'breed Purity'
Most purebred cats and dogs of breeds recognized by all-breed club registries are controlled by "closed studbooks". In a number of modern...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saucha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Saucha
saucha: (Sanskrit) "Purity." See: purity-impurity, yamaniyama. (See also: Saucha , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Porajmos: Encyclopedia Ii - Porajmos - Extermination
The vast majority of Roma, however, were to suffer the same indignities as the Jews, and in some instances, they suffered even more bruta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Breeding - Purebreds
The very idea of 'breed purity' often strikes an unpleasant chord with modern animal fanciers because it is reminiscent of nineteenth-cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Niddah: Encyclopedia Ii - Niddah - Basic Principles
Niddah - Biblical sources. The Torah teaches: "Do not draw close to a woman when she is a niddah; (sexual intercourse) relations are fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vfo: Encyclopedia Ii - Vfo - Performance
The performance of a radio's VFO strongly influences the performance of the radio itself. VFO - Accuracy. It is useful if the frequency...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Niddah: Encyclopedia Ii - Niddah - Reasons For Practice
Niddah - Need for Tahara - purity. A woman is a niddah until she undergoes taharah ("purification"). The taharah process involves a min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visuddhimagga: Encyclopedia Ii - Visuddhimagga - Seven Steps
This comparison between practice and "seven relay chariots" points at the goal. Each purity is needed to attain the next. Purity in term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yazidi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yazidi - Religious Beliefs
In the Yazidi worldview, God created the world, which is now in the care of a Heptad of seven Holy Beings, often known as Angels or heft ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Reasons For The Biblical Dietary Laws
There continues to be a debate on the purposes and meaning of the laws regarding Kashrut. In Jewish philosophy it is recognized that many...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Niddah: Encyclopedia Ii - Niddah - In Practice
Niddah - Calculation of the niddah period. The first five days begin when a woman first sees her monthly vaginal blood flow. She counts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methylsulfonylmethane: Encyclopedia Ii - Methylsulfonylmethane - Claims Of Beneficial Effects
MSM has been purported to have anti-inflammatory (Hasegawa, 2004; Childs, 1994; Murav'ev IuV et al, 1991; Parcell, 2002; Usha & Naidu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauty Contest: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauty Contest - Beauty Contests And Politics
Many feminists regard beauty contests for women as degrading to females in general, as well as to the women who compete in them. A common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yazidi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yazidi - Religious Beliefs
First and foremost, the Yazidi have a highy cryptic religion, and might in fact be crypto-pagans. That is, they have had to suppress and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diving Air Compressor: Encyclopedia Ii - Diving Air Compressor - Machinery
Modern diving compressors are often three stage-reciprocating air compressors that use ceramic lined cylinders with ‘O’ rings, not pi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diving Air Compressor: Encyclopedia Ii - Diving Air Compressor - The Bank
Often compressors are connected to a "bank" of large, high-pressure cylinders to store compressed gas, for use at peak times. As cheap an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattva Guna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sattva Guna
sattva guna: (Sanskrit) "Purity."   The quality of goodness or purity. See: guna. (See also: Sattva guna , Hinduism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauty Contest: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauty Contest - Beauty Contests And Politics
Many feminists regard beauty contests for women as degrading to females in general, as well as to the women who compete in them. A common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - One-drop Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - One-drop Theory - Alternatives
As an alternative to this theory, various terms were coined during the 19th century to denote persons with varying degrees of African anc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauty Contest: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauty Contest - History Of Beauty Contests
Choosing symbolic kings and queens for May Day and other festivities is an ancient custom in Europe, where beautiful young women also sym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauty Contest: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauty Contest - Selecting A Beauty Queen
Beauty pageant are generally multi-tiered, with local competitions feeding into the larger competitions. The worldwide pageants thus requ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vfo: Encyclopedia Ii - Vfo - Why Do Radios Need A Vfo?
In a simple superhet radio receiver, incoming radio frequencies from the antenna are made to mix (or multiply) with an internally generat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vfo: Encyclopedia Ii - Vfo - Analogue Vfo
An analogue VFO could be an electronic oscillator where the value of at least one of the active components is adjustable under user contr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vfo: Encyclopedia Ii - Vfo - Digital Vfo
Modern radio receivers and transmitters usually use some from of digital frequency synthesis to generate their VFO signal. The advantages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Breeding - Selective Breeding Methods
In general, the owners of the animals use three strategies to refine local populations: Isolation. There must be a period in which the m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shuddhi: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Shuddhi
Shuddhi:   Shuddhi ("purification/purity"): the state of purity; a synonym of shodhana   (See also: Shuddhi ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattva: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary I On Sattva
Sattva - Purity.   (See also: Sattva ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - One-drop Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - One-drop Theory - History
While various forms of this approach to race have likely existed since "race" became a prominent way of thinking about human variations, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - One-drop Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - One-drop Theory - Future
There are four ways of assessing the future of the one-drop rule in the United States: scholarly opinions, trends in affirmative action c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trividha Dvara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trividha Dvara
Trividha Dvara (Sanskrit). Lit., the "three gates", which are body, mouth, and mind; or purity of body, purity of speech, pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Introduction
According to both traditional Judaism and modern scholars, a number of qualities distinguish Judaism from the other religions that existe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Critical Historical View Of The Development Of Judaism
Although monotheism is fundamental to Rabbinic Judaism, many critical Bible scholars claim that certain verses in the Torah imply that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Religious Doctrine And Principles Of Faith
While Judaism has always affirmed a number of Jewish principles of faith, no creed, dogma, set of orthodox beliefs, or fully-binding "cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - The Traditional Jewish Bookshelf
Jews are often called a "People of the Book," and Judaism has an age-old intellectual tradition focusing on text-based Torah study. The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main article: Judaism and Christianity See also: Judeo-Christian, Christianity and anti-Sem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Community Leadership
Judaism - Classical priesthood. Judaism does not have a clergy, in the sense of full-time specialists required for religious services. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Law And Interpretation
The basis of Jewish law and tradition ("halakha") is the Torah (the five books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition there are 613 c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Religious History
Jewish history is an extensive topic; this section will cover the elements of Jewish history of most importance to the Jewish religion an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trividha-dvara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Trividha-dvara
Trividha-dvara (Sanskrit) [from trividha triple, threefold + dvara door, gate, entrance, opening]   The threefold gate, which is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmacharya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Brahmacharya
brahmacharya: control of sexual energy; state of life of learning and purity   (See also: brahmacharya , Hinduism, Hinduism D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lotus: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Lotus
Lotus: Symbol of purity and perfection, Buddha-nature.    (See also: Lotus , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashem-vohu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ashem-vohu
Ashem-Vohu (Avestan) One of the three holiest mantras or invocations of Zoroastrianism, running "Purity is the best good, a bless...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sully: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sully
sully (sullied): To make dirty, or impure. See: purity-impurity. (See also: Sully , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor - Doping Of Semiconductors
One of the main reasons that semiconductors are useful in electronics is that their electronic properties can be greatly altered in a con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Identification Of Kosher Foods
Store-bought foods can be identified as kosher by the presence of a hechsher (plural hechsherim), a graphical symbol that indicates that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - How Kashrut Is Viewed By Judaism Today
Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism hold that Jews should follow the laws of kashrut. Some of Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Vegetarianism
Since there are few laws of Kashrut restricting the consumption of plant products it follows that a truly vegetarian meal would usually b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Kashrut And Animal Welfare
The practice of kosher slaughter emphasizes the sharpness of the knife and the accuracy and precision of the skill of the shochet, in ord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yazidi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yazidi - Views Of Outsiders, Fiction And Stereotypes
As the Yazidi hold religious beliefs that are mostly unfamiliar to outsiders, many non-Yazidi people have written about them and ascribed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yazidi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yazidi - Origins
The origins of Yazidism are ultimately shrouded in the mist of the ancient Middle East. Although the Yazidis speak Kurdish, their religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yazidi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yazidi - Recent History
It is alleged by some that during the regime of Saddam Hussein, however, they were considered to be Arabs and maneuvered to oppose the Ku...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor - Fundamental Semiconductor Physics
Semiconductor - Band structure of a semiconductor. In the parlance of solid-state physics, semiconductors (and insulators) are defined ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattvapatti: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sattvapatti
Sattvapatti- Attainment of Sattwa. (Purity)   (See also: Sattvapatti , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Suddhi: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Suddhi
SUDDHI: purity   (See also: SUDDHI , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaucha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Shaucha
Shaucha: Purity; cleanliness.   (See also: Shaucha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattwa: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Sattwa
Sattwa: Light; purity; reality.   (See also: Sattwa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chitta-suddhi: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Chitta-suddhi
CHITTA-SUDDHI: purity of mind   (See also: CHITTA-SUDDHI , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parisuddha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Parisuddha (parishuddha)
parisuddha: parisuddha (parishuddha). Purity.   (See also: parisuddha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Suddhi: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Suddhi (shuudhi)
suddhi: suddhi (shuudhi). Purity.   (See also: suddhi , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmacharya: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Brahmacharya
BRAHMACHARYA: Practice of celibacy. Purity in thought, word and deed.   (See also: BRAHMACHARYA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattwa Guna: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Sattwa Guna
Sattwa guna: quality unwavering purity   (See also: Sattwa guna ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Niyama: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Niyama
NIYAMA: The second step in Raja Yoga; observance - purity, contentment, austerities,   (See also: NIYAMA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattva: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sattva
SATTVA: Purity-one of the three qualities of nature.   (See also: SATTVA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Niyama: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Niyama
Niyama: The second step in Raja Yoga, observance, purity and contentment.   (See also: Niyama ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Virgin Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Virgin
Virgin Dream Symbols: Symbolizes purity and potential.   (Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)   Related pages: Dream Symbols, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monk Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Monk
Monk Dream Symbols: Your true self; personal wholeness. Isolation: purity   (Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)   Related pag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - White Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - White
White Dream Symbols: White may symbolize purity and innocence, peace, happiness, joy; in the East it is associated with death and mour...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cauliflower Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Cauliflower
Cauliflower Dream Symbols: Seeing or eating cauliflower in your dream, symbolizes spiritual nourishment, purity and perfection. Altern...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bald Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Bald
Bald Dream Symbols: A need to expose one's true self. A lack of esteem or fears of growing older. May symbolize humility and purity. L...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pink Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Pink
Pink: See Red, Tan and Orange (Peach.) It can mean flesh; can be watered down blood, or a watered down gospel, or lack of passion for ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - White Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - White
White: Purity that dispels the darkness; righteousness; God's majesty; blameless; washed white by the blood; redeemed; God's glory; wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Black Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Black
Black: Opposite of white and purity; judgment of God; death; famine; sin; ignorance; darkness; demonic army; Jesus' depth on the cross...   » Read the article