The visual image of Nataraja achieved canonical form in the bronzes cast under the Chola dynasty in the tenth century AD, and then continued to be reproduced in metal, stone and other substances right up to the present times. The Chola Nataraja is often said to be the supreme statement of Hindu art. One of the many legends on the conception of Śiva as Nataraja is this one: In a dense forest in South India, there dwelt multitudes of heretical sages. Thither proceeded Śiva to confute them, accompanied by Vishnu disguised as a beaut ...

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Nataraja, Nataraja - Origin

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Definition and meaning of marine debris:

marine debris - debris composed primarily of plastics, nets, lines, other fishing gear, glass, rubber, metal, wood and cloth. Sources of debris are people on beaches, storm drains, fishing boats, waste treatment sites, and industrial facilities. These materials have damaging effects on coral reefs

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Master Ching Hai says that the Quan Yin Method is a practice, not a religion, and therefore does not call for initiates to leave their current religions and “convert” to Quan Yin. She says that whatever religion a person is in before initiation can be continued, with Quan Yin meditation and observance of the precepts added onto that. Master Ching Hai herself was a Tibetan Buddhist nun for ten years after she claimed to have became fully enlightened in the Himalayas She continued to dress like a Tibetan Buddhist lama until around 1 ...

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Quan Yin Method, Quan Yin Method - Doctrine, Quan Yin Method - The First Level, Quan Yin Method - The Second Level, Quan Yin Method - The Fifth Level, Quan Yin Method - Metaphysical Method, Quan Yin Method - Initiation, Quan Yin Method - Master Ching Hai's use of the Quan Yin Method, Quan Yin Method - Criticism

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The word 'reiki' is a generic term which can be and is used for many techniques. The information below may or may not apply to anything called 'reiki.' Some schools teach that Reiki energy enters the practitioner through the 7th (crown or Shasrara) chakra, fills the practitioner's aura and flows through her or his hands into the body of the recipient. It is also taught that Reiki energy enters through the 1st (root or Muladhara) chakra at the base of the spine, fills the aura, becomes centered in the 4th (heart or ...

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Reiki, Reiki - Theories and practices, Reiki - History, Reiki - Non-traditional Reiki, Reiki - Celtic Reiki, Reiki - Reiki Tummo, Reiki - Courses, Reiki - Reiki community, Reiki - Controversies, Reiki - Opposition from religious groups, Reiki - Internal controversies, Reiki - Secret teachings, Reiki - The Reiki Grandmaster, Reiki - Reiki's origin, Reiki - Partial Bibliography

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While not moving, a human can be in one of the following main positions. standing; requires sufficient headroom, e.g. it is not possible in a regular car; one can stand freely or lean against a support (a wall, a pole, etc.); sitting; requires a more or less horizontal structure, e.g. a chair or the ground; special ways of sitting are with the legs horizontal, and in an inclined seat; while on a chair the shins are usually vertical, on the ground the shins may be crossed in an "Indian-style" sitting (with a name ...

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Human position, Human position - Basic human positions, Human position - Optimal human positions and balanced erect posture, Human position - Erect Posture as Natural exercise, Human position - Human positions and Posture in society, Human position - Some prominent people noted for erect posture

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Vyasa appears as Kanha-dipayana(the Pali verion of his name) in two Jataka tales: the Kanha-dipayana Jataka and Ghata Jataka.Whilst the former in which he appers as the Bodisattva has no relation to his tales from the Hindu works, his role in the latter one has parallels in an important event in the Mahabhrata. In the 16th book of the epic, Mausala Parva, the end of the Vrishnis, clansmen of Vyasa's namesake and Vishnu incarnate Krishna is narrated. The epic says: One day, the Vrishni heroes .. saw Vishvamitra, Kanwa and Narada arr ...

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Vyasa, Vyasa - The legend of Vyasa, Vyasa - 'Veda' Vyasa, Vyasa - Author of Mahabharata, Vyasa - Author of Puranas, Vyasa - Vyasa in Buddhism, Vyasa - In the Arthashastra, Vyasa - Author of Brahma Sutra, Vyasa - Author of Yoga Bhashya

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In the state of Goa, Goa trance parties can take place in unusual locations such as on a beach, in a desert or in the middle of the forest, although it is not uncommon for them to be held in conventional locations like clubs. These days, the need to pay the local police baksheesh means that they're generally staged around a bar, even though this may only be a temporary fixture in the forest or beach. Once the baksheesh is paid, then the party-goers are free to bring out their charas an ...

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Goa trance music, Goa trance music - History, Goa trance music - The sound of Goa trance, Goa trance music - Goa trance parties, Goa trance music - Goa trance in popular culture, Goa trance music - Typical Goa trance music tracks, Goa trance music - Popular Goa trance artists and albums, Goa trance music - 1993, Goa trance music - 1994, Goa trance music - 1995, Goa trance music - 1996, Goa trance music - 1997, Goa trance music - 1998, Goa trance music - 1999, Goa trance music - 2000, Goa trance music - 2001, Goa trance music - 2002, Goa trance music - 2003, Goa trance music - 2004, Goa trance music - 2005

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-- Cary Grant His personal dichotomy was referenced in films from time to time: In Arsenic and Old Lace Grant is in a graveyard, and one of the stones reads "Archie Leach". In His Girl Friday, he responds to a pointed comment by saying, "The last person who said that to me was Archie Leach, before he cut his throat." His character in Gunga Din was named "Archie". as per: [2] In one of his early films, She Done Him Wron ...

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Cary Grant, Cary Grant - Early life, Cary Grant - Hollywood, Cary Grant - Quotations, Cary Grant - Miscellaneous, Cary Grant - Filmography, Cary Grant - Outside Reading

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When the princes come of age, Yudhisthira is given half the kingdom and made king of Indraprastha, so as to avoid a clash with the Kaurava princes over the whole Kuru kingdom. Duryodhana becomes the prince regent of Hastinapura, and owing to the age and blindness of his father, he accumulates much control and influence, managing the state affairs himself with a coterie of his advisors that include his ...

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Duryodhana, Duryodhana - Birth, Duryodhana - Omens, Duryodhana - Development, Duryodhana - Karna, Duryodhana - Evil tendencies and schemes, Duryodhana - Usurping the kingdom, Duryodhana - The dice plot and Draupadi's humiliation, Duryodhana - World emperor, Duryodhana - The Kurukshetra War, Duryodhana - Gandhari's blessing and the fight with Bhima, Duryodhana - Death and Heaven, Duryodhana - Modern assessment, Duryodhana - In media

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Posture is the emergent alignment of the body that remains relatively constant in its underlying structure and unity across various forms of human positions. It refers to the unconscious and stable structural disposition of the body framework attained over a long period of continuous body movements and patterns. Image:Elenavitrichenko.jpg These stable postures attained over time is a result of ones lifestyle and orientation. Over time people come to attain an average posture, bad or inefficient posture, and sometimes a good or ...

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Human position, Human position - Basic human positions, Human position - Optimal human positions and balanced erect posture, Human position - Erect Posture as Natural exercise, Human position - Human positions and Posture in society, Human position - Some prominent people noted for erect posture

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Alternative healthcare providers who practice colour therapy often relate the seven colours of the colour spectrum to specific areas of the body known as the chakras. Like in yoga, the chakras are believed to be specific spiritual energy centres of the body. The accredited therapeutic action of colours is related to the chakra they represent: Chromotherapy - Red. First Chakra: base of the spine In chromotherapy, red is considered to be the colour of life, of the glowing sun and of fire. Red i ...

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Chromotherapy, Chromotherapy - Criticism, Chromotherapy - History, Chromotherapy - Meaning and use of colours, Chromotherapy - Red, Chromotherapy - Orange, Chromotherapy - Yellow, Chromotherapy - Green, Chromotherapy - Blue, Chromotherapy - Indigo, Chromotherapy - Violet

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Definition and meaning of Agent's Authority :

Agent's Authority: The authority and power granted to an agent by the agency contract. The agent is also clothed with additional power under the legal concept of apparent agency. See also Apparent Agency. 

(Source: InsWeb)

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Definition and meaning of Boston Associates:

Boston Associates

The Boston Associates were a group of merchants headed by Francis Cabot Lowell. Between 1813 and 1850 they revolutionized textile production. Their Boston Manufacturing Company at Waltham, Massachusetts concentrated on the mass production of a single standardized product, cheap but durable cotton cloth.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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Definition and meaning of Tariff of 1816:

Tariff of 1816

In 1816, Congress passed the nation's first protective tariff. It was designed to protect textile factories, because the British were dumping cloth in the United States at bargain prices in their attempt to regain markets they had lost during the War of 1812.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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