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  2. Art of memory - Wikipedia

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    The art of memory (Latin: ars memoriae) is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions, improve recall, and assist in the combination and 'invention' of ideas. An alternative term is "Ars Memorativa" which is also translated as "art of memory" although its more literal meaning is ...

  3. Yudhishthira - Wikipedia

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    The word Yudhiṣṭhira is an aluk compound (meaning it preserves the case ending of its first part). It means "one who is steady in battle". It is composed of the words, yudhi (masculine locative singular) meaning "in battle"—from yudh (युध्) meaning 'battle, fighting'—and sthira (स्थिर) meaning 'steady'. [6] His other ...

  4. Vedic chant - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism. The oral tradition of the Vedas (Śruti) consists of several pathas, "recitations" or ways of chanting the Vedic mantras. Such traditions of Vedic chant are often considered the oldest unbroken oral tradition in existence, the fixation of the Vedic texts (samhitas) as preserved dating to roughly the time of Homer (early Iron Age).

  5. List of mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    NICER DRUMS (N ervous, I ntegumentary, C irculatory, E ndocrine, R espiratory, D igestive, R eproductive, U rinary, M uscular, S keletal) Intrinsic muscles of hand [39] ' A OF A OF A'. Thenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface): A bductor pollicis brevis. O pponens pollicis.

  6. Pullella Sriramachandrudu - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Pullella Sriramachandrudu (24 October 1927 – 24 June 2015) was an Indian scholar of Vedanta, Vyakarana and Alankara Sastra and a prolific writer of Sanskrit and Telugu literature. He was widely credited with several books in Sanskrit and Telugu [1][2] and was best known for translating many difficult Sanskrit works into Telugu the seven ...

  7. List of chemistry mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    A mnemonic is a memory aid used to improve long-term memory and make the process of consolidation easier. Many chemistry aspects, rules, names of compounds, sequences of elements, their reactivity, etc., can be easily and efficiently memorized with the help of mnemonics. This article contains the list of certain mnemonics in chemistry.

  8. Tirukkural translations into Telugu - Wikipedia

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    With the first translation of the Kural text into Telugu made in 1877, Telugu has seen a series of translations before the turn of the 20th century. [1] The first translation was titled Trivarga Dipika made by Venkatrama Srividyanandaswami of the Kanuparti family, who presented it with elaborate notes. [2] The second translation appeared in ...

  9. Mnemonic - Wikipedia

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    Mnemonic. Knuckle mnemonic for the number of days in each month of the Gregorian calendar. Each knuckle represents a 31-day month. A mnemonic device (/ nɪˈmɒnɪk / nih-MON-ik) [1] or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something ...