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Nayanthara belongs to a Malayali Syrian Christian family hails from Thiruvalla, Kerala, [15] and was born to Kurian Kodiyattu and Omana Kurian. [16] Her elder brother, Leno, lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [17] As her father was an Indian Air Force official, Nayanthara studied in various parts of India.
The Bhāvanākrama (Bhk, "cultivation process" or "stages of meditation"; Tib. སྒོམ་རིམ་, sGom Rim) is a set of three Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit by the Indian Buddhist scholar yogi Kamalashila (c. 9th century CE) of Nalanda university. [1] These works are the principal texts for mental development and the practice of ...
Twelve Contemplations or anupreksa is an important tool for meditation. In Yogasastra, Hemcandra gives great importance to the twelve contemplations since constant reflections on these bhavanas results in detachment in worldly matters which in turn results in equanimity. With equanimity, passions (kasaya) are eliminated resulting in mental purity.
e. Bhāvanā (Pali; [1] Sanskrit: भावना, also bhāvanā[2]) literally means "development" [3] or "cultivating" [4] or "producing" [1][2] in the sense of "calling into existence". [5] It is an important concept in Buddhist practice (Patipatti). The word bhavana normally appears in conjunction with another word forming a compound phrase ...
Shovana Narayan is a recognised Indian Kathak dancer and a career officer with Indian Audit and Accounts Service. She performs in India and internationally, and has been awarded the Padma Shri. [1] She trained under Birju Maharaj. [2]
Jaina seven-valued logic is a system of argumentation developed by Jaina philosophers and thinkers in ancient India to support and substantiate their theory of pluralism. This argumentation system has seven distinct semantic predicates which may be thought of as seven different truth values. Traditionally, in the Jaina and other Indian ...
Naya Marie Rivera (/ ˈ n aɪ ə r ɪ ˈ v ɛər ə / NY-ə riv-AIR-ə; [5] [6] January 12, 1987 – July 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, and model. Recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee, in which she starred from 2009 to 2015, she received various awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for two Grammy Awards.
Mithila (IAST: Mithilā), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north.