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[8] The earliest usage of the word peacock in written English was from the 14th century where Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) used the word in a simile "proud a pekok" in his epic poem Troilus and Criseyde. [9] [10] Various spelling variants included peacock, pacok, pecok, pekok, pokok, and pocok among others. [5] [10]
The current ceiling was installed in 1911. The later Peacock Throne from after Nader Shah's invasion once stood in this hall, towards the east side. [1] [3] Through the centre of the hall flowed the Stream of Paradise (Nahar-i-Bihisht).. The building used to have red awnings, or shamianas. [4]
Indian peacock was designated as the national bird of India in February 1963. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] A bird indigenous to the Indian subcontinent , the peacock is a colourful bird, with males being larger than females and consisting of blue neck and a spectacular long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers with colourful eyespots, which ...
Choolannur Pea Fowl Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary located in Chulanur village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India.The place where sanctuary is located is locally known as Mayiladumpara, which literally means "the rock where peacocks dance".
II.8; II.9 The crab cuts off the heron's head I.5 I.7 84C I.6 IV.7 The hare that outwitted the lion I.6 I.8 84D I.7 II.9 Weaver as Vișṇu I.8 The monkey who died by giving shelter to a hunter I.9 The Brahmin and the ungrateful goldsmith I.9.1 I.9 The guest I.7 I.11 84E I.10 The watersnakes and a cobra I.11.1 The owl and the poor swan I.11.2
Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1] She has also been addressed as the modern Meera. [2]
Doha is a very old "verse-format" of Indian poetry.It is an independent verse, a couplet, the meaning of which is complete in itself. [1] As regards its origin, Hermann Jacobi had suggested that the origin of doha can be traced to the Greek Hexametre, that it is an amalgam of two hexametres in one line.
The Peacock Princess, also Kongque Gongzhu, is a folktale of the Dai people in China, [1] with shared origins with other similar tales found throughout Southeast Asia. [2] The tale is also considered to be a version of the international " swan maiden " narrative.