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  2. Mudra - Wikipedia

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    Mudra is used in the iconography of Hindu and Buddhist art of the Indian subcontinent and described in the scriptures, such as Nātyaśāstra, which lists 24 asaṁyuta ("separated", meaning "one-hand") and 13 saṁyuta ("joined", meaning "two-hand") mudras. Mudra positions are usually formed by both the hand and the fingers.

  3. List of English words of Sanskrit origin - Wikipedia

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    Chakram is derivative of word 'Chakra' which means Spiral or Circle Cheetah which is from Sanskrit चित्रस chitra-s "uniquely marked". [17] Chintz from Hindi chint, from Sanskrit chitra-s "clear, bright". [18] Chukar via Hindi चकोर cakor and Urdu چکور chukar ultimately from Sanskrit चकोर cakorah. [19] Chukker

  4. Tummo - Wikipedia

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    Tummo (gTum mo in Wylie transliteration, also spelled tumo, or tum-mo; Sanskrit caṇḍālī or chandali) is a Tibetan word, literally meaning 'fierce [woman]'. Tummo is also the Tibetan word for 'inner fire.' [7] Tummo may also be rendered in English, approximating its phonemic pronunciation as dumo.

  5. Chakra - Wikipedia

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    Lexically, chakra is the Indic reflex of an ancestral Indo-European form *kʷékʷlos, whence also "wheel" and "cycle" (Ancient Greek: κύκλος, romanized: kýklos). [10] [3] [4] It has both literal [11] and metaphorical uses, as in the "wheel of time" or "wheel of dharma", such as in Rigveda hymn verse 1.164.11, [12] [13] pervasive in the earliest Vedic texts.

  6. Urdhva Pundra - Wikipedia

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    The Nibarka tilaka between the Shankha and Chakra. In Nimbarka Sampradaya, the tilaka is made of Gopi-Chandana (the clay from Gopi Kunda lake in Dwarka, Gujarat), as described in the Vasudeva Upanishad. It starts at the bridge of the nose and continues as two vertical lines to the top of the forehead. This is said to represent the temple of God.

  7. Why do we feel emotions in our stomachs? - AOL

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    It can cause stomach aches, gas, constipation, diarrhea and a whole host of other wonderful conditions. Some evolutionary scientists say that the human mind hasn't yet evolved to handle our not ...

  8. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  9. Kundalini - Wikipedia

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    Detail of manuscript painting of a yogi in meditation, showing kundalini serpent coiled in belly around sushumna nadi below chakras and the muladhara chakra with its presiding deity Ganesha above it. According to William F. Williams, kuṇḍalinī is a type of religious experience within the Hindu tradition, within which it is held to be a ...