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Buddhism and Hinduism

According to "Hinduism and Buddhism An Historical Sketch", Sir Charles Elliot who was a British diplomat mentioned that this correlates with the Rig Veda of Hinduism.

Cheboksary

However, in maps by European travelers it was marked as Cibocar (Pizzigano, 1367), Veda-Suar (Fra Mauro, 1459).

Devi

She has been repeatedly mentioned in the Rig Veda, and has been identified with the Saraswati River.

Education in ancient Tamil country

This is in line with the Manusmrti injunction against teaching to lower castes, whereby if a Brahmin were to teach a Shudra, he would fall into Asamvrita, or hell; conversely, if a Shudra were to hear or utter the Veda, the penalty was that molten lead was poured into his ears and a hot stylus be thrust in his tongue, respectively.

Gambler's Lament

Moriz Winternitz considered the poem to be "most beautiful among the non–religious poems of the Rig Veda".

Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development

Maharishi Veda Land International (MVLI) was a wholly owned subsidiary created to finance the construction of Maharishi Veda Land themes parks being promoted by magician Doug Henning.

Sarama

Scholars, including Max Müller, Aurobindo and Wendy Doniger emphasize that most references in the early Veda do not refer to Sarama as canine.

The Weight of an Empty Room

The Weight of an Empty Room is the first full album produced by the Kansas City indie rock band Vedera (formerly Veda).

Transcendental Meditation

Skolnick, Andrew "Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Guru's Marketing Scheme Promises the World Eternal 'Perfect Health'!", JAMA 1991;266:1741–1750,October 2, 1991.

Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller

Tryphosa believed she had a good singing voice and was encouraged by friends and relatives, eventually studying classical singing with several famous teachers, including Giovanni Sgambati, Blanche and Mathilde Marchesi, Sir George Henschel, B. T. Lang, as well as Veda, Bimboni, and Giraudet.

Veda Brown

He won her a contract with Stax Records in 1971, and she took the stage name of Veda Brown — Brown being her mother's maiden name, and Veda being picked at random in a sweepstake organised by the Stax office secretaries.

Veda Shook

While serving as International Vice President, Veda took part in the organizing drives for the flight attendants at Lynx Air International, USA3000, Ryan International and Compass Airlines.

Vedera

In the summer of 2004, Veda recorded its six-song EP, This Broken City, at Black Lodge with the support of Ed Rose.

Yagnopaveetham

The bearer of the yagnopaveetham is supposed to be engaged in the study of at least one Veda, with each strand representing one of the three Vedas, namely the Rig, Yajur and Saama Vedas of the Trayi Veda system (Atharva Veda was not included in the Trayi Veda system when it was in vogue).


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