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Exploring Hindu Eco-Ethics in School-Based Zero Waste Initiatives: Implications for Student Character Education in Denpasar

open access: yesJurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies)
The lack of waste management awareness leading to waste accumulation has prompted elementary schools in Denpasar to implement a Hindu Eco-ethics-based Zero Waste program. Using a qualitative research method with a field study approach, this study aims to
Ni Komang Sutriyanti   +2 more
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Bali’s Legong Pancer Langit Dance as Cultural Diplomacy and National Identity Construction: A Case Study of the Jeddah Festival

open access: yesJurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies)
This study examines the role of the Legong Pancer Langit Dance, a Balinese Hindu tradition rooted in Tri Hita Karana (harmony with God, humans, and nature), as a vehicle for cultural diplomacy and national character strengthening.
Yuliawan Kasmahidayat   +2 more
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Evolution of gene networks underlying adaptation to drought stress in the wild tomato Solanum chilense

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 21, November 2024.
Abstract Drought stress is a key limitation for plant growth and colonization of arid habitats. We study the evolution of gene expression response to drought stress in a wild tomato, Solanum chilense, naturally occurring in dry habitats in South America.
Kai Wei   +6 more
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Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2017
The Tibetan term, bcud len, "imbibing the essence juice", is considered an equivalent for the Sanskrit term, rasāyana. But in Tibetan Buddhist ritual manuals, both terms occur, apparently with slightly different connotations. Practices classified as bcud
Cathy Cantwell
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Palembang-Malay Women's Resistance against the Domination of Patriarchal Culture in the XX Century

open access: yesIHiS (Indonesian Historical Studies), 2023
Gender issues during the early twentieth century in Palembang were worth nothing. Among the reasons were that during the colonial period, women did not have equal opportunities to contribute to the public sphere as men. This proves that women's access to
Endang Rochmiatun
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Garga and Early Astral Science in India

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2017
This article forms a preliminary report on the work by an international group of scholars on Garga, an important early authority on astral science (jyotiṣa).
Marko Geslani   +3 more
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Notes on Some Sanskrit Astrological Authors

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2017
This paper supplements and corrects the information given in the works of David Pingree regarding four major authors on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century: Tejaḥsiṃha, Yādavasūri, Bālakṛṣṇa and ...
Martin Gansten
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Premodern Yoga Traditions and Ayurveda

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2018
The research for this article was prompted by the question: were Yoga and Āyurveda as intimately connected in premodern times as they to seem today? It attempts to give a preliminary answer by assessing the influence of Āyurveda on a corpus of mediaeval ...
Jason Eric Birch
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Acts of Improvement

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2017
In Sanskrit medical literature, rasāyana is defined as one of eight subject areas of medicine. The proclaimed aim of rasāyana therapies is to preserve or promote health and well-being, but also to prolong life, to halt degeneration caused by aging, to ...
Dagmar Wujastyk
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Beginnings of Indian Astronomy with Reference to a Parallel Development in China

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2013
Hypotheses of a Mesopotamian origin for the Vedic and Chinese star calendars are unfounded. The Yangshao culture burials discovered at Puyang in 1987 suggest that the beginnings of Chinese astronomy go back to the late fourth millennium BCE.
Asko Parpola
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