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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.Large‐scale urbanization and the rural‐to‐urban influx in Nepal have increased human–wildlife conflicts, particularly in the Kathmandu Valley. Using DNA metabarcoding and geospatial analysis, we studied the feeding ecology of leopards and leopard cats, finding that leopards rely heavily on domestic animals in human‐dominated areas, whereas leopard cats
Prajwol Manandhar +13 more
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What Weber Got Right About Brahmins—Testing His Theories About South Asian Caste Hierarchies
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 61, Issue 2, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT The following article is an assessment of Max Weber's depiction of Brahmins and ascetics in South Asia. Using contemporary historical analyses, the article has attempted to demonstrate the validity of Weber's analyses in his seminal treatise on South Asian society, “The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism” that he had ...
Satanik Pal
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A hundred grains of rice: regional Mahābhārata stories in performance
The South Asianist, 2017 This article explores the subject of regional folk stories found in various vernacular expressions of the Mahābhārata. In particular, the non-canonical stories of Śaśirekha and Śakuni as found in several Telugu versions of the Mahābhārata story are taken
Srinivas Reddy
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A possible deliberate Mahābhārata-echo in the imagery of the Buddhacarita compounded-rūpakas
Rhesis, 2019 The main focus of the paper is to tentatively document traces of hypertextuality between the Buddhacarita and the Mahābhārata, under the assumption that Aśvaghoṣa probably knew this latter work, albeit non-definitive version of it.
Diletta Falqui
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Natural polymers for emerging technological applications: cellulose, lignin, shellac and silk
Polymer International, Volume 74, Issue 2, Page 71-86, February 2025.Utilization of natural polymers such as cellulose, lignin, shellac and silk in emerging technological applications exemplified in this short review demonstrates that these biopolymers possess optimum characteristics that can assist the development of high‐performance, eco‐friendly and sustainable products.
Mihai Irimia‐Vladu +1 more
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Isteni hősök, hős istenek a „Mahábhárata” névadásában
Névtani Értesítő, 2004 -
Hajnalka Szamos
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Ethos, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 480-499, December 2024.Abstract We use ethnographic observations, interviews, and surveys to illuminate video game‐related gambling in India, where players use as currency decorative in‐game weapon covers referred to as skins. We focus on gaming and gambling related to virtual items acquired in the popular shooter game Counter‐Strike: Global Offensive, and our study unfolds ...
Jeffrey G. Snodgrass +3 more
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Speaking the Forbidden: mlecchavāc in Mahābhārata 1.135
RhesisIn Indian xenology, the term mleccha refers to an individual who does not conform to the social and linguistic norms of the Āryas. Studies have analysed its multiple uses, including its role in toponymy, religious taboos, and ethnicity.
Diletta Falqui
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An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Deception and Telling Lies [PDF]
A lie is an expression at deviance with the truth known or honestly believed by someone with an intention to deceive others for certain purpose, social or personal.
Mishra, SK
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La documentation filmique comme contribution à la constrution d'une memoire en danse: aspects et problemes méthodologique à partir du cas du Kutiyattam indien [PDF]
, 2016 Nel 1979, un gruppo di ricerca dell’università di Roma diretta da Ferruccio Marotti a girato in Kerala una serie di film di grande valore documentario che hanno come protagonista Ammannur Mâdhava Chakyar, uno dei più grandi interpreti di Kutiyattam del ...
DI BERNARDI, Vito
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