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Unity in Diversity: the Interaction of Literature and Art of the Major Religious and Cultural Systems of India

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013
The article examines one of the main questions of intercommunications between main religious and cultural systems in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity in literature and art. The article, using the actual material, focuses the similarities
O. G. Ultsiferov
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The Sanskrit Sembank

Language Resources and Evaluation
Abstract This paper introduces the Sanskrit Sembank ( ssb ), a comprehensive lexical semantic resource integrated within the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit. The ssb combines lexicographic data from Sanskrit dictionaries with synsets ...
Oliver Hellwig, Erica Biagetti
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Taxonomic novelties in subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from South India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Extensive floristic explorations throughout southern India have uncovered some noteworthy taxonomic additions within the subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae). Three distinct taxa of Euphorbia are described and illustrated herein as E. sankarensis, E. bahalita and E. tortilis var. mysorensis.
Sarojini Devi Naidu, Raja Kullayiswamy Kusom   +1 more
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Sanskrit Recension of Persian Astronomy

History of Science in South Asia, 2022
In the history of exchanges between Islamicate and Sanskrit astral sciences, Nityānanda's Siddhāntasindhu (c. early 1630s), composed at the court of the Mughal emperor Shāh Jahān (r.
Anuj Misra
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Meyna grisea (King & Gamble) Robyns and Meyna peltata Robyns (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae) – a new record of two ethnobotanically significant fruit trees from Manipur, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Meyna grisea and M. peltata, two new records from Imphal Valley, Manipur, India, characterised by a capitate stigma with 4–5 divergent, spreading lobes on a globose base, and a prominent peltate stigma, respectively, are described and illustrated here. Photographs, key to the species, along with their coordinates and diagnostic characters in comparison
Pallavi B. Dhal, Anishya, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Rajkumari Sanayaima Devi   +3 more
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Persian Astronomy in Sanskrit

History of Science in South Asia, 2021
Starting from the late medieval period of Indian history, Islamicate and Sanskrit astral sciences exchanged ideas in complex discourses shaped by the power struggles of language, culture, and identity.
Anuj Misra
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How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

Weather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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A novel approach for the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using the defensive gland extracts of the beetle, Luprops tristis Fabricius

Scientific Reports, 2023
Discovering novel natural resources for the biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles is one of the two key challenges facing by the field of nanoparticle synthesis.
Anthyalam Parambil Ajaykumar, Ovungal Sabira, Merin Sebastian, Sudhir Rama Varma, Kanakkassery Balan Roy, Valiyaparambil Sivadasan Binitha, Vazhanthodi Abdul Rasheed, Kodangattil Narayanan Jayaraj, Attuvalappil Ravidas Vignesh   +8 more
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The Chemical Composition and Antimitotic, Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Properties of the Defensive Gland Extract of the Beetle, Luprops tristis Fabricius

Molecules, 2022
The unpredictable invasion of the Mupli beetle, Luprops tristis Fabricius (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), makes areas uninhabitable to humans. These beetles produce a strong-smelling, irritating secretion as a defence mechanism, which causes blisters on ...
Ovungal Sabira, Attuvalappil Ramdas Vignesh, Anthyalam Parambil Ajaykumar, Sudhir Rama Varma, Kodangattil Narayanan Jayaraj, Merin Sebastin, Kalleringal Nikhila, Annet Babu, Vazhanthodi Abdul Rasheed, Valiyaparambil Sivadasan Binitha, Zeena koldath Vasu, Madathilpadi Subrahmanian Sujith   +11 more
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How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 2: the scientific age and beyond

Weather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the origins of the words we use. In this paper, we will shed light on these origins, including the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the British Empire and, of course, a TV show.
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source