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India Language and Culture
Over thousands of years, Indian literature has evolved greatly with its numerous languages and dialects. Most of Indian literature is rich with philosophy, drama and poetry. Ask questions here about the different aspects of Indian literature and languages.
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What does the word midnight mean in the local Indian language?
There are about 450 Languages spoken in India and about 700 different Native American languages.
But there is no such language as "Indian".
What is the meaning for Nebraska in the oto Indian language?
Nebraska gets its name from the archaic Otoe words Ñí Brásge, pronounced [ɲĩbɾasꜜkɛ] (contemporary Otoe Ñí Bráhge), or the Omaha Ní Btháska, pronounced [nĩbɫᶞasꜜka], meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state.
History and Beliefs:
Some tribes in India believe that a horn like growth appears on the heads of some jackals and call it siyar singhi, which is Hindi for "jackal horn". It is said that the horn appears on the jackal when it "hoots facing downward". Believers say possession of this "organ" brings good fortune. They also pronounce the effectiveness in the use of hairs that supposedly grow from it in white (good) and black (evil) magic applications. The hairs are said to continue to grow even after the horn is harvested from the animal.
How does it grow and is it alive?
For the sake of entertaining your question, I will say that this horn is not believed to be alive after it is harvested from the animal. How then, one may ask, could the hairs continue to grow with out some supernatural or spiritual quality to the jackal "horn"?.
Many bodily functions continue for a few minutes after death. Hair growth (as well as finger and toe nails) is one of them. This is because these things are controlled by chemicals in the body, not signals from the brain, and although the heart may have stopped beating, there is still a small amount of growth chemical in each cell. These cells continue to do their jobs until they run of of chemicals to work with.
But in the space of 2 or 3 minutes the growth is, obviously, so minute it goes unnoticed to the naked eye.
An interesting side consequence of death however is what happens several weeks later. Hair and finger/toe nails are embedded deep within the bodily tissues. As the skin dries out and shrinks, it exposes the roots of the hair and nails so they appear to have grown longer.
Why we cannot find a lot of info on this "organ" that jackals supposedly can possess?
The Indian tribe stories of the jackal horn or sidar singhi is a myth. It has never been proven and in every case is propagated by someone attempting to swindle someone else into purchasing the hairs for their so-called magical powers. There seems to exist a market for these "magical" hairs and so, the mythical legend continues to receive some attention in today's society.
Con artists that attempt to rip people off by propagating these stories will cut the tails off of a jackal or some other furry mammal like a squirrel or dog. Then they will attempt to sell it as what they call a sidar singhi and back up their lies implying it has supernatural powers by illustrating how its hair still "grows", despite the facts that I have explained above: it's not really growing; it only appears that way.
How it reproduces?
It doesn't. Hairs that are cut off at the skin line appear to come back when the part of the hair underneath the skin line gets exposed due to the skin drying out and receding.
What are the less known works of Tenali Ramakrishna?
Less known works of Tenali Ramakrishna:
- Udbhataradhya Charitramఉదà±à°à°Ÿà°¾à°°à°¾à°§à±à°¯ à°šà°°à°¿à°¤à±à°°à°‚
- Ghatikachala Mahatyam ఘటికాచల మహతà±à°¯à°‚
Panduranga Mahatyamu పాండà±à°°à°‚à°— మహతà±à°¯à°®à± is the most popular work by him.
What does Idaho mean in Indian language?
From National Geographic-Idaho Settlers believed Idaho was Shoshone for "gem of the mountains." A politician proposed it as the name for what is now Colorado after gold was found there. That didn't fly. But a neighboring territory went for "Idaho"-actually from the Kiowa-Apache ídaahę´, or enemy.
What is Difference between regional manager and area manager?
I'll use the country as India to explain the difference.
Regional manager is the head of a region, say North Region - where he is in-charge of the entire operations and under him there could be many area managers who take care of the area specific operations like in UP-west area, Chandigarh area, etc. The regional manager does not get involve in the small day-to-day issues and manages the entire region and reports to the HQ. The area manager reports to the regional manager and his KRA includes the area specific targets, unlike regional manager who is answerable to HQ if the regional performance is not good.
Name of any partnership firm in India?
State Bank of India is one example of a partnership firm in India.
What is Tamil actor dhanush phone number?
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How do you say our fight in the Indian Language?
There are about 450 Languages spoken in India and about 700 different Native American languages. There is no one specific language called "Indian".
Hindi:
our flight = हमारी उडान
Lakota:
our = uŋkítȟawapi
What do you call sunflower in sanskrit?
Suryamukhi is the Hindi meaning while the true translation is vanalika
What is the meaning of butterfly in Sanskrit?
Typically, the word for "butterfly" is पतङ्ग (pataṅga), and you'll also see the variant पतङ्गम (pataṅgama) in texts.
What does God Yu Tekkem Laef Blong Mi mean?
It is Tok Pisin, a Pidgin English language spoken in Papua New Guinea (and in the Solomon Islands). It means "God, you have taken my life." This song was in the soundtrack of Mr. Nobody, but also in the Thin Red Line. That movie has a few other song names in Tok Pisin, as the movie is set in the Solomon Islands in WWII.
ive found that it means "GOD JUST TAKE MY LIFE"
more accurately - "God, My life is yours"
Writing dialogue is not as hard as you're letting it seem. You have dialogue all the time -- it's called talking. If you honestly cannot think of what your characters are going to say to one another, you need to go take a break and go somewhere out in public. Sit somewhere in the middle of a crowd for one to two hours and just listen to people talking. Then, go home and write down some of the things you heard people saying. That's dialogue.
When you need to have your characters talk, just pretend it's you and a friend (or several friends), and have them say something you'd probably say in the same situation. Then imagine what your friends would say in reply, and go back and forth that way. As you become a better writer, your characters themselves will "tell" you what they want to say, because they become like real people to you.
Meaning of korada or korada order in Indian usage of language?
Korada is a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline..
What does deeds are fruit words only leaves mean?
I believe your'e referring to the old phrase "Deeds are fruit, words are but leaves"
It's pretty self explanatory but anways
It pretty much means it's more important that you actually do something and don't just talk about it
eg. if somenone is talking about helping you it ain't gonna do you anything good, the person in question needs to actually act to help you.
So if someone says this directed to you it means you should stop talking about it and get to doing it
And to put it in to the saying: Leaves on an apple tree ain't of no use to you, the fruits on the other hand...
Hope it helped ;)
When was the Bible translated into Konkani?
Though the whole or parts of the Bible may have been present in the west Indian state of Goa in the 16th Century via Portugal, it appears the full translation was not until the mid 1970s onward. See link:
How do you say love in narragansett indian language?
The Narragansett, Wampanoag and Massachusetts tribes spoke an Algonquian language known as Natick. In this language there is no pure noun meaning simply "love"; the nearest equivalent is the verbal noun active form womonaonk, meaning a loving or love from the point of view of the lover; or the passive reciprocal form womonittuonk, meaning being loved, loving one another or love from the point of view of the person or thing being loved. These derive from the verb womantam, he loves.
