Haoma
HAOMA. Both a "being worthy of worship" (yazata), or deified personification, and a substance ingested during Zoroastrian ritual sacrifices, haoma has an exact parallel in the soma...
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Soma
SOMA is a Vedic god; a drink offered to the gods and shared among ritual participants; and the plant that yields the juice for this drink. Middle and late Vedic literature describe the classical ...
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KATHMANDU, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Nepali linguists have come
across an 82-year-old woman who they believe is the last
speaker of the Dura language, and hope to record the language
before she dies. Som...
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The dollar dropped sharply against the yen in Asia Friday as short-term investors locked in profits and commodity prices fell.The dollar bought 118.36 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange market at mi...
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The Renault-Nissan auto alliance is not interested in buying DaimlerChrysler's loss-making Chrysler division, despite exploring a North American partnership last year, a Nissan official said Wednes...
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The euro hit a record high of 163.31 yen on Tuesday amid expectations the European Central Bank will continue to tighten monetary policy while the Bank of Japan moves slowly on raising interest rat...
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Urawa Reds got the point they needed to follow J-League rivals
Kawasaki Frontale into the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions
League after a 0-0 draw at home to Sydney FC on Wednesday.
Ur...
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Winger Daisuke Ohata, who underwent Achilles tendon surgery in
January, has been named to Japan's provisional rugby World Cup squad
released by the Japan Rugby Football Union on Monday.
Co...
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J-League champions Urawa Reds battled to a deserved 2-2 draw
with Manchester United at Saitama Stadium on Tuesday in the first
game of the English champions' pre-season tour of the Far East.
...
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Urawa Reds got the point they needed to follow J-League rivals
Kawasaki Frontale into the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions
League after a 0-0 draw at home to Sydney FC on...
Read more
SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Asian stocks made a cautious
advance on Monday following a recovery on Wall Street, with
gains for oil prices shoring up demand for energy shares. Oil was helped by d...
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SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Most Asian stock markets
reversed earlier gains on Monday as worries about the U.S.
economy continue to dog shares, but a 1 percent gain for crude
oil lifted energy c...
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Haoma
Lone speaker last hope for Nepal's rare Dura tongue
