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... ( Sanskrit : " mount " or " vehicle " ) , in Hindu mythology the animal or man that serves as the vehicle and as the sign of a par- ticular deity . The vahana accompanies , pulls the chariot of , serves as the seat or mount of , his god ...
... ( Sanskrit : " mount " or " vehicle " ) , in Hindu mythology the animal or man that serves as the vehicle and as the sign of a par- ticular deity . The vahana accompanies , pulls the chariot of , serves as the seat or mount of , his god ...
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... Sanskrit drama and some would say , still , at least in part , holds on drama in the West . Artistic The general outlines of artistic borrowings among East borrowings Asian countries can be traced from historical records . But among ...
... Sanskrit drama and some would say , still , at least in part , holds on drama in the West . Artistic The general outlines of artistic borrowings among East borrowings Asian countries can be traced from historical records . But among ...
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... Sanskrit on Historical Prin- ciples being prepared at Pune ( Poona ) , India , and The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language , now get- ting under way in Jerusalem . The most ambitious project of all is located at the Centre ...
... Sanskrit on Historical Prin- ciples being prepared at Pune ( Poona ) , India , and The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language , now get- ting under way in Jerusalem . The most ambitious project of all is located at the Centre ...
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