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... arm in which the Sun is located tend to fall into distinct groupings according to spectral type and luminosity class ... arms , which hold a vajra ( thunder- bolt ) and a kapala ( skull cup ) full of blood . When represented in union ...
... arm in which the Sun is located tend to fall into distinct groupings according to spectral type and luminosity class ... arms , which hold a vajra ( thunder- bolt ) and a kapala ( skull cup ) full of blood . When represented in union ...
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... arms . The arms on the left hold skull cups containing various divinities , the ones on the right their steeds . A multiarmed form of Hevajra but without his female consort is found in Cambodia and Thailand . Buddhist Tantric gods as ...
... arms . The arms on the left hold skull cups containing various divinities , the ones on the right their steeds . A multiarmed form of Hevajra but without his female consort is found in Cambodia and Thailand . Buddhist Tantric gods as ...
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... arms and the study of Western technical literature and Western lan- guages , opened in 1865 as part of China's Self- Strengthening movement ( q.v. ) . Begun as an ironworks base , with machinery purchased from abroad , the arsenal was ...
... arms and the study of Western technical literature and Western lan- guages , opened in 1865 as part of China's Self- Strengthening movement ( q.v. ) . Begun as an ironworks base , with machinery purchased from abroad , the arsenal was ...
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