While many H go blue in the face denying a relatively obvious thing like the Aryan invasion they often ignore the 2 other incursions that played a notable role in shaping the populations of greater India. 1 of these is Austro-Asiatic invasion from east Asia which is below

My issue was without children who spoke Kashmiri around I didnt have anyone my age to talk to Kashmiri in. Moreover parents tend to teach you the formal register of a language, while children and teens talk in the casual, low register.

Kashmiri - nam नम्

Mask of Vaikuntha Vishnu Jammu & Kashmir, Late 5th century CE

I can see how this can move someone. Understated how much poetry permeates the social and religious lives of Iranians.

My encounter with Japanese was in junior college. I learnt hirāgānā and basic vocabulary. I had a lady Japanese teacher who became good friends with me. She sent me raisin filled cookies, wasabi rice crackers, and udon noodles. A gift from a lady caused a minor scandal at home.

Monj-Haakh. We use both the bulb and the leaves. They make for an excellent stew, and can also be added to daal, lotus stem, or pickled in mustard oil. Tender bulbs can be eaten raw.

Weirdly I was just reading an exchange of letters between Shastri ji and Vogel Mahodaya. Some serendipity.

Hollika Dahan said to have commenced at site of Prahladpuri temple(Multan). Narasimha emerged from a pillar and saved Prahlad from his father, Hiranyakashipu. The temple constructed at the site of pillar, was repeatedly desecrated, and repeatedly rebuilt. Picture of last temple.

Important to remember that the then Indian government has the historical record for the largest number of forced vasectomies conducted.

A lot of it was possible in and probably designed for rural settings. Ancient cities were designed with tanks and water bodies so that people could still do snāna on full and new moon days in tanks. When modern cities where built there were no such considerations

Roxana, hellenized form of Rukhsana ( I think). Ultimately from a root which is related to लोक् & रुच् - giving words like लोक (that which can be seen), रुक्मिणी (shining one) ,रोचन (pleasing), लोचन (eyes, sight)

Sharada manuscripts are among the most difficult Indic texts for OCR. Their lines are often long, curved, and rich in diacritics. We built CURIO, a curvature-aligned OCR to read them. 🧵👇

After tasting sweet pānaka in Bengaluru I got the prernā to offer it in my own navamī pūjā

संग्रह के सब विग्रह देखे

On the contrary, in Kashmiri पोञ denotes water in general, while potable water is referred to specifically as त्रेश

Muslim legal theorists have divided the purport of scriptural injunctions into 5 legal categories Fard - obligatory - the ignorance of which is sinful Mandub - recommended Mubah - permitted Makruh - reprehensible but not sinful Haraam - prohibited acts

In much of India it is common to pair sweets with a sweet drink such as tea. Kashmiris like to pair sweets with salty noon chai.

Seems to be from kāshmīradesha

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