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IV. Kaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad
IV. The Kaushîtaki-Brâhmana-UpanishadTHE Kaushîtaki-upanishad, or, as it is more properly called, the Kaushîtaki-brâhmana-upanishad, belongs, like the Aitareya-upanishad, to the followers of…V. The Svetasvatara-Upanishad
V. The Svetasvatara-UpanishadThe Svetâsvatara-upanishad has been handed down as one of the thirty-three Upanishads of the Taittirîyas, and though this has been doubted, no real argument has…computer virus
(Encyclopedia) computer virus, rogue computer program, typically a short program designed to disperse copies of itself to other computers and disrupt those computers' normal operations. A computer…corrupt practices
(Encyclopedia) corrupt practices, in politics, fraud connected with elections. The term also refers to various offenses by public officials, including bribery, the sale of offices, granting of public…Early, Jubal Anderson
(Encyclopedia) Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816–94, Confederate general, b. Franklin co., Va., grad. West Point, 1837. After fighting against the Seminole in Florida he resigned from the army (1838),…Trollope, Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Trollope, AnthonyTrollope, Anthonytrŏlˈəp [key], 1815–82, one of the great English novelists. After spending seven unhappy years in London as a clerk in the general post office, he…Vermeer, Jan
(Encyclopedia) Vermeer, Jan or JohannesVermeer, Jan or Johannesvərmērˈ, Dutch yän vərmārˈ, yōhänˈəs [key], 1632–75, Dutch genre and landscape painter. He was born in Delft, where he spent his entire…spiritual
(Encyclopedia) spiritual, a religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual,…Machiavelli, Niccolò
(Encyclopedia) Machiavelli, NiccolòMachiavelli, Niccolònēk-kōlôˈ mäkyävĕlˈlē [key], 1469–1527, Italian author and statesman, one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance, b. Florence.…quantum electrodynamics
(Encyclopedia) quantum electrodynamics (QED), quantum field theory that describes the properties of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with electrically charged matter in the framework of…Trending
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