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18 hours ago · Etymology The words "conscious" and "consciousness" in English date to the 1600s and the first recorded use of "conscious" as a simple adjective was applied figuratively to inanimate objects ("the conscious Groves", 1643). : 175 It derived from the Latin conscius (con- "together" and scio "to know") which meant "knowing with" or "having joint or common knowledge with another", especially as in ...
18 hours ago · A History. Part One: India and China: "Zen (Chin. Ch'an, an abbreviation of ch'an-na, which transliterates the Sanskrit Dhyāna (Devanagari: ध्यान) or its Pali cognate Jhāna (Sanskrit; Pāli झान), terms meaning "meditation") is the name of a Mahāyāna Buddhist school of meditation originating in China.
- 禪
- 禪
- 禅
- Thiền
18 hours ago · Akkadian ( / əˈkeɪdiən /; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) [7] [8] is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia ( Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia and perhaps Dilmun) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from ...
- Assyrian, Babylonian, Canaano-Akkadian, Old Akkadian
- Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform
18 hours ago · The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse. [10] [11] However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted. [10]
18 hours ago · Kabul was known by different names throughout its history. Its meaning is unknown, but "certainly pre-dates the advent of Islam when it was an important centre on the route between India and the Hellenic world". In Sanskrit, it was known as Kubha, whereas Greek authors of classical antiquity referred to it as Kophen, Kophes or Koa.
- 1,791 m (5,876 ft)
- Afghanistan
18 hours ago · Jawaharlal Nehru ( / ˈneɪru / NAY-roo or / ˈnɛru / NEH-roo; [1] Hindi: [ˈdʒəʋɑːɦəɾˈlɑːl ˈneːɦɾuː] ⓘ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, secular humanist, social democrat, [2] and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a ...
18 hours ago · A speaker of Catalan (Majorcan dialect). Artur Mas, former president of Catalonia, discussing individual identity, collective identity and language.. Catalan (/ ˈ k æ t ə l ə n,-æ n / KAT-ə-lən, -lan or / ˌ k æ t ə ˈ l æ n / KAT-ə-LAN; autonym: català, Eastern Catalan:), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as Valencian (autonym: valencià), is a Western Romance language.
