• Maga Brahmins (also known as Sakaldwipiya Brahmin or Bhojaka Brahmins) are a class of Brahmins primarily concentrated in northern India. The earliest extant...
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  • nicknamed Maga Maga, an Egyptian crocodile deity sired by Set Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art Maga Brahmin, a class of Indian priests Magaly (disambiguation)...
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    The Chitpavan Brahmin or the Kokanastha Brahmin is a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin community inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra...
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  • that only the Maga Brahmins in Shakadvipa are capable of worshiping the idol of Surya. Samba then went to Shakadvipa and fetched Maga Brahmins to worship...
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  • [citation needed] The Indian national calendar, based on the works of Maga Brahmins, as are the calendars of neighbouring countries, is traditionally reckoned...
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  • (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus Maga Brahmins, ancient Indian class of priests Maghas, the medieval capital of the Alans Maga (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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  • was followed by other contemporary poets, such as Bhats, Brahmin, Dhadhi, Sevag (Maga-Brahmin), Rajput, Motisar, Raval, Pancholi (Kayastha), Jains and...
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    central steppe Sakas in the Mahabharata Sakzai Shaka era Sagetae [it] Maga Brahmin Scytho-Siberian world Old Persian:𐎿𐎣𐎠 Sakā; Kharoṣṭhī: 𐨯𐨐 Saka;...
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  • "Magadha" to denote the Magas, who had been accepted as Shaka-dvipi (Maga) Brahmins in the Indian society. Shastri theorizes that "Varaha-mihira" may be...
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  • Amarakosha, a thesaurus of Sanskrit Sanku (little known) Vetalabhatta, a Maga Brahmin known as the author of the sixteen stanza Niti-pradeepa (The Lamp of...
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  • Persi to India in multiple waves and their's reinventing themselves as Maga Brahmins devoted to the cult of Mithra/Surya. Sambapura has been since identified...
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    specifically with horse riding boots. Some Brahmin communities of India trace their descent from the Magas. Some classical astronomers and mathematicians...
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    and J. M. Nanavati opines that "Maga" in the name of the temple suggests that it may be connected to Aboti Maga Brahmins who were worshippers of Surya (solar...
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  • Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu Bhu Thayi Makkalu Bhujangaiana Dashavatara Bhukailasa Bhulokadalli Yamaraja Bhudana Bhumi Thayane Bhumi Thayiya Chochila Maga Bhumige...
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    Khan stepped into Kannada films with Golden Movies' Kool...Sakkath Hot Maga. In September 2011, her next Tamil film, Aayiram Vilakku, was released, in...
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  • parents were Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte. Born into a Konkani-speaking Brahmin family, his family settled in Shirali, a village near Bhatkal in Uttara...
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    religion of the ancient brahmin sages, though he also states that no brahmins in his time practice "the Brahmin Dharma of the brahmins of old". According to...
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  • Presidency of British India (present day Andhra Pradesh). He was a telugu brahmin. He was briefly married to actress Jayanthi. He has four sons and four...
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    thousand Saura Brahmins with eight thousand followers. The priests of the Saura sect were called magas, bhojakas, or sakadivipiya Brahmins. In the Saura...
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    the present-day state of Karnataka in India into a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. His name was changed to Gurudatta Padukone following a childhood...
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    Bauddha Kavyaya (Aesthetics and Buddhist Poetry) (1961) Sinhala Vichara Maga (Sinhala Literary Criticism) (1964) Navakathanga Ha Viragaya (Literary Aspects...
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  • past from Geetha: Satya was a humble college student and the son of a brahmin priest named Sreekantha Shastri, who is leading a happy life with his mother...
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    Doddabommasandra inscription is a donatory inscription to a Agrahara (Brahmin settlement). Kodigehalli is also home to two Herostones also called Viragal...
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    Buchanan Hamilton visited it in 1812. According to Hamilton, it was built by a Maga Raja (king of Magadha), and was destroyed by Muhammedans in the 12th century...
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    such as Antiochus II Theos, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Antigonus II Gonatas, Magas of Cyrene, and Alexander (of Epirus or Corinth). Thus, Ashoka must have...
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    89 to 77 B.C.E. A young Brahmin named Tiya (Tissa) declared war against him. Tiya was deluded by the prophecy of another Brahmin that was destined to be...
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    guru Pingalavatsa (Janasana) was a Brahmin of the Ajivika religion. Bindusara's wife, Empress Subhadrangi was a Brahmin also of the Ajivika religion from...
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    Baa (2017) and Head Bush (2022). Sruthi Hariharan was born into a Tamil Brahmin family in Trivandrum, Kerala, and was raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka. She...
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    fast is mostly observed in Western and Southern India especially by the Brahmin community (Smarta or Shaiva). The fast is supposed to be strict and only...
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    Malli Yaar Nee? Thamarai(Maid) & C.I.D Sulokchana Madras to Pondicherry Brahmin Couple Mugaraasi Alangaram (Thandhaiyar Paithai) Chandhrodhayam Ahalya...
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