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    A diya, diyo, deya, deeya, dia, divaa, deepa, deepam, deep, deepak or saaki (Sanskrit: दीपम्, romanized: Dīpam) is an oil lamp made from clay or mud with...
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  • Diya is a feminine given name and a surname. It is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘diyam’ which means ‘light’ or ‘lamp’. The name Diya symbolizes enlightenment...
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  • damage Diya (lamp), ghee- or oil-based candle often used in South Asian religious ceremonies and worship Diya (name), list of people with the name Diya TV...
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    emblem is a circular seal depicting a Samai diya lamp surrounded by 16 lotus blossoms. Between the Samai lamp and lotus blossoms is a motto in Sanskrit:...
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    lights. Ancient Roman oil lamp Kerosene lamp Lantern Lewis lamp List of light sources Timeline of lighting technology Diya (lamp) Veach, Michael R. "Whiskey...
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    A sodium-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses sodium in an excited state to produce light at a characteristic wavelength near 589 nm. Two varieties...
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  • Andheri Raat Mein Diya Tere Haath Mein (Hindi translation: In darkness of night, lamp in your hand, another meaning: In darkness of night, given in your...
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  • Pradeep is a Diya lamp, used in Puja (religious ceremonies) in Hinduism, Jainism, & Buddhism. It is related to the name Pradip. Notable people with the...
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  • Diya Aur Baati Hum (transl.  We Are the Lamp and the Wick) is an Indian television soap opera that aired on StarPlus from 29 August 2011 to 10 September...
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    celebrated as Lakshmi Puja, which is performed in the evenings when diyas (lamps of clay) are lit. Bhajans or devotional songs are sung in praise of goddess...
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    the celebrants illuminate their homes, temples and workspaces with diyas (oil lamps), candles and lanterns. Hindus, in particular, have a ritual oil bath...
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    the Upanayana ceremony of rite of passage, as well being part of the diyā (lamp) in festivals such as Deepavali and Arti in Puja. Agni (Pali: Aggi) is...
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  • Dil Mom Ka Diya (Urdu: دل موم کا دیا, lit. 'The Heart is a Wax Lamp') is a 2018 Pakistani romantic drama serial that premiered on 28 August 2018 on ARY...
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    A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, the founder of the lighting company Mathmos. It consists...
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    A xenon arc lamp is a highly specialized type of gas discharge lamp, an electric light that produces light by passing electricity through ionized xenon...
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    A kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick...
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    electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light. It is the most common form of artificial lighting. Lamps usually have...
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    An arc lamp or arc light is a lamp that produces light by an electric arc (also called a voltaic arc). The carbon arc light, which consists of an arc...
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    often involves circling a diya (lamp) clockwise before a murti or icon of a deity, accompanied by hymns. After waving the lamp before the deity, it is brought...
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    An LED lamp or LED light is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LED lamps are significantly more energy-efficient...
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    Gas-discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electric discharge through an ionized gas, a plasma. Typically...
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    A germicidal lamp (also known as disinfection lamp or sterilizer lamp) is an electric light that produces ultraviolet C (UVC) light. This short-wave ultraviolet...
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  • of India. The emblem depicts a "Vriksha Deep", a type of diya lamp, at its centre. The lamp represents enlightenment through knowledge and is surrounded...
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    many different types of fluorescent lamp have been introduced. Systematic nomenclature identifies mass-market lamps as to overall shape, power rating,...
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    A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined...
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  • Dudhnoi - Mendipathar Rail Line Diya (lamp), an Indian clay lamp DIPA (disambiguation) Deepam (disambiguation) Diya (disambiguation) Deepika (disambiguation)...
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  • Diya Aur Toofan (transl. The lamp and the storm) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action film directed by K. Bapaiah, starring Mithun Chakraborty...
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    The Nachiarkoil lamp, also called Annam lamp or Nachiarkoil Kuthuvilakku, is an ornamental brass lamp made of series of diyas, a handicraft product which...
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  • The Gayatri Mantra is recited while oil lamps are lit, in front of a fire altar lit with sandalwood. One Diya lamp, which is of larger size has two wicks...
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    A halogen lamp (also called tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen, and quartz iodine lamp) is an incandescent lamp consisting of a tungsten filament sealed...
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