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Daisuke Enomoto Daisuke Enomoto ( Enomoto Daisuke, born April 22, 1971, nicknamed Dice-K) is a Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive who hoped to become the fourth space tourist. He had trained at Star City, Moscow in Russia to fly with two members of Expedition 14 on board Soyuz TMA-9, which was launched on September 18, 2006.
Daisuke Katô Daisuke Katô (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, 18 February 1910 - 31 July 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), and Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.
Daisuke Matsuzaka ; often rendered as "DICE-kay" or "DICE-keh"}}, nicknamed The Monster in Japan is a Japanese professional baseball] player who became a member of the [[Boston Red Sox on December 13, 2006. It is widely anticipated that he will be a starting pitcher.
Daisuke Niwa is the main character of the anime and manga D.N.Angel. Daisuke, in the Japanese version of the anime, is voiced by seiyū Miyu Irino, and the younger version by Tomoko Kaneda. In the English dub he was voiced by the talents of Kevin Corn. In the Wink drama CDs, he's voiced by Soichiro Hoshi.
Daisuke Watanabe is a scenario writer currently working for Square Enix. He is well known for working on the scenario of Final Fantasy XII with Miwa Shoda and Final Fantasy X-2 with Kazushige Nojima and the scenario planner on Final Fantasy X.
Daisy (cocktail) Daisy is the name of several similar cocktails, including the traditional Daisy made with tequila, as well as the Whiskey or Bourbon Daisy, Gin Daisy, Rum Daisy, Lemon Daisy (the non-alcoholic variant), Portuguese Daisy (port and brandy), Vodka Daisy, Champagne Daisy (with brandy), and others. All the recipes call for lemon juice and a splash of Grenadine, and some add ingredients like sugar, water, or garnishes.
Daisy (CMS) Daisy is a Java/XML open-source content management system based on the Apache Cocoon content management framework. Today, Daisy is in use at major corporations for intranet knowledge bases, product and/or project documentation, and management of content-rich websites.
Daisy (dog) Daisy (born September 20, 1993 in Jockgrim, Germany as Irina de Pittacus, died October 24, 2006 in Munich) was the dog of the murdered German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer. In an interview with the magazine Stern, Moshammer told that he had owned four dogs with this name in his lifetime.
Daisy (film) Daisy (데이지) is a Korean movie directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai Keung of the Infernal Affairs series, and starring Jeon Ji-hyun (My Sassy Girl), Jung Woo-sung (Musa), John Tai-wai Chiang , Lee Sung-jae (Public Enemy), and Cheon Ho-jin (The Big Swindle).
Daisy (Keeping Up Appearances) Daisy is a comical fictional character in the British comedy television series "Keeping Up Appearances" portrayed by actress Judy Cornwell. Daisy is married to Onslow, and she is Hyacinth Bucket's sister.
Daisy (television advertisement) Daisy, sometimes known as Daisy Girl or Peace Little Girl, is a famous campaign television advertisement. Though aired only once, during the Movie of the Week on September 7, 1964, it was a factor in Lyndon B. Johnson's defeat of Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election and an important turning point in political and advertising history. Its creator was Tony Schwartz of Doyle Dane Bernbach.
Daisy Ashford Daisy Ashford, full name Margaret Mary Julia Ashford (1881-1972) was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, or, Mister Salteena's Plan (ISBN 0-89733-365-9), a novella parodying the upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was just nine years old. The novella was published in 1919 with a foreword by J.
Daisy Bates (Australia) Daisy May (O'Dwyer) Bates (1863-1951) was an Irish-Australian journalist, welfare worker and lifelong student of Australian Aboriginal culture and society. She was known among the native people as 'Kabbarli' (grandmother).
Daisy cutter (fuse) A daisy cutter is a type of fuse designed to detonate a bomb at or above ground level. The fuse itself is a long probe affixed to the weapon's nose, which detonates the bomb if it touches the ground or any solid object.
Daisy de Melker Daisy Louisa C. De Melker (1 June 1886 - December 1932), (née Hancorn-Smith) simply known as Daisy de Melker, poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance, then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear.
Daisy Dodderidge Daisy Dodderidge (1467-1555) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series who was the first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron. She has not appeared in the actual series, but has appeared as "Wizard of The Month" on J.
Daisy Dormer Daisy Dormer (born Kezia Beatrice Stockwell, 1883 - 1947) was an English music hall singer born in Portsmouth. A pretty, waif-like presence, she was famous for singing "After the Ball is Over" amongst other songs.
Daisy Duke Daisy Mae Duke is a fictional character, played by Catherine Bach, from the American television series The Dukes of Hazzard. She was the cousin of Bo and Luke Duke, the main protagonists of the show, who were themselves cousins to each other.
Daisy Dukes Daisy Dukes are extremely short, form-fitting, denim cut-off shorts worn by young women, originally in the American South. They were named after the character Daisy Duke portrayed by actress Catherine Bach in the American television series, The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985).
Daisy Fellowes Daisy Fellowes (née Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksbierg, April 29, 1890-December 13, 1962), was a celebrated 20th-century society figure, acclaimed beauty, minor novelist and poet, editor in chief of French Harpers Bazaar, fashion icon, and an heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune.
Daisy chain A daisy chain, in the most elementary sense, is a garland created from the daisy flower, generally as a children's game. The words "daisy chain", or "daisy chaining" also have a number of technical and social meanings (some given below), which likely stemmed from this pursuit.
Daisy Chainsaw Daisy Chainsaw formed in England in 1989 after Katie Jane Garside answered an advertisement placed by guitarist Crispin Gray in the music press. Their live gigs included grapevines and rag dolls strewn across the stage and Garside thrashing around in soiled gowns drinking juice from a baby bottle, which was a disturbing yet enchanting look for the quirky starlet.
Daisy Lang Dessislava Kirova (born April 4 1972 in Sofia, Bulgaria), better known as Daisy "The Lady" Lang, is a professional female boxer. She was GBU world champion in Super Bantamweight in 2003, WIBF world champion in Super Flyweight from 1999 to 2003, and is residing GBU world champion in Bantamweight.
Daisy Rock Guitars Daisy Rock Guitars is a guitar making company established in 2000 by Tish Ciravolo, wife of Schecter Guitar Research founder Michael Ciravolo. After watching an all-girl band called the Go-Go's on Saturday Night Live, she got enthusiastic about playing in an all-girl band too.
Daisy Siete Daisy Siete is a daily afternoon drama series topbilled by the SexBomb Girls, an all-girl singing dance group in the Philippines. The show is now on its 13th season entitled Moshi, Moshi, Chikiyaki on GMA Network but on GMA Pinoy TV its on the tenth season entitled Sayaw ng Puso.
Daisy State Park Daisy State Park is a state park in southeastern Arkansas managed by the Arkansas Department of Parks. Daisy State Park is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains at the northern end of Lake Greeson, a 7,000 acre (28 km²) fishing lake constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1950.
Daisy Sweeney Daisy Peterson Sweeney (born May 7, 1920 in Montreal) was a Canadian music teacher, known for having taught many of the most notable figures in Canadian jazz music. Her students included Oliver Jones, Ken Skinner, Joe Sealy and Reg Wilson.
Daisy wheel printer A daisy wheel printer is a type of computer printer that produces high-quality type, and was often referred to during the 1980s as a letter-quality printer (in contrast to high-quality dot matrix printers, capable of so-called near letter quality (NLQ) output). There were also, and still are, daisy wheel typewriters, based on the same principle.
Daisy Zamora Daisy Zamora (20 June 1950- ) Born in Managua, Nicaragua, her family was wealthy, liberal and politically active. She attended convent schools and studied at the Universidad Centroamericana, located in Nicaragua.
Daisy, Oklahoma Daisy is a small community in Atoka County, Oklahoma on State Highway 43. Located in the northeastern part of the county, Daisy was once a thriving community with a general store, school, and other institution, much like Redden to the south.
Daisyhaze Daisyhaze was a band formed sometime in the early or late 90's great band that didn't get much publicity due to having a not so great promoter. They got the typical bar music category with the smashing hit song "Brickface" off the Miramax Film "Telling You" the company could have made or broke this band as well but they chose the latter, since the scheduled to be released soundtrack to that movie got cancelled & scrapped.
Daisyworld Daisyworld, a computer simulation, is a hypothetical world orbiting a sun whose temperature is slowly increasing in the simulation. Daisyworld was introduced by James Lovelock and Andrew Watson to illustrate the plausibility of the Gaia hypothesis in a paper published in 1983.
Daitai Transport Unit Japanese Navy Air Service Daitai Unit was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air transport section with mission to transport personnel,weapons and equipment to Japanese occupied territoires or to a combat front in wartimes. Such units supported Navy Special Naval Landing Force airborne units during their missions.
Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex (D-M Soundex) is a phonetic algorithm invented in 1985 by genealogist Gary Mokotoff, and later improved by Randy Daitch, both of the Jewish Genealogical Society. It is a refinement of the Russell and American Soundex algorithms designed to allow matching of Slavic and Yiddish surnames with similar pronunciation but differences in spelling.
Daito Varied Tit The Daito Varied Tit is an extinct subspecies of the Varied Tit. It was formerly found on Kita DaitĹŤ-jima and Minami DaitĹŤ-jima in the DaitĹŤ group east of the Okinawa Islands, but became extinct around 1940.
Daito Winter Wren The Daito Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes orii) is a controversial subspecies of the Winter Wren. It is known only by the type specimen, a male collected in 1938 on Minami DaitĹŤ-jima, the main island of the Daito Archipelago east of Okinawa.
Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu (大東流合気柔術), originally called Daito-ryū jujutsu (大東流柔術), is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Sokaku Takeda (武田 惣角 Takeda Sōkaku). Takeda had extensive training in several martial arts (including Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu and sumo) and referred to the style he taught as Daito-ryū.
Daito, Iwate Daitō (大東町; -chou) was a town located in Higashiiwai District, Iwate, Japan. On September 20, 2005 the town merged with two other towns and two villages from the district, and a town from Nishiiwai District, into the expanded city of Ichinoseki.
Daiwa, Hiroshima Daiwa (大和町; -cho) was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan. On March 22, 2005 the town merged with two other towns into the expanded city of Mihara and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Daiwon C&A Holdings Daiwon C&A Holdings, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Daiwon. The company is commonly referred to as "Daiwon", the same name used in previous incarnations of Daiwon.
Daiyo kangoku Daiyo kangoku (daiyō kangoku 代用監獄) is a Japanese legal term meaning "substitute prison." Daiyō kangoku are detention cells found in police stations which are used as legal substitutes for detention centers, or prisons.
Daizen Shishido (real name Shishido Kunihiro) is a Japanese stunt double. He has appeared in many television shows, including regular appearances on long-running series such as Mito KĹŤmon, ĹŚoka Echizen, the Hissatsu series, and Abarenbo Shogun.
Daja's Book Daja's Book is the third installment in the Circle of Magic quartet by Tamora Pierce, a young adult fantasy novel. Daja Kisubo an outcast to her people after she was the lone survivor of her family ship's wreck, and a smith mage in training, travels with her three friends to the north of Emelan, to a valley plagued with drought and forest fires.
Dajjal al-Dajjal (Arabic: الدّجّال, al-dajjāl) ("The Deceiver/impostor") is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology, who will appear before Yawm al-Qiyamah (Resurrestion Day). He is also known as the Antichrist in Christianity.
Dajyur Dajyur is a Tibetan festival that takes place at the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar (solar September) throughout southern Tibet. The festivities last for ten days with events such as horse racing, bicycle riding contests, and rock-carrying competitions contributing to a time of merriment and celebration.
DaJuan Summers DaJuan Summers is currently a starting small forward at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is a 2006 graduate of the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, where he averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds as a junior and was named the Baltimore City Player of the Year.
Dak To Dak To is a village in the central highlands of Vietnam and in the so-called "tri-border" area where the borders of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia all come together. Located just north of the Vietnamese town of Tan Canh -- nicknamed "Tin Can" by the American GIs, Dak To is populated by a Montagnard tribal people known as the Degar.
Dakah The dAKAH Symphonic Hip Hop Orchestra is a full blown symphony orchestra augmented by turntables and a rhythm section as well as several rappers and singers. With over sixty members, dAKAH is led by Geoff "Double G" Gallegos who composes most of the orchestra's pieces.
Dakar 2 Dakar 2 is a video game for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is the sequel to Paris Dakar Rally on PlayStation 2 and is based on the real-life Paris Dakar Rally - one of the world's most difficult and dangerous sporting events.
Dakar 4x4 The Dakar 4x4 is a kit car - though unlike many is based on a Range Rover chassis rather than the more usual sports car style. Originally developed by Barry Chantler of Dakar Cars in Dartford, Kent, they are now manufactured and built to order by Steve Bennett.
Dakar Accord The Dakar accord is a peace agreement between Chad and Sudan that is expected to be released to the public on August 9. The Accord, which comes only weeks after the N'Djamena Agreement, signed on July 26, and a few months after the Tripoli Accord, signed on February 8, aims to normalize ties and effectively end fighting between the Government of Chad, the Government of Sudan, the paramilitary Janjaweed, the UFDC rebel alliance, and other anti-DĂ©by rebel groups.
Dakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic Union Dakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic Union (Union démocratique des travailleurs de Dakar Dem Dikk, UDT-3D) is a trade union of employees of Dakar Dem Dikk (the public transportation network of Dakar, Senegal). The general secretary of UDT-3D is Mamadou Goudiaby, another important leader and negotiator of the union is Christian Salvy.
Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as "The Paris Dakar Rally" and now as "The Lisbon Dakar Rally") is an annual off-road race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race is open to amateur and professional entries; amateurs typically make up about eighty percent of the participants.
Dakara Superweapon In the fictional science fiction series of Stargate SG-1, the Dakara Superweapon is a hidden device capable of reducing all matter to its basic elemental components, and/or restructuring it. It was located at the Temple of Dakara, a holy site to the Free Jaffa Nation and the seat of its new government.
Dakeyne hydraulic disc engine The Dakeyne Hydraulic Disc Engine was a high pressure engine built in the 19th century to power a flax mill in Ladygrove, Derbyshire, England. Invented by Edward and James Dakeyne, two young sons of Daniel Dakeyne of Derbyshire.
Dakhani language Dakkhini (Hindi: दक्खिनी ), also known as Deccani (Urdu: دکنی), is a dialect of the Urdu language spoken in the Deccan region of southern India, centered on the city of Hyderabad, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. There is an extensive literature in this dialect, but it has fallen out of use in recent times.
Dakhla, Western Sahara Dakhla, or ad-Dakhla () (formerly Villa Cisneros), is a city in the Moroccan administred Western Sahara with about 67,468 inhabitants. It is about 550 km south of El AaiĂşn on the Atlantic Coast, located in a narrow peninsula.
Dakin Building The Dakin Building is an architectural award winning class A office building on the San Francisco Bay in Brisbane, California. Serving as a corporate headquarters building for several companies of national prominence, it was built from the profits of the Garfield character whose licensed products of the R.
Dakin-West reaction The Dakin-West reaction is a chemical reaction that transforms an amino-acid into an amino-ketone using a carboxylic anhydride and a base, typically pyridine. Of special note, the amino-ketone product is always racemic.
Dakini A dakini (; Chinese language: 空行女) is a Tantric Buddhist concept particularly prevalent in Tibet. The Dakini is a female being, generally of volatile temperament, who acts as a muse for spiritual practice.
Dakishimeru is BoA's 17th Japanese solo single, and fifth lowest selling, recently it has been able to exceed the sales of her 16th single make a secret. The title track was unexpectedly previewed at the Lipton event on October 15, and the song was reminiscent of some of her earler songs such as Valenti (with the same writer and producer).
Dakkili Dakkili is a mandal in the Nellore District in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. In recent years it has been the site of Communist Party of India activities; in addition Maoist guerillas have begun hiding in the forests of the area.
Dakoda Dowd Dakoda Flowie Dowd (born April 3, 1993), also known as "Koda", is an American amateur golfer. On April 27, 2006, 24 days after her 13th birthday, she became the youngest player to compete in an LPGA tournament.
Dakota Blue Richards Dakota Blue Richards (born 1994) is an English actress from Brighton who will play Lyra Belacqua in the upcoming film His Dark Materials: Northern Lights. She was chosen from 10,000 hopefuls who attended auditions.
Dakota Bowl The Dakota Bowl is the championship weekend for the four high school football divisions in the state of North Dakota. It alternates between the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota and the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Dakota Coal Company The Dakota Coal Company is the company the controls the lignite reserve rights in the state of North Dakota, and finances the Freedom Mine in Beulah, North Dakota. Dakota Coal Company provides services to Basin Electric’s Antelope Valley Station, Leland Olds Station, and Dakota Gasification Company’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant.
Dakota County CSAH 42 County State-Aid Highway 42, usually called County Road 42, is a primary arterial highway in Dakota and Scott Counties of southeastern Minnesota. These two counties form the southernmost portion of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, although CSAH 42 runs across the northern reaches of the two counties.
Dakota County Technical College Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) is a public school that is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. The college's main campus is located in Rosemount, Minnesota with additional campuses in Eagan and Apple Valley.
Dakota County, Nebraska Dakota County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is part of the Sioux City/Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 20,253. The 2005 census estimate was 20,349. Its county seat is Dakota City6.
Dakota Hogback The Dakota Hogback is a long hogback ridge at the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains that extends north-south from southern Wyoming through Colorado and into northern New Mexico in the United States. The ridge is prominently visible as the first line of foothills along the edge of the Great Plains.
Dakota Marker The Dakota Marker is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game played between the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Bison, located in Fargo, North Dakota and the South Dakota State University (SDSU) Jackrabbits, located in Brookings, South Dakota.
Dakota Sandstone The Dakota Sandstone (also Cockrum Sandstone, Dakota Formation) is a general term for an ill-defined early Cretaceous formation of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. It consists of sandy, shallow-marine deposits with intermittent mud flat sediments, and occasional stream deposits.
Dakota Square Mall Dakota Square Mall is an enclosed shopping center in the city of Minot, North Dakota. The largest mall within 170 km, it includes four major anchor stores, over 70 smaller stores, a food court, and a nine-screen Carmike Cinema with stadium seating.
Dakota State University Dakota State University is a public, four-year university, located in Madison, South Dakota. The university has a focus on programs in computers, business, education, physical sciences, among other graduate and undergraduate programs.
Dakota Student The Dakota Student is the student-run newspaper publication of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The newspaper was first published in 1888, but went through several short lived name changes.
Dakota Territory's At-large congressional district Dakota Territory's At-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire Dakota Territory prior to admission to the Union. The district elected a delegate to the United States Congress.
Dakota Wizards The Dakota Wizards are a basketball team in the NBA Development League (D-League). The team was originally formed in 1995 as a member of the International Basketball Association, a basketball circuit based in the northern United States and western Canada.
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E) is a Class II railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extend into Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa.
Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad The Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad started operations in September 1990 operating over 360 miles (580 km) of former Soo Line Railroad track in Montana and North Dakota. Currently the railroad operates approximately 523 miles (893 km) of track.
Dakotsu Iida Dakotsu Iida (April 26, 1885-October 3, 1962) was a famous Japanese haiku poet from Yamanashi, Japan. Iida trained under Takahama Kyoshi, and was a frequent contributer to such haiku journals as Hototogisu and Unmo.
Daksha In Hinduism, Daksha, "the skilled one", is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis, the Rishis and the Adityas, and a son of Aditi and Brahma. (In Kashyapa, another source, he is said to be the father of Diti and Aditi, Kashyapa's wives and Sati's sisters).
Dakshayani In the Hindu religion, Gaurī or Dākshāyani is the Goddess of marital felicity and longevity; she is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of their husbands. An aspect of Devi, Dākshāyani is the consort of Shiva.
Dakshin Dinajpur The Dakshin Dinajpur, also known as South Dinajpur, district was created on April 1, 1992. Balurghat sub-division, along with Banshihari block, Kushmandi block and Gangarampur sub-divisions comprise the district.
Dakshina Dakshina (Sanskrit , the feminine of "south, southern", but also "right-hand side, able, dexterous, clever") in the historical Vedic religion is the term for the recompense paid by the sacrificer for the services of a priest, originally consisting of a cow. Dakshina is personified as a goddess along with Brahmanaspati, Indra and Soma in RV 1.
Dakshina Kannada Dakshina Kannada (Kannada:ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ), also called South Kannada, South Kanara, or South Canara, is a coastal Karnataka district in the state of Karnataka in India. It is bordered by Udupi District to the north, Chikmagalur District to the northeast, Hassan District to the east, Kodagu District to the southeast, and Kasaragod District in Kerala to the south.
Dakshinapatha Ancient Buddhist and Brahmanical texts use the term Dakshinapatha as a name for both the southern high road of the Indian subcontinent, and for the region lying south of Majjhimdesa or middle India. It is derived from the two Sanskrit roots dakshina for south, and patha for road.
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder, in Bengali দক্ষিণারঞ্জন মিত্র মজুমদার (sometimes transcribed as Majumdar or Dakshina Ranjan), (1877-1957) was a Bengali writer of fairy tales and children literature. He authored the popular compilation of Bengali folk and fairy tales named Thakurmar Jhuli.
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee (also known as Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukhopadhyay) (1814 – 15 July 1898) was one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group in 19th-century India, an orator, editor of several periodicals, and a social reformer who had donated land for the Bethune School and assisted David Hare in his social works. Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali, p202.
Dakshinavarti Shankh The Dakshinavarti Shankh, or Sri Lakshmi Shankh, is a sacred Hindu object otherwise known as the Conch shell with a reverse-turning spiral. When held with the spout pointed up, the conch's spiral will turn to the right (Dakshinavarti) rather than the far more common variety which turns left (Vamavarti).
Dakshineswar Dakshineswar, a small place situated alongside the Vivekananda Setu, in the North 24 Parganas district, north of Calcutta, on the East bank of Hoogli River, is famous for its temples. In 1847, Rani Rashmoni of Bengal began the construction of the famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Dakshinmurty Dakshinmurty is one of the significant aspects of Shiva, and this aspect of Shiva personifies him as the absolute ascetic and the supreme teacher. This aspect of Shiva further manifests itself in four other sub-aspects as indicated below:
Daku Man Singh Daku Man Singh was a notorious dacoit or bandit from the village of Khera Rathore in the Chambal region of India. Man Singh is creditted with 1,112 dacoities and 185 murders (including the killing of 32 police officers).
Dakuten , colloquially ten-ten ("dot dot"), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced. Handakuten (半濁点), colloquially maru ("circle"), is a diacritic used with the kana for syllables starting with h to indicate that they should instead be pronounced with [p].
Dakuwaqa In Fijian mythology (specifically: Fiji), Dakuwaqa is a shark-god. He was greatly respected by fishermen because he protected them from any danger at sea and sometimes protected them from evil denizens of the sea.
DaKine DAKINE is a company specializing in sportswear and sports equipment. In 1979 Rob Kaplan started manufacturing Da Kine surfboard leash which quickly gained industry recognition and praise for innovative design and bulid quality.
Dal Dal (also spelled dhal, dahl, or daal, daar) is a preparation of pulses which have been stripped of their outer hulls and split, as well as a thick, spicy stew prepared therefrom, a mainstay of Indian and Pakistani cuisine. Dal can be seen as a milder cousin of the South Indian sambar.
Dal-Tex Building The Dal-Tex Building is a seven story office building located at 501 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). Its location, adjacent to Dealey Plaza and across the street from the Texas School Book Depository, has made it famous and put it at the center of several conspiracy theories concerning the assassination of President John F.
Dala'il al-Khayrat Dala'il al-Khayrat (meaning the Waymarks of Benefits) is a famous collection of prayers for Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Sufi and Islamic Scholar Muhammad al-Jazuli (died 1465). It is popular in the Arabic parts of the Islamic world amongst traditional muslims.
Dala7 Dala7 is a taller and wider Lotus 7 inspired design using Volvo parts. The idea behind the design was to make a sevenesque car suitable for Swedish conditions, so it was made taller and wider to make it possible for taller persons to sit comfortably and to make it possible to use Volvo parts that are abundant in Sweden.
Dalai Lama In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (; ) form a tulku lineage of Gelug leaders which trace back to 1391. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama to be one of innumerable incarnations of Avalokiteśvara ("Chenrezig" [spyan ras gzigs] in Tibetan), the bodhisattva of compassion.

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