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Kalpathi Ratholsavam Kalpathi (Kalpathy) Ratholsavam (Kalpathi Chariot Festival) is an annual Hindu Temple festival in the Kalpathi village of Palakkad district in Kerala state, south India. The festival is at the Sri Visalakshi Sametha Sri Viswanatha Swamy temple where the deities are Lord Siva (Lord Viswanatha) and his consort Visalakshi, another name for Parvati.
Kalpavriksha Kalpavriksha (Devanagari: कल्पवŕĄŕ¤•्ष) is a mythological, 'wish-fulfilling' divine tree that is a common trope in Sanskrit literature from the earliest sources onwards – see Rig Veda (1.75; 17.
Kalpetta Kalpetta is a city and a municipality in Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a small town surrounded by dense coffee plantations and mountains, is the headquarters of Wayanad district in the state of Kerala in India and the only municipal town in the district.
Kalpin County Kalpin County (Chinese: 柯坪县, Pinyin: KÄ“pĂng XiĂ n; also known as "Kelpin")The official spelling is "Kalpin" according to ZhĹŤngguĂł dìmĂnglĂą ä¸ĺ›˝ĺś°ĺŤĺ˝• (Beijing, ZhĹŤngguĂł dìtĂş chĹ«bÇŽnshè ä¸ĺ›˝ĺś°ĺ›ľĺ‡şç‰ç¤ľ 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 305.
Kaltenkirchen-Land Kaltenkirchen-Land is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated around Kaltenkirchen, which is the seat of the Amt, but not part of it.
Kalu (woreda) Kalu is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Kalu is bordered on the on the west by Dessie Zuria, on the north by Were Babu, and on the south and east by the Oromia Zone.
Kalua Kalua is a traditional Hawaiian cooking method that utilizes an imu, or underground oven. The word kalua literally means "to cook in an underground oven" and also describes the flavor of food cooked in this manner - e.
Kaluga (fish) Kaluga (Huso dauricus) (various groups of sturgeons) are large predatory fish found in the Amur River basin. Also known as the Great Siberian Sturgeon, they are claimed to be the largest freshwater fish in the world, with a maximum weight of at least 1000 kg.
Kalumburu, Western Australia Kalumburu (, postcode 6740), previously known as Drysdale River Mission, is the northernmost settlement in Western Australia. It has a population of about 400 people, and is inhabited mostly by indigenous Australians from the Wunambal and Kwini language groups.
Kalumpang, Indonesia Kalumpang is a subdistrict (kecamatan) in the Mamuju Regency of West Sulawesi, Indonesia. The population is comprised of the Kalumpang people, a subsistence-level people relying solely on agriculture, especially the growing of rice, to survive.
Kalundborg municipality Kalundborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 130,20 km², and has a total population of 20.
Kalundborg Transmitter The Kalundborg Transmitter is a transmission facility for long- and mediumwave near Kalundborg in Denmark. The transmitter was inaugaurated in 1927 and transmits a program in the longwave range on 243 kHz with 300 kilowatts and in the medium wave range on 1062 kHz with 250 kilowatts.
Kalunga The Kalungas are descendants of run-away slaves who lived in remote settlements in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Most of the 4,000 Kalungas, who are of mixed race, black and native Indian, live in very poor conditions in near the town of Cavalcante, Goiás.
Kalunga Line The Kikongo word for "threshold between worlds" is Kalunga. For people of Africa who ended up in the slave trade ports of New Orleans and Charleston, the Kalunga Line was specifically the Atlantic Ocean.
Kalurghat Kalurghat (Bangla: কালŕ§ŕ¦°ŕ¦ŕ¦ľŕ¦ź) is located several miles north of the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, and is mostly famous for several heavy industries located there. A bridge near Kalurghat on the Karnaphuli River connects Chittagong city with the southern parts of the district.
Kalusa Kalusa is a constructed language, unique in that it is created by open consensus in much the same manner as a wiki. Participants may add new sentences (in Kalusa and English) to an evolving corpus, and they may vote on the acceptability of existing sentences.
Kalusha Bwalya Kalusha Bwalya (born August 16, 1963 in Mufulira), popularly known simply as Kalusha, is a Zambian footballer and coach. He is Zambia's most capped player and all-time top goalscorer, and arguably the best player ever to have played for the Zambia national team.
Kaluyuti Native American Poet Kaluyuti (proper spelling = Kaluyu'ti)is known for his social-political commentary. He has released "Room To Be Friends: confused and untrained thoughts" on Demon-Eye Productions independent publishing company in 1997.
Kaluza–Klein theory In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory (or KK theory, for short) is a model that seeks to unify the two fundamental forces of gravitation and electromagnetism. The theory was first published in 1921 and was discovered by the mathematician Theodor Kaluza who extended general relativity to a five-dimensional spacetime. The resulting equations can be separated out into further sets of equations, one of which is equivalent to Einstein field equations, another set equivalent to Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic field and the final part an extra scalar field now termed the "radion".
Kaluzhskaya Kaluzhskaya () is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It opened on August 12, 1974, replacing a temporary station of the same name (located in the easternmost service bay of the nearby Kaluzhskoe Depot) that had been operating since 1964.
Kalva Srirampur Kalva Srirampur is the mandal head quarter in Karimnagar District and is of 30 miles away from Karimnagar. There is a beautiful temple of Sri Sri Sri Veera Bhrahmendra Swami near Pandavula Gutta (Hill of Great Pandavas)and a Veda Patashala too.
Kalvas koefficient The Kalvas Koefficient was a statistical tool developed in 2007 by a Finnish researcher Kalvas to process marital statistics in combination with experienced happiness statistics within several age- and social groups. In media the aim of the tool was seen to provoke public debate, rather than to be used as a scientific rationale.
Kalyan Singh Kalyan Singh (born 5 January 1932) is a former chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was chief minister of the state from September 1997 to November 1999 and earlier from June 1991 to December 1992.
Kalyanji Anandji Kalyanji Anandji was name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Bollywood film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah.
Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh Kalyanpur is a village in Mau district of eastern UP state of India. This village is famous in the history of the Indian struggle for independence, as the three important "Freedom fighters" were born here.
Kalymnos Kalymnos, Greek: Κάλυμνος; (Turkish: Kilimli; Italian: Cà lino) is a Greek island in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. It belongs to the Dodecanese and is located to the west of the peninsula of Bodrum (the ancient Halicarnassos), between the islands of Kos (south, at a distance of 12 Km) and Leros (north, at a distance of less than 2 Km): the latter is linked to it through a series of islets.
Kalynn Campbell Kalynn Campbell is a visual artist in the lowbrow school who is known for paintings and illustrations that reference board games, instruction manuals, retro advertisements, myths, and tall tales. He began showing lowbrow work in the seminal Zero One Gallery in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, at a time when lowbrow art was just emerging into mainstream consciousness.
Kalyvia (Elis), Greece Kalyvia (Greek: Καλύβια) or Kalyvion Ilidos, is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Amaliada and the northwen part of the prefecture of Ilia. It is accessed by a road connecting Gastouni and the Peneus Dam.
Kalyvia Thorikou Kalyvia Thorikou (Greek: Καλύβια ÎÎżĎικού) is a municipality and a suburban town in southeastern Attica, approximately 35 km SE of Athens, S of Rafina, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, ESE of the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62) and NW of Lavrio. Markopoulo is linked with GR-91 (Glyka Nera - Sounio), a two-lane highway stretching down to Lavrio.
Kaśmir Śaivism Kaśmir Śaivism is the school of Śaivism with the very purest monistic vision; its essence is "to realize that God and individual are one"Ishwar Ashram Trust. While scholarly beliefs claim the philosophy arose during the eighth century, it is traditionally thought that Kaśmir Śaivism began with the Sat Yuga.
Kaškaval Kaškaval or Kashkaval (Bulgarian and Macedonian: KаŃкавал) is a specific type of yellow sheep's milk cheese; however, in Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia, the term is often used to refer to all yellow cheeses (or even any cheese besides Sirene.) In English-language menus in Bulgaria, "каŃкавал" is always translated as "yellow cheese.
Kaštela Kaštela is a series of seven towns in central Dalmatia, located northeast of Split, east of Solin and west of Trogir, in Croatia. They are part of the Split-Dalmatia county and are treated as a single city with a population of 34,103 (2001), although they are individually between 2,500 and 6,500 residents each.
Kam Kam (Sanskrit kama) meaning deep desire, uncontrolled longing, concupiscence, sensuality or lasciviousness is counted among the five cardinal sins or sinful propensities. In common usage, the term stands for excessive passion for sexual pleasure and it is in this sense that it is considered an evil in Sikhism.
Kam Fong Chun Kam Fong Chun (May 1918–October 18, 2002) was born Kam Tong Chun in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. He was an Chinese American actor whose claim to fame was his 1968 to 1978 star performance as Chin Ho Kelly, a police detective on the CBS television network series Hawaii Five-O.
Kam Lee Kam Lee (born Barney Kam Lee) is an American singer. He is best known for his vocal contributions to an early incarnation of Death (called Mantas) in 1983 -84, and later joined Massacre in 1985, founded and formed by Bill Andrews (Death).
Kam Man Food Kam Man Food is a Chinese supermarket chain based in Chinatown, New York. While it has its main store in Manhattan, it also has locations in Quincy, Massachusetts, Edison, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York.
Kam Tong Kam Tong (December 18, 1906 – November 8, 1969) was a Chinese American actor best known for his role as Hey Boy on the television series Have Gun — Will Travel. He appeared in many movies, often as an uncredited oriental, Chinese, Japanese, or Filipino.
Kam Ying Road Kam Ying Road (Chinese: 錦英路), formerly Ma On Terrace (Chinese: 馬鞍台) is a road in Ma On Shan, Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. The road connects Sai Sha Road on its eastern end, and Ma On Shan Road in the west.
Kama (Purusharthas) Kama (Devanagari: काम) involves sensual gratification, sexual fulfillment, pleasure of the senses, love, and the ordinary enjoyments of life regarded as one of the four ends of man (purusharthas). Kama is the lowest step on the ladder of aims in Hindu life, below worldly status (artha), because even animals seek physical pleasures.
Kama River Kama (; Tatar: Çulman) is a river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than Volga before junction). It starts in Udmurtia flowing east, then turns south and west in Perm Krai, flowing again through Udmurtia and then through Tatarstan, where it meets the Volga.
Kama Sutra Kamasutram, generally known to the Western world as Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. The text was composed by Vatsyayana, as a brief summary of various earlier works belonging to a tradition known generically as Kama Shastra.
Kama Sutra Records Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. In 1965, the company was joined by Art Kass and the record label itself was started.
Kamadeva KÄmadeva (Sanskrit: कामदेव) is the Hindu god of love. His other names include Ragavrinta (Stalk of Passion), Ananga (incorporeal), Kandarpa ("God of amour"), Manmatha (churner of hearts), Manosij (He Who Arises from the Mind; the contraction of the Sanskrit phrase Sah Manasah JÄta), Madana (intoxicating), RatikÄnta (lord of the seasons), PushpavÄn, Pushpadhanva (one with bow of flowers) or just KÄma ("desire").
Kamagari, Hiroshima Kamagari (č’˛ĺ町; -cho) was a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On March 15, 2005 the town merged with five other towns into the expanded city of Kure and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kamagong 'Kamagong' or "Mabolo" is a fruit tree found only in the Philippines, the wood of which is extremely dense and hard, and famous for its dark color. It belongs to the ebony family (genus Diospyros), and like many other very hard woods is sometimes called "iron wood".
Kamahl Kamahl (born November 13 1934) is the stage name of an Australian cabaret/easy listening singer and recording artist who is perhaps best known for his song The Elephant Song, as well as his sensitive interpretations of standards in the repertoire of popular music. Kamahl begun his music career in small time band "Radial Arm".
Kamajors The Kamajors are a group of traditional hunters from the south and east of Sierra Leone (mostly from the Bo district). They were originally employed by local chiefs, but under the leadership of Samuel Hinga Norman were used by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah in 1996 to replace mercenaries (Executive Outcomes and Sandline International, both of whom helped train the force) as the security force of the government.
Kamakhya Temple The Kamakhya Temple is a shakti temple situated on the Nilachal hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess that include Bhubaneshwari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tara, etc.
Kamakshi The goddess Kamakshi is a form of the universal mother goddess worshipped by Hindus. The main abode of Kamashi is the Kamakshi Amman temple at Kanchipuram and it is one of the important forms of goddess Parvati along with Meenakshi of Madurai, Akilandeswari of Thiruvanaikaval and Vishalakshi of Varanasi.
Kamakshi Amman Temple Kamakshi Amman Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Godess Kamakshi a divine form of Parvati. It is located in the historic city Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India and is popularly associated with Adi Sankaracharya, one of the greatest Hindu saints.
Kamakura jubango The Kamakura jubango (ten-game match) was a historically significant go match played in Japan in 1939, 1940 and 1941. It pitted Kitani Minoru and Go Seigen, close rivals for a decade and friends at a personal level, and both ranked 7 dan, against each other.
Kamakura National Treasure House Located in the Kamakura region of Japan, the Kamakura National Treasure House was built in 1928 as a storage house and exhibiting center for sculpture, paintings, and other important objects. Previously owned by temples, shrines, and private collectors in the Kamakura region, the objects in the present collection consist largely of the Kamakura (1185-1333) and Muromachi (1333-1568) periods.
Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance of the Kamakura Shogunate (鎌倉幕府 Kamakura bakufu); officially established in 1192 by the first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo (ćş é Ľćśť).
Kamakura shogunate The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns from 1185 (or 1192, when it was formally recognized) to 1333. Based in Kamakura, Japan, this period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate and is known as the Kamakura period.
Kamakura-gu is a shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was erected by the Emperor Meiji in 1869 to worship the spirit of Prince Morinaga, who was imprisoned and later executed on its shrine in 1335.
Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (Tamil : கமல்ஹாசன்) (born November 7, 1954, in Paramakkudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is a highly acclaimed and highly versatile Indian film actor whose work is mainly based in the south Indian film industry.
Kamal Kharrazi Kamal Kharrazi (Persian: کمال خرازی) (born December 1, 1944 in Tehran as Ali-Naghi Kharrazi علی‌نقی خرازی), was the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs as appointed by President Mohammad Khatami, serving for eight years from August 20, 1997 to August 24, 2005. He was replaced by Manouchehr Mottaki, as appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Kamal Salibi Kamal Suleiman Salibi (Arabic صليبي) (born Beirut, 1929) is the Director of Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies and Emeritus Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He is of Christian background.
Kamala Das Kamala Suraiya, better known as Kamala Das, is a well-known female Indian writer writing in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. She is considered one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English, although her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography.
Kamala Nehru Park Kamala Nehru Park is a park in India covering an area of 4,000 sq yd (3,300 m²). Located at the top of Mumbai's Malabar Hill, it is named after Kamala Nehru, the wife of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Kamala puram kamalapuram is a mandal in Kadapa district which is 23 kms away from Kadapa city loacted on the highway of Kadapa - Tadipatri.It is mainly agricultural based mandal where the sub river Papaghni and the major river penna are the main sources for irrigation and drinking purposes.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (3rd April 1903, Mangalore – 29th October 1988) was born in a Saraswat family. She was a social reformer and a freedom fighter, and is remembered for her contributions to Indian handicrafts which activated a handicraft renaissance in post-Independence India.
Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis The Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis by Sri Muthuswamy Dikshithar (1776-1836) are some of the most famous pieces of music in the Carnatic system of Indian classical music. They are treasures which embody not only the technical brilliance of the composer but also offer a peep into the advaitic school of Hindu philosophy and elements of Tantric rituals.
Kamalapur Railway Station Kamalapur Railway Station is the central railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the largest railway station in the country, and acts as an important terminal for communication between Dhaka and the rest of the country.
Kamaloka In Theosophy, Kamaloka (derived from Sanskrit) is the semi-material plane, subjective and invisible to humans, where the disembodied "personalities", the astral forms, called Kamarupa remain, until they fade out from it by the complete exhaustion of the effects of the mental impulses that created these eidolons of human and animal passions and desires. It is associated with Hades of ancient Greeks and the Amenti of the Egyptians, the land of Silent Shadows; a division of the first group of the Trailõkya.
Kamalolmolk Kamalolmolk (1984) is an Iranian film written and directed by Ali Hatami about the life and work of famous Iranian painter Mohammad Ghaffari better known as Kamal ol molk. The movie focuses greatly on the painter’s relationship with the various monarchs of Iran.
Kaman Aircraft Kaman Aircraft was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman. During the first ten years the company operated exclusively as a designer and manufacturer of several helicopters that set world records and achieved many aviation firsts.
Kaman Music Corporation Kaman Music Corporation is a part of Kaman corporation that was founded by Charles Kaman. By appliying composite materials technologies to guitar building, Charles Kaman and his engineers created the round-backed, composite-body Ovation guitar, which revolutionized the guitar industry since about 1966.
Kamancheh The kamancheh or kamÄnche (Persian: کمانچه - violinette, Azeri: kamança) is a Persian, Azeri and Armenian instrument similar to a violin. Played with a variable-tension bow, the kamancheh consists of a round body made from gourd or wood, which acts as a sound box, covered with a thin sheep or fishskin membrane.
Kamaraj Plan Kamaraj Plan was a political plan formulated in 1963 by K. Kamaraj a senior leader of Indian National Congress, proposing that all senior Congress leaders should resign form their posts and devote all their energy to the re-vitalization of the Congress.
Kamarcut Kamarcut is a traditional South Indian candy made out of jaggery and is made by slowly cooking jaggery with water until it achieves a honeylike consistency. Shredded coconut can be added to the mixture to create texture.
Kamaria Kamaria (greek ΚαμάĎια) is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 37 residents (2001 census source) and it's within the municipality of East Selino (Anatoliko Selino).
Kamarpukur Kamarpukur (Bengali: কামারপŕ§ŕ¦•ŕ§ŕ¦°) is a village situated in the Arambag Sub-division of the Hooghly District in West Bengal state of India. It is famous for being the birthplace of Ramakrishna.
Kamarupa (Theosophy) In the esoteric philosophy of the Theosophical Society, Kamarupa is the subjective form created through the mental and physical desires and thoughts in connection with things of matter, by all sentient beings, a form which survives the death of their bodies. After that death three of the seven "principles" -- or let us say planes of senses and consciousness on which the human instincts and ideation act in turn -- viz.
Kamashi (woreda) Kamashi is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kamashi Zone, Kamashi is bordered by the Didessa River on the northeast which separates it from Yaso, by Belo Jegonfoy in the east, by the Oromia Region on the south and west, and by Agalo Mite on the northwest.
Kamashi Zone Kamashi is one of the three Zones in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Kamashi coverss part of the southern bank of the Abay and the valley of the Didessa Rivers; it is bordered on the south and east by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Dabus River which separates it from Asosa and on the north by Metekel and the Amhara Region, which lie on the further bank of the Abay.
Kamasins Kamasins (КамаŃинцы in Russian; self designation: калмажи, or kalmazhi) were a tribe of the Sayan Samoyedic people numbering approx. 500 men, who lived along the Kan River and Mana River in the 17th century (southern part of today's Krasnoyarsk Krai).
Kamatamare Sanuki Kamatamare Sanuki are a football (soccer) club based in Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture of Japan. They play in the Sikoku League, one of the 9 regional leagues that are the 4th tier of the Japanese football hierarchy after J.
Kamato Hongo Kamato Hongo (Japanese: ćś¬é· ă‹ăľă¨ HongĹŤ Kamato, September 16, 1887 – October 31, 2003) was the world's oldest recognized living person from March 2002 until her death. She lived in Kagoshima, on Japan's most southerly major island KyĹ«shĹ«.
Kamau Kambon "Kamau Kambon", born Leroy Jefferson, of Raleigh, North Carolina is former professor of African Studies. While his real name is Leroy Jefferson, he uses several different names such as "Kamau Kambon", "Kamau Rashidi Kambon" and "Dr.
Kama`aina Hawaiian, of Hawaii, a long-time resident, usually regardless of origin of birth or ethnicity. Kama`aina differentiate between, for example, a "kama`aina haole family", as in old missionary families, and a family who has recently relocated from the mainland.
Kambagiri The Kambagiri Swamy temple is located in Dhone Taluk in the Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. The way to reach the temple is to reach Dronachellam (Dhone) by train and then take a bus to Kommemarri or Boorugula to reach the village Racherla.
Kambala Kambala or KamblÄ is a rural sport, prominent in districts of Udupi and Mangalore in Karnataka and also Kasargod district in Kerala. Kambala is basically a traditional buffalo race in muddy waters, held from December till March.
Kambala Girls School Kambala Girls School is an Anglican, independent, preschool to secondary school located on one campus in Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia. It overlooks Sydney Harbour, and from the school one can see both The Sydney Opera House (where the Kambala Music Festival is held once a year) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits Kambalda type nickel ore deposits are a class of magmatic nickel-copper ore deposit in which the physical processes of komatiite volcanology serve to enrich, concentrate and deposit nickel-bearing sulfide within the lava flow environment of an erupting komatiite volcano.
Kambaldaite Kambaldaite, NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O, is an extremely rare hydrated sodium nickel carbonate mineral described from gossanous material associated with Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits at Kambalda, Western Australia, and Widgie Townsite nickel gossan, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia.
Kambar Kambar is one of the greatest Tamil poets. Kambar is populary known for authoring Ramavatharam, (popularly known as Kambaramayanam), the tamil version of Ramayana, or the Story of Rama, one of the oldest epics in human history insprired by the Sanskrit epic.
Kamber and Shahdad Kot District District Kamber Khan or Kamber city or Kamber it is small city in sindh ,it was part of Larkana District but in 2005 government annouced as District, now it self it is District inclduing Shahdadkot city and Kuba Saeed Khan as major citiez.It is located in ShahdadKot and Kamer (or Kamber and ShahdadKot) District.
Kamber Khan Kamber Khan or Kamber city or Kamber it is small city in sindh, it was part of Larkana District but in 2005 government announced as District, now it self it is District including Shahdadkot city and Kuba Saeed Khan as major citiez. It is located in ShahdadKot and Kamer (or Kamber and ShahdadKot) District.
Kamboja Kamboja (Sanskrit: कम्बोज) was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo-Iranian Kshatriya tribe, the Kambojas, settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts, and was located in the Uttarapatha in extreme north-west of the Indian sub-continent, contiguous to the kingdom of Gandhara.
Kamboja Dynasty of Bengal Kamboja was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo-Iranian Kshatriya tribe, the Kambojas, settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts, and was located in the Uttarapatha in extreme north-west of the Indian subcontinent, contiguous to the kingdom of Gandhara.
Kamboja Horsemen The profession of breeding, domesticating, training and utilizing the horses in warfare had originated in the vast Steppes of Central Asia. The Indo-Iranian Kambojas located in Transoxiana had introduced this art as a skillful and specialized profession in north-west, probably in the early Vedic age itself.
Kamboja-Dvaravati Route Kamboja-Dvaravati Route was the name of an ancient high road running from the port of Dwarka in Anarta (Gujarat) in western India to Kamboja Mahajanapada located in parts of north-east Afghanistan and southern Tajikstan. It was the second most important ancient caravan route which linked ancient India with the nations of the north-west.
Kambojas Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient Indian subcontinent and what is now Afghanistan, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda. They apparently belong to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family.
Kambojas and Kambodia Cambodia or Kambodia is the English transliteration of the French name Kambodge, which name stands for Sanskrit Kamboja (Persian Kambujiya or Kambaujiya). In Chinese historical accounts, the land was known as Chenla.
Kambojas in Indian Literature The Kambojas peoples are referenced in numerous Sanskrit and Pali literature including Sama Veda, Atharvaveda, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, Kautiliya's Arthashastra, Yasaka's Nirukata, Buddhist Jatakas, Jaina Canons, ancient grammar books and plays etc.
Kambojas in Indian Traditions Kambojas find repeated reference in ancient Sanskrit and Pali literature including Atharvaveda, Panini's Ashtadhyayi, Yasaka's Nirukata, Mahabharata, Ramayana, numerous Puranas, Kautiliya's Arthashastra, Buddhist Jatakas, Jaina Canons, several Sanskrit plays and numerous other ancient texts.
Kambojas of Panini PÄṇini (पाणिन) was an ancient Sanskrit grammarian born in ShalÄtura, modern Lahur of North-West Frontier province of Pakistan. The place is situated at a distance of four miles from Ohind near Attock on the right bank of Indus River in the ancient Kambojan/Gandharan territory.
Kambrya Kambrya College, is a state funded and operated secondary college in the State of Victoria, Australia. The school is administered by the Victorian Department of Education and Training, and receives sizeable economic and financial contributions from both State and Commonwealth Governments.
Kambuja Kambuja was the ancient name of Cambodia. This name is obviously derived from Sanskrit Kamboja, the name of a well-known ancient tribe of Indo-Iranian affinities, still living as Kamboj & Kamboh in northern India and Pakistan.
Kalpavriksha Kalpavriksha (Devanagari: कल्पवŕĄŕ¤•्ष) is a mythological, 'wish-fulfilling' divine tree that is a common trope in Sanskrit literature from the earliest sources onwards – see Rig Veda (1.75; 17.
Kalpetta Kalpetta is a city and a municipality in Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a small town surrounded by dense coffee plantations and mountains, is the headquarters of Wayanad district in the state of Kerala in India and the only municipal town in the district.
Kalpin County Kalpin County (Chinese: 柯坪县, Pinyin: KÄ“pĂng XiĂ n; also known as "Kelpin")The official spelling is "Kalpin" according to ZhĹŤngguĂł dìmĂnglĂą ä¸ĺ›˝ĺś°ĺŤĺ˝• (Beijing, ZhĹŤngguĂł dìtĂş chĹ«bÇŽnshè ä¸ĺ›˝ĺś°ĺ›ľĺ‡şç‰ç¤ľ 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 305.
Kaltenkirchen-Land Kaltenkirchen-Land is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated around Kaltenkirchen, which is the seat of the Amt, but not part of it.
Kalu (woreda) Kalu is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Kalu is bordered on the on the west by Dessie Zuria, on the north by Were Babu, and on the south and east by the Oromia Zone.
Kalua Kalua is a traditional Hawaiian cooking method that utilizes an imu, or underground oven. The word kalua literally means "to cook in an underground oven" and also describes the flavor of food cooked in this manner - e.
Kaluga (fish) Kaluga (Huso dauricus) (various groups of sturgeons) are large predatory fish found in the Amur River basin. Also known as the Great Siberian Sturgeon, they are claimed to be the largest freshwater fish in the world, with a maximum weight of at least 1000 kg.
Kalumburu, Western Australia Kalumburu (, postcode 6740), previously known as Drysdale River Mission, is the northernmost settlement in Western Australia. It has a population of about 400 people, and is inhabited mostly by indigenous Australians from the Wunambal and Kwini language groups.
Kalumpang, Indonesia Kalumpang is a subdistrict (kecamatan) in the Mamuju Regency of West Sulawesi, Indonesia. The population is comprised of the Kalumpang people, a subsistence-level people relying solely on agriculture, especially the growing of rice, to survive.
Kalundborg municipality Kalundborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 130,20 km², and has a total population of 20.
Kalundborg Transmitter The Kalundborg Transmitter is a transmission facility for long- and mediumwave near Kalundborg in Denmark. The transmitter was inaugaurated in 1927 and transmits a program in the longwave range on 243 kHz with 300 kilowatts and in the medium wave range on 1062 kHz with 250 kilowatts.
Kalunga The Kalungas are descendants of run-away slaves who lived in remote settlements in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Most of the 4,000 Kalungas, who are of mixed race, black and native Indian, live in very poor conditions in near the town of Cavalcante, Goiás.
Kalunga Line The Kikongo word for "threshold between worlds" is Kalunga. For people of Africa who ended up in the slave trade ports of New Orleans and Charleston, the Kalunga Line was specifically the Atlantic Ocean.
Kalurghat Kalurghat (Bangla: কালŕ§ŕ¦°ŕ¦ŕ¦ľŕ¦ź) is located several miles north of the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, and is mostly famous for several heavy industries located there. A bridge near Kalurghat on the Karnaphuli River connects Chittagong city with the southern parts of the district.
Kalusa Kalusa is a constructed language, unique in that it is created by open consensus in much the same manner as a wiki. Participants may add new sentences (in Kalusa and English) to an evolving corpus, and they may vote on the acceptability of existing sentences.
Kalusha Bwalya Kalusha Bwalya (born August 16, 1963 in Mufulira), popularly known simply as Kalusha, is a Zambian footballer and coach. He is Zambia's most capped player and all-time top goalscorer, and arguably the best player ever to have played for the Zambia national team.
Kaluyuti Native American Poet Kaluyuti (proper spelling = Kaluyu'ti)is known for his social-political commentary. He has released "Room To Be Friends: confused and untrained thoughts" on Demon-Eye Productions independent publishing company in 1997.
Kaluza–Klein theory In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory (or KK theory, for short) is a model that seeks to unify the two fundamental forces of gravitation and electromagnetism. The theory was first published in 1921 and was discovered by the mathematician Theodor Kaluza who extended general relativity to a five-dimensional spacetime. The resulting equations can be separated out into further sets of equations, one of which is equivalent to Einstein field equations, another set equivalent to Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic field and the final part an extra scalar field now termed the "radion".
Kaluzhskaya Kaluzhskaya () is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It opened on August 12, 1974, replacing a temporary station of the same name (located in the easternmost service bay of the nearby Kaluzhskoe Depot) that had been operating since 1964.
Kalva Srirampur Kalva Srirampur is the mandal head quarter in Karimnagar District and is of 30 miles away from Karimnagar. There is a beautiful temple of Sri Sri Sri Veera Bhrahmendra Swami near Pandavula Gutta (Hill of Great Pandavas)and a Veda Patashala too.
Kalvas koefficient The Kalvas Koefficient was a statistical tool developed in 2007 by a Finnish researcher Kalvas to process marital statistics in combination with experienced happiness statistics within several age- and social groups. In media the aim of the tool was seen to provoke public debate, rather than to be used as a scientific rationale.
Kalyan Singh Kalyan Singh (born 5 January 1932) is a former chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was chief minister of the state from September 1997 to November 1999 and earlier from June 1991 to December 1992.
Kalyanji Anandji Kalyanji Anandji was name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Bollywood film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah.
Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh Kalyanpur is a village in Mau district of eastern UP state of India. This village is famous in the history of the Indian struggle for independence, as the three important "Freedom fighters" were born here.
Kalymnos Kalymnos, Greek: Κάλυμνος; (Turkish: Kilimli; Italian: Cà lino) is a Greek island in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. It belongs to the Dodecanese and is located to the west of the peninsula of Bodrum (the ancient Halicarnassos), between the islands of Kos (south, at a distance of 12 Km) and Leros (north, at a distance of less than 2 Km): the latter is linked to it through a series of islets.
Kalynn Campbell Kalynn Campbell is a visual artist in the lowbrow school who is known for paintings and illustrations that reference board games, instruction manuals, retro advertisements, myths, and tall tales. He began showing lowbrow work in the seminal Zero One Gallery in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, at a time when lowbrow art was just emerging into mainstream consciousness.
Kalyvia (Elis), Greece Kalyvia (Greek: Καλύβια) or Kalyvion Ilidos, is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Amaliada and the northwen part of the prefecture of Ilia. It is accessed by a road connecting Gastouni and the Peneus Dam.
Kalyvia Thorikou Kalyvia Thorikou (Greek: Καλύβια ÎÎżĎικού) is a municipality and a suburban town in southeastern Attica, approximately 35 km SE of Athens, S of Rafina, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, ESE of the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62) and NW of Lavrio. Markopoulo is linked with GR-91 (Glyka Nera - Sounio), a two-lane highway stretching down to Lavrio.
Kaśmir Śaivism Kaśmir Śaivism is the school of Śaivism with the very purest monistic vision; its essence is "to realize that God and individual are one"Ishwar Ashram Trust. While scholarly beliefs claim the philosophy arose during the eighth century, it is traditionally thought that Kaśmir Śaivism began with the Sat Yuga.
Kaškaval Kaškaval or Kashkaval (Bulgarian and Macedonian: KаŃкавал) is a specific type of yellow sheep's milk cheese; however, in Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia, the term is often used to refer to all yellow cheeses (or even any cheese besides Sirene.) In English-language menus in Bulgaria, "каŃкавал" is always translated as "yellow cheese.
Kaštela Kaštela is a series of seven towns in central Dalmatia, located northeast of Split, east of Solin and west of Trogir, in Croatia. They are part of the Split-Dalmatia county and are treated as a single city with a population of 34,103 (2001), although they are individually between 2,500 and 6,500 residents each.
Kam Kam (Sanskrit kama) meaning deep desire, uncontrolled longing, concupiscence, sensuality or lasciviousness is counted among the five cardinal sins or sinful propensities. In common usage, the term stands for excessive passion for sexual pleasure and it is in this sense that it is considered an evil in Sikhism.
Kam Fong Chun Kam Fong Chun (May 1918–October 18, 2002) was born Kam Tong Chun in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. He was an Chinese American actor whose claim to fame was his 1968 to 1978 star performance as Chin Ho Kelly, a police detective on the CBS television network series Hawaii Five-O.
Kam Lee Kam Lee (born Barney Kam Lee) is an American singer. He is best known for his vocal contributions to an early incarnation of Death (called Mantas) in 1983 -84, and later joined Massacre in 1985, founded and formed by Bill Andrews (Death).
Kam Man Food Kam Man Food is a Chinese supermarket chain based in Chinatown, New York. While it has its main store in Manhattan, it also has locations in Quincy, Massachusetts, Edison, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York.
Kam Tong Kam Tong (December 18, 1906 – November 8, 1969) was a Chinese American actor best known for his role as Hey Boy on the television series Have Gun — Will Travel. He appeared in many movies, often as an uncredited oriental, Chinese, Japanese, or Filipino.
Kam Ying Road Kam Ying Road (Chinese: 錦英路), formerly Ma On Terrace (Chinese: 馬鞍台) is a road in Ma On Shan, Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. The road connects Sai Sha Road on its eastern end, and Ma On Shan Road in the west.
Kama (Purusharthas) Kama (Devanagari: काम) involves sensual gratification, sexual fulfillment, pleasure of the senses, love, and the ordinary enjoyments of life regarded as one of the four ends of man (purusharthas). Kama is the lowest step on the ladder of aims in Hindu life, below worldly status (artha), because even animals seek physical pleasures.
Kama River Kama (; Tatar: Çulman) is a river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than Volga before junction). It starts in Udmurtia flowing east, then turns south and west in Perm Krai, flowing again through Udmurtia and then through Tatarstan, where it meets the Volga.
Kama Sutra Kamasutram, generally known to the Western world as Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. The text was composed by Vatsyayana, as a brief summary of various earlier works belonging to a tradition known generically as Kama Shastra.
Kama Sutra Records Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. In 1965, the company was joined by Art Kass and the record label itself was started.
Kamadeva KÄmadeva (Sanskrit: कामदेव) is the Hindu god of love. His other names include Ragavrinta (Stalk of Passion), Ananga (incorporeal), Kandarpa ("God of amour"), Manmatha (churner of hearts), Manosij (He Who Arises from the Mind; the contraction of the Sanskrit phrase Sah Manasah JÄta), Madana (intoxicating), RatikÄnta (lord of the seasons), PushpavÄn, Pushpadhanva (one with bow of flowers) or just KÄma ("desire").
Kamagari, Hiroshima Kamagari (č’˛ĺ町; -cho) was a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On March 15, 2005 the town merged with five other towns into the expanded city of Kure and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kamagong 'Kamagong' or "Mabolo" is a fruit tree found only in the Philippines, the wood of which is extremely dense and hard, and famous for its dark color. It belongs to the ebony family (genus Diospyros), and like many other very hard woods is sometimes called "iron wood".
Kamahl Kamahl (born November 13 1934) is the stage name of an Australian cabaret/easy listening singer and recording artist who is perhaps best known for his song The Elephant Song, as well as his sensitive interpretations of standards in the repertoire of popular music. Kamahl begun his music career in small time band "Radial Arm".
Kamajors The Kamajors are a group of traditional hunters from the south and east of Sierra Leone (mostly from the Bo district). They were originally employed by local chiefs, but under the leadership of Samuel Hinga Norman were used by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah in 1996 to replace mercenaries (Executive Outcomes and Sandline International, both of whom helped train the force) as the security force of the government.
Kamakhya Temple The Kamakhya Temple is a shakti temple situated on the Nilachal hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess that include Bhubaneshwari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tara, etc.
Kamakshi The goddess Kamakshi is a form of the universal mother goddess worshipped by Hindus. The main abode of Kamashi is the Kamakshi Amman temple at Kanchipuram and it is one of the important forms of goddess Parvati along with Meenakshi of Madurai, Akilandeswari of Thiruvanaikaval and Vishalakshi of Varanasi.
Kamakshi Amman Temple Kamakshi Amman Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Godess Kamakshi a divine form of Parvati. It is located in the historic city Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India and is popularly associated with Adi Sankaracharya, one of the greatest Hindu saints.
Kamakura jubango The Kamakura jubango (ten-game match) was a historically significant go match played in Japan in 1939, 1940 and 1941. It pitted Kitani Minoru and Go Seigen, close rivals for a decade and friends at a personal level, and both ranked 7 dan, against each other.
Kamakura National Treasure House Located in the Kamakura region of Japan, the Kamakura National Treasure House was built in 1928 as a storage house and exhibiting center for sculpture, paintings, and other important objects. Previously owned by temples, shrines, and private collectors in the Kamakura region, the objects in the present collection consist largely of the Kamakura (1185-1333) and Muromachi (1333-1568) periods.
Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance of the Kamakura Shogunate (鎌倉幕府 Kamakura bakufu); officially established in 1192 by the first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo (ćş é Ľćśť).
Kamakura shogunate The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns from 1185 (or 1192, when it was formally recognized) to 1333. Based in Kamakura, Japan, this period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate and is known as the Kamakura period.
Kamakura-gu is a shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was erected by the Emperor Meiji in 1869 to worship the spirit of Prince Morinaga, who was imprisoned and later executed on its shrine in 1335.
Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (Tamil : கமல்ஹாசன்) (born November 7, 1954, in Paramakkudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is a highly acclaimed and highly versatile Indian film actor whose work is mainly based in the south Indian film industry.
Kamal Kharrazi Kamal Kharrazi (Persian: کمال خرازی) (born December 1, 1944 in Tehran as Ali-Naghi Kharrazi علی‌نقی خرازی), was the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs as appointed by President Mohammad Khatami, serving for eight years from August 20, 1997 to August 24, 2005. He was replaced by Manouchehr Mottaki, as appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Kamal Salibi Kamal Suleiman Salibi (Arabic صليبي) (born Beirut, 1929) is the Director of Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies and Emeritus Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He is of Christian background.
Kamala Das Kamala Suraiya, better known as Kamala Das, is a well-known female Indian writer writing in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. She is considered one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English, although her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography.
Kamala Nehru Park Kamala Nehru Park is a park in India covering an area of 4,000 sq yd (3,300 m²). Located at the top of Mumbai's Malabar Hill, it is named after Kamala Nehru, the wife of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Kamala puram kamalapuram is a mandal in Kadapa district which is 23 kms away from Kadapa city loacted on the highway of Kadapa - Tadipatri.It is mainly agricultural based mandal where the sub river Papaghni and the major river penna are the main sources for irrigation and drinking purposes.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (3rd April 1903, Mangalore – 29th October 1988) was born in a Saraswat family. She was a social reformer and a freedom fighter, and is remembered for her contributions to Indian handicrafts which activated a handicraft renaissance in post-Independence India.
Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis The Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis by Sri Muthuswamy Dikshithar (1776-1836) are some of the most famous pieces of music in the Carnatic system of Indian classical music. They are treasures which embody not only the technical brilliance of the composer but also offer a peep into the advaitic school of Hindu philosophy and elements of Tantric rituals.
Kamalapur Railway Station Kamalapur Railway Station is the central railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the largest railway station in the country, and acts as an important terminal for communication between Dhaka and the rest of the country.
Kamaloka In Theosophy, Kamaloka (derived from Sanskrit) is the semi-material plane, subjective and invisible to humans, where the disembodied "personalities", the astral forms, called Kamarupa remain, until they fade out from it by the complete exhaustion of the effects of the mental impulses that created these eidolons of human and animal passions and desires. It is associated with Hades of ancient Greeks and the Amenti of the Egyptians, the land of Silent Shadows; a division of the first group of the Trailõkya.
Kamalolmolk Kamalolmolk (1984) is an Iranian film written and directed by Ali Hatami about the life and work of famous Iranian painter Mohammad Ghaffari better known as Kamal ol molk. The movie focuses greatly on the painter’s relationship with the various monarchs of Iran.
Kaman Aircraft Kaman Aircraft was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman. During the first ten years the company operated exclusively as a designer and manufacturer of several helicopters that set world records and achieved many aviation firsts.
Kaman Music Corporation Kaman Music Corporation is a part of Kaman corporation that was founded by Charles Kaman. By appliying composite materials technologies to guitar building, Charles Kaman and his engineers created the round-backed, composite-body Ovation guitar, which revolutionized the guitar industry since about 1966.
Kamancheh The kamancheh or kamÄnche (Persian: کمانچه - violinette, Azeri: kamança) is a Persian, Azeri and Armenian instrument similar to a violin. Played with a variable-tension bow, the kamancheh consists of a round body made from gourd or wood, which acts as a sound box, covered with a thin sheep or fishskin membrane.
Kamaraj Plan Kamaraj Plan was a political plan formulated in 1963 by K. Kamaraj a senior leader of Indian National Congress, proposing that all senior Congress leaders should resign form their posts and devote all their energy to the re-vitalization of the Congress.
Kamarcut Kamarcut is a traditional South Indian candy made out of jaggery and is made by slowly cooking jaggery with water until it achieves a honeylike consistency. Shredded coconut can be added to the mixture to create texture.
Kamaria Kamaria (greek ΚαμάĎια) is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 37 residents (2001 census source) and it's within the municipality of East Selino (Anatoliko Selino).
Kamarpukur Kamarpukur (Bengali: কামারপŕ§ŕ¦•ŕ§ŕ¦°) is a village situated in the Arambag Sub-division of the Hooghly District in West Bengal state of India. It is famous for being the birthplace of Ramakrishna.
Kamarupa (Theosophy) In the esoteric philosophy of the Theosophical Society, Kamarupa is the subjective form created through the mental and physical desires and thoughts in connection with things of matter, by all sentient beings, a form which survives the death of their bodies. After that death three of the seven "principles" -- or let us say planes of senses and consciousness on which the human instincts and ideation act in turn -- viz.
Kamashi (woreda) Kamashi is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kamashi Zone, Kamashi is bordered by the Didessa River on the northeast which separates it from Yaso, by Belo Jegonfoy in the east, by the Oromia Region on the south and west, and by Agalo Mite on the northwest.
Kamashi Zone Kamashi is one of the three Zones in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Kamashi coverss part of the southern bank of the Abay and the valley of the Didessa Rivers; it is bordered on the south and east by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Dabus River which separates it from Asosa and on the north by Metekel and the Amhara Region, which lie on the further bank of the Abay.
Kamasins Kamasins (КамаŃинцы in Russian; self designation: калмажи, or kalmazhi) were a tribe of the Sayan Samoyedic people numbering approx. 500 men, who lived along the Kan River and Mana River in the 17th century (southern part of today's Krasnoyarsk Krai).
Kamatamare Sanuki Kamatamare Sanuki are a football (soccer) club based in Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture of Japan. They play in the Sikoku League, one of the 9 regional leagues that are the 4th tier of the Japanese football hierarchy after J.
Kamato Hongo Kamato Hongo (Japanese: ćś¬é· ă‹ăľă¨ HongĹŤ Kamato, September 16, 1887 – October 31, 2003) was the world's oldest recognized living person from March 2002 until her death. She lived in Kagoshima, on Japan's most southerly major island KyĹ«shĹ«.
Kamau Kambon "Kamau Kambon", born Leroy Jefferson, of Raleigh, North Carolina is former professor of African Studies. While his real name is Leroy Jefferson, he uses several different names such as "Kamau Kambon", "Kamau Rashidi Kambon" and "Dr.
Kama`aina Hawaiian, of Hawaii, a long-time resident, usually regardless of origin of birth or ethnicity. Kama`aina differentiate between, for example, a "kama`aina haole family", as in old missionary families, and a family who has recently relocated from the mainland.
Kambagiri The Kambagiri Swamy temple is located in Dhone Taluk in the Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. The way to reach the temple is to reach Dronachellam (Dhone) by train and then take a bus to Kommemarri or Boorugula to reach the village Racherla.
Kambala Kambala or KamblÄ is a rural sport, prominent in districts of Udupi and Mangalore in Karnataka and also Kasargod district in Kerala. Kambala is basically a traditional buffalo race in muddy waters, held from December till March.
Kambala Girls School Kambala Girls School is an Anglican, independent, preschool to secondary school located on one campus in Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia. It overlooks Sydney Harbour, and from the school one can see both The Sydney Opera House (where the Kambala Music Festival is held once a year) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits Kambalda type nickel ore deposits are a class of magmatic nickel-copper ore deposit in which the physical processes of komatiite volcanology serve to enrich, concentrate and deposit nickel-bearing sulfide within the lava flow environment of an erupting komatiite volcano.
Kambaldaite Kambaldaite, NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O, is an extremely rare hydrated sodium nickel carbonate mineral described from gossanous material associated with Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits at Kambalda, Western Australia, and Widgie Townsite nickel gossan, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia.
Kambar Kambar is one of the greatest Tamil poets. Kambar is populary known for authoring Ramavatharam, (popularly known as Kambaramayanam), the tamil version of Ramayana, or the Story of Rama, one of the oldest epics in human history insprired by the Sanskrit epic.
Kamber and Shahdad Kot District District Kamber Khan or Kamber city or Kamber it is small city in sindh ,it was part of Larkana District but in 2005 government annouced as District, now it self it is District inclduing Shahdadkot city and Kuba Saeed Khan as major citiez.It is located in ShahdadKot and Kamer (or Kamber and ShahdadKot) District.
Kamber Khan Kamber Khan or Kamber city or Kamber it is small city in sindh, it was part of Larkana District but in 2005 government announced as District, now it self it is District including Shahdadkot city and Kuba Saeed Khan as major citiez. It is located in ShahdadKot and Kamer (or Kamber and ShahdadKot) District.
Kamboja Kamboja (Sanskrit: कम्बोज) was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo-Iranian Kshatriya tribe, the Kambojas, settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts, and was located in the Uttarapatha in extreme north-west of the Indian sub-continent, contiguous to the kingdom of Gandhara.
Kamboja Dynasty of Bengal Kamboja was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo-Iranian Kshatriya tribe, the Kambojas, settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts, and was located in the Uttarapatha in extreme north-west of the Indian subcontinent, contiguous to the kingdom of Gandhara.
Kamboja Horsemen The profession of breeding, domesticating, training and utilizing the horses in warfare had originated in the vast Steppes of Central Asia. The Indo-Iranian Kambojas located in Transoxiana had introduced this art as a skillful and specialized profession in north-west, probably in the early Vedic age itself.
Kamboja-Dvaravati Route Kamboja-Dvaravati Route was the name of an ancient high road running from the port of Dwarka in Anarta (Gujarat) in western India to Kamboja Mahajanapada located in parts of north-east Afghanistan and southern Tajikstan. It was the second most important ancient caravan route which linked ancient India with the nations of the north-west.
Kambojas Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient Indian subcontinent and what is now Afghanistan, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda. They apparently belong to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family.
Kambojas and Kambodia Cambodia or Kambodia is the English transliteration of the French name Kambodge, which name stands for Sanskrit Kamboja (Persian Kambujiya or Kambaujiya). In Chinese historical accounts, the land was known as Chenla.
Kambojas in Indian Literature The Kambojas peoples are referenced in numerous Sanskrit and Pali literature including Sama Veda, Atharvaveda, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, Kautiliya's Arthashastra, Yasaka's Nirukata, Buddhist Jatakas, Jaina Canons, ancient grammar books and plays etc.
Kambojas in Indian Traditions Kambojas find repeated reference in ancient Sanskrit and Pali literature including Atharvaveda, Panini's Ashtadhyayi, Yasaka's Nirukata, Mahabharata, Ramayana, numerous Puranas, Kautiliya's Arthashastra, Buddhist Jatakas, Jaina Canons, several Sanskrit plays and numerous other ancient texts.
Kambojas of Panini PÄṇini (पाणिन) was an ancient Sanskrit grammarian born in ShalÄtura, modern Lahur of North-West Frontier province of Pakistan. The place is situated at a distance of four miles from Ohind near Attock on the right bank of Indus River in the ancient Kambojan/Gandharan territory.
Kambrya Kambrya College, is a state funded and operated secondary college in the State of Victoria, Australia. The school is administered by the Victorian Department of Education and Training, and receives sizeable economic and financial contributions from both State and Commonwealth Governments.
Kambuja Kambuja was the ancient name of Cambodia. This name is obviously derived from Sanskrit Kamboja, the name of a well-known ancient tribe of Indo-Iranian affinities, still living as Kamboj & Kamboh in northern India and Pakistan.
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