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Garuda Purana, Purvakhanda, chapter 68 (translator: MN Dutt) The Garuda Purana describes 14 gems, their varieties, and how to test their quality. The gems discussed include ruby, pearl, yellow sapphire, hessonite, emerald, diamond, cats eye, blue sapphire, coral, red garnet, jade, colorless quartz, and bloodstone. The technical discussion of gems in the text is woven with its theories on the ...
Garuda ( Sanskrit: गरुड, romanized : Garuḍa; Pali: गरुळ, romanized: Garuḷa; Vedic Sanskrit: गरुळ, IAST: Garuḷa) is a Hindu deity who is primarily depicted as the mount ( vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu. This divine creature is mentioned in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths. [ 1][ 5][ 6] Garuda is also the half ...
Garuda Shield 2009 logo. This was the third year for the Garuda Shield joint-exercise. This joint-exercise took place in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.It is a continuation of ongoing joint efforts co sponsored by the U.S. military (USPACOM) and Indonesian Army to provide assistance and training to the Indonesian military, support U.S. and Indonesian security objectives, and provide ...
The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 113 BCE in central India [ 1] in Besnagar ( Vidisha ), Madhya Pradesh. The pillar was called the Garuda-standard by Heliodorus (ambassador), referring to the deity Garuda. The pillar is commonly named after Heliodorus, who was an ambassador of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas from ...
KGF: Chapter 2 is a 2022 Indian Kannada -language period action film [ 19] written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner Hombale Films. The second installment in a three-part series, it serves as a sequel to the 2018 film KGF: Chapter 1. The film stars an ensemble cast of Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena ...
Reyn (Rhein) Altin Johannes Lumenta or R.A.J. Lumenta (February 26, 1933 in Surabaya – September 28, 2003 in Jakarta) was the President and CEO of Garuda Indonesia, the Indonesian National Airline, in the period of 1984–1988, replacing Wiweko Soepono. Born in Surabaya, East Java, from a Manado ethnic family of Sulawesi, Lumenta grew up in ...
Garudasana is an asymmetric position in which one leg, say the right, is crossed over the left, while the arm on the opposite side, say the left, is crossed over the right, and the palms are pressed together. Like all poses on one leg, it demands, and may help to build, balance and concentration. [ 8] According to Satyananda Saraswati, the two ...
7 September 1974. Fokker F27-600 PK-GFJ struck buildings while on approach to Branti Airport in Bandar Lampung, killing 33 of 36 people on board. [ 11] 4 December 1974. Martinair Flight 138 (PH-MBH) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing all 191 on board. 24 September 1975.