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  2. Body shaming - Wikipedia

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    Body shaming is the action or inaction of subjecting someone to humiliation and criticism for their bodily features. The scope of body shaming is wide, and includes, although is not limited to fat-shaming, shaming for thinness, height-shaming, shaming of hairiness (or lack thereof), of hair color, body shape, one's muscularity (or lack thereof ...

  3. Sogasu jūḍa taramā - Wikipedia

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    Sogasu jūḍa taramā is a popular Telugu composition of Tyagaraja Swamy in Raga kannaḍa Gauḷa. Lyric and meaning [ edit ] The form of Sogasu jūḍa taramā consists of traditional Carnatic sections, with the meanings in the table below.

  4. Purdah - Wikipedia

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    Pardah or purdah (from Hindi-Urdu پردہ, पर्दा, meaning "curtain") is a religious and social practice of gender partition prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities. It takes two forms: social partition of the sexes and the requirement that women cover their bodies so as to cover their skin and conceal their form.

  5. Hijra (South Asia) - Wikipedia

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    Bol (Urdu: بول meaning Speak), is a 2011 Urdu-language Pakistani social drama film. It concerns a patriarch, Hakim, who is a misogynist, a domestic abuser, a bigot and a zealot who forces religion on his family. They face financial difficulties due to Hakim wanting a son.

  6. Chaturvimshatimurti - Wikipedia

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    The achamanam is a ritual where these names are used while simultaneously touching the numerous parts of the body to purify them. The names form an important part of the Bhakti tradition, with saints such as Purandara Dasa having sung many devotional songs in their praise.

  7. Manisha Panchakam - Wikipedia

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    Manisha Panchakam is a stotra containing five verses ( slokas) [1] composed by Shri Adi Shankaracharya, [2] the Hindu philosopher. It is said that in these five verses Shankara brings out the essence of Advaita Vedanta . The word Manisha means firm conviction, and Panchak means five. So the name of the stotra can be translated as "Five verses ...

  8. Daksha yajna - Wikipedia

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    Daksha yajna. Sati confronts Daksha. Dakṣayajña [note 1] [1] [2] is an important event in Hindu mythology that is narrated in various Hindu scriptures. It refers to a yajna (ritual-sacrifice) organised by Daksha, where his daughter, Sati, immolates herself. The wrath of the god Shiva, Sati's husband, thereafter destroys the sacrificial ceremony.

  9. Manipura - Wikipedia

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    These petals correspond to the vrittis of spiritual ignorance, thirst, jealousy, treachery, shame, fear, disgust, delusion, foolishness and sadness. The petals represent the ten Prānas (currents and energy vibrations) that are regulated by the Manipūra Chakra. The five Prāna Vayus are: Prāna, Apāna, Udāna, Samāna And Vyāna.