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Aristotle , pronounced was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy within the Lyceum and the wider Aristotelian tradition. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology, geology, and government. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry. As a result,…
Kabi Samrata Upendra Bhanja was a 17th-century Odia poet-composer of classical Odissi music.He is most known for his Odissi songs and kabyas written in the Odia language, primarily Baidehisa Bilasa, Labanyabati & Koti Brahmanda Sundari. He was born during 1670 (opinions differ between 1670 and 1688) at Kulada a princely state in Bhanjanagar, 80 km from Berhampur city in south of Odisha and died during 1740 .His first wife was the sister of the king of Nayagarh and the daughter of the king of Banapur was his second wife, who was an erudite princess and gave Upendra Bhanja poetical inspiration…
Nachiketa also rendered Nachiketas and Nachiketan, is a character in Hindu literature. He is the son of the sage Vājashravas, or Uddalaki, in some traditions. He is the child protagonist of an ancient Indian, dialogical narrative, about the nature of the atman (soul). His allegorical story is told in the Katha Upanishad (c. 9th century BCE), though the name has several earlier references.[3] He was taught self-knowledge, knowledge about the atman (soul), and the Brahman (Ultimate Reality), by Yama, the god of righteousness. Nachiketa is noted for his rejection of material desires, which are ephemeral, and for his single-minded pursuit…
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane nicknamed “Jack” or “JBS”, was a British, later Indian, scientist who worked in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics. With innovative use of statistics in biology, he was one of the founders of neo-Darwinism. He served in the Great War, and obtained the rank of captain.Despite his lack of an academic degree in the field,he taught biology at the University of Cambridge, the Royal Institution, and University College London.Renouncing his British citizenship, he became an Indian citizen in 1961 and worked at the Indian Statistical Institute for the rest of his life. Haldane’s article on abiogenesis…
Human history in Odisha begins in the Lower Paleolithic era, as Acheulian tools dating to the period have been discovered in various places in the region.The early history of Odisha can be traced back to the mentions found in ancient texts like the Mahabharata, Maha Govinda Sutta and some Puranas.The region was also known to other kingdoms in region of East Indies due to maritime trade relations. Magazine Info Magazine nameOdishara Lahuluhara ItihasEditorAnil Kumar BiswalNo Of pages168PublisherSarbaswata SangrakshitaPublication2011Printed AtNADistributorNA Odishara Lahuluhara Itihas Sample Odishara Lahuluhara Itihas Full Pdf Download
Ramchundra (Ramachandra Lal) was a British Indian mathematician. His book, Treatise on Problems of Maxima and Minima, was promoted by the prominent mathematician Augustus De Morgan. Writing in his preface to the treatise, De Morgan states that Ramchundra was born in 1821 in Panipat to Sunder Lal, a Kayasth of Delhi. He came to De Morgan’s attention when, in 1850, a friend sent him Ramchundra’s work on maxima and minima. The 29-year-old self-taught mathematician had published the book at his own expense in Calcutta in that year. De Morgan was so impressed that he arranged for the book to be…
Magazine Info Magazine nameOdia Jatira Itihasa / ଓଡିଆ ଜାତିର ଇତିହାସEditorDr Nabin Kumar SahooNo Of pages550PublisherDr Nabin Kumar SahooPublication1974Printed AtBhbaneswarDistributorNA
Oriyan playwright Gopal Chhotray writes plays. He was born in Orissa state in 1916. He is recognised as the innovator who introduced the Geetinatya, or “plays in verses,” genre to Orissan drama. His plays helped revive interest in Orissan performing arts in the late 1940s. In Indian theatrical heritage, he is regarded as a notable theatre personality. Sahadarmini, Panchanatika, Na Pahu Rati, Kapatapasha, Hasyarasara nataka, and Babu Candramani are some of his best-known works. He created more than 500 radio plays, including musicals and features, and made it commonplace for people to listen to his works. Among the earliest chain-play…
Harekrushna Mahatab was the leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1956 to 1961. He was popularly known by the sobriquet “Utkal Keshari”. Harekrushna Mahtab was born at Agarpada village in Bhadrak district of Odisha. He was born to Krushna Charan Das and Tohapha Debi in an aristocratic Khandayat family. After passing his matriculation examination from Bhadrak High School, he joined Ravenshaw College, Cuttack but left his studies in 1921 to join the independence movement. He was the founder of…
Books Info Books NameBabaji Nataka/ ବାବାଜୀ ନାଟକEditorGopal ChhotrayNo Of pages82PublisherKalia PanigrahyPublication1930Edition1stDistributorNA Babaji Nataka Full PDF Download