Āstika ( IAST :) is a Sanskrit adjective ( and noun ) that is derived from asti (" it is or exists ") meaning " believing " or " pious "; or " one who believes in the existence.

The mediaeval sources of oneirocritic literature are Āstika ( Hindu ), Persian, Arabic, and European.

The converse term to Vamacara is Dakshinachara ( Sanskrit ) ( glossed ' Right-Hand Path ') which is used to refer not only to ' orthodox ' ( Sanskrit: Āstika ) sects but to modes of spirituality that engage in spiritual practices that not only accord with Vedic injunction but are generally agreeable to the status quo.

Rājarshi ( 2001: p. 45 ) conveys his estimation of the historical synthesis of the School of Yoga ( one of the six Āstika schools of Hinduism ) which he holds introduces the principle of " Isvara " as Saguna Brahman, to reconcile the extreme views of Vedanta's " advandva " and Sankya's " dvandva ":

While the early nāstika systems such as Cārvāka and Ājīvika gradually became extinct or evolved into others, the Jain and Buddhist traditions spun off into what may be described today as separate religions, distinct from Hinduism ( which is now restrictively meant to encompass only the six orthodox Āstika philosophical systems ).

Cārvāka emerged as an alternative to the orthodox Hindu pro-Vedic Āstika schools, as well as a philosophical predecessor to subsequent or contemporaneous nāstika philosophies such as Ājīvika, Jainism and Buddhism ( the latter two later spinning off into what may be described today as separate religions ) in the classical period of Indian philosophy.

Rājarshi ( 2001: p. 45 ) conveys his estimation of the historical synthesis of the School of Yoga ( one of the six Āstika schools of Sanatana Dharma ) which he holds introduces the principle of " Isvara " as Saguna Brahman, to reconcile the extreme views of Vedanta's " advandva " and Sankya's " dvandva ":

Sāmkhya is one of the six orthodox systems ( Āstika, those systems that recognize Vedic authority ) of Hindu philosophy.

Sāmkhya is an Āstika philosophy, i. e, following the Vedas.

One is the primary purpose for which marriage exists, namely, the continuance of the race through the gift and heritage of children ; ;

For example Connecticut applies the following standard to review unpreserved claims: 1. the record is adequate to review the alleged claim of error ; 2. the claim is of constitutional magnitude alleging the violation of a fundamental right ; 3. the alleged constitutional violation clearly exists and clearly deprived the defendant of a fair trial ; 4. if subject to harmless error analysis, the state has failed to demonstrate harmlessness of the alleged constitutional violation beyond a reasonable doubt.

Among the letters of Julian are two ( 29 and 30 ) addressed to Alypius ; one inviting him to Rome, the other thanking him for a geographical treatise, which no longer exists.

Idealists are skeptics about the physical world, maintaining either: 1 ) that nothing exists outside the mind, or 2 ) that we would have no access to a mind-independent reality even if it may exist ; the latter case often takes the form of a denial of the idea that we can have unconceptualised experiences ( see Myth of the Given ).

; Identity element: There exists an element e in A, such that for all elements a in A, the equation holds.

; Inverse element: For each a in A, there exists an element b in A such that a • b

Whether or not an object is present in a set ; that is, exists there as a being, is based on universal experience or evidence of it.

In Chapter nine, Job recognizes the chasm that exists between him and God: “ For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together .” Job ’ s regret is that he has no arbiter to act as a go-between ; that Job cannot reconcile himself with God anticipates the need for the Messiah to become incarnate.

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Issues of concern in the philosophy of consciousness include whether the concept is fundamentally valid ; whether consciousness can ever be explained mechanistically ; whether non-human consciousness exists and if so how it can be recognized ; how consciousness relates to language ; and whether it may ever be possible for computers or robots to be conscious.

" He suggested instead that the Copenhagen interpretation follows the principle: " What is observed certainly exists ; about what is not observed we are still free to make suitable assumptions.

Almost all metal exists in a polycrystalline state ; amorphous or single-crystal metals must be produced synthetically, often with great difficulty.

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Second, he does not say that his existence is necessary ; he says that if he thinks, then necessarily he exists ( see the instantiation principle ).

Christianity posits that God exists as a Trinity ; in this view God exists as three distinct persons who share a single divine essence, or substance.

If this limit exists, then it may be computed by taking the limit as h → 0 along the real axis or imaginary axis ; in either case it should give the same result.

The legacy of the shield among other comics characters includes the time-traveling mutant superhero Cable telling Captain America that his shield still exists in one of the possible futures ; Cable carries it into battle and brandishes it as a symbol.

It is said that the rivalry was fueled in the 1970s due to the stark contrast of the teams: the Cowboys, being more of a " flashy " team with Roger Staubach's aerial attack and the " flex " Doomsday Defense ; while the Steelers were more of a " blue-collar " team with a strong running game and the 1970s-esque Steel Curtain defense, a contrast that still exists today.

The meaning of the epithet " Lyceus " later became associated Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddes of Lycia ( Λυκία ) and who was identified with the wolf ( λύκος ), earning him the epithets Lycegenes ( ; Λυκηγενής, Lukēgenēs, literally " born of a wolf " or " born of Lycia ") and Lycoctonus ( ; Λυκοκτόνος, Lukoktonos, from λύκος, " wolf ", and κτείνειν, " to kill ").

He was worshipped as Acraephius ( ; Ἀκραιφιος, Akraiphios, literally " Acraephian ") or Acraephiaeus ( ; Ἀκραιφιαίος, Akraiphiaios, literally " Acraephian ") in the Boeotian town of Acraephia ( Ἀκραιφία ), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus ; and as Smintheus ( ; Σμινθεύς, Smintheus, " Sminthian "— that is, " of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe ") near the Troad town of Hamaxitus.

For this he was also known as Parnopius ( ; Παρνόπιος, Parnopios, from πάρνοψ, " locust ") and to the Romans as Culicarius ( ; from Latin culicārius, " of midges ").

He was also called Agyieus ( ; Ἀγυιεύς, Aguīeus, from ἄγυια, " street ") for his role in protecting roads and homes ; and as Nomius ( ; Νόμιος, Nomios, literally " pastoral ") and Nymphegetes ( ; Νυμφηγέτης, Numphēgetēs, from Νύμφη, " Nymph ", and ἡγέτης, " leader ") in his role as a protector of shepherds and pastoral life.

Adobe (, ; Arabic: الطوب ) is a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material ( sticks, straw, and / or manure ), which the builders shape into bricks ( using frames ) and dry in the sun.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (, Anatolij Evgen ' evič Karpov ; born May 23, 1951 ) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

Aeschylus (, Aiskhulos ; c. 525 / 524 BC – c. 456 / 455 BC ) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

The Acts of the Apostles (, Práxeis tōn Apostólōn ; ), usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament ; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age.

In that paper Faraday explained that when an electrolytic cell is oriented so that electric current traverses the " decomposing body " ( electrolyte ) in a direction " from East to West, or, which will strengthen this help to the memory, that in which the sun appears to move ", the anode is where the current enters the electrolyte, on the East side: " ano upwards, odos a way ; the way which the sun rises " (, reprinted in ).

Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (, ; – 11 June 1970 ) was a major political leader before and during the Russian Revolutions of 1917.

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Abigail (, spelled Abigal in ) was the wife of Nabal ; she became a wife of David after Nabal's death ( 1 Samuel ).

Aron Nimzowitsch ( or Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich, or Aaron Nimzovich ) (, ; born Aron Niemzowitsch ) ( 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935 ) was a Russian-born, Danish leading chess master and a very influential chess writer.

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Albert Frederick (, ; 7 May 1553 Königsberg – 28 August 1618 Fischhausen ) was duke of Prussia from 1568 until his death.

Babrak Karmal (, born Sultan Hussein ; 6 January 1929 – 1 or 3 December 1996 ) was an Afghan politician and statesman during the Cold War.

Boer (,, or ; ) is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer, which came to denote the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century, as well as those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State, Transvaal ( which are together known as the Boer Republics ), and to a lesser extent Natal.

Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (, commonly transliterated as Khmelnytsky ; ; ) ( c. 1595 – 6 August 1657 ) was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth ( now part of Ukraine ).

Khmer (, ; or more formally,, ), or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia.

Constantinople (, Κωνσταντινούπολη-Konstantinoúpolis, Konstantinoúpoli ; ;-Kostantiniyye ; and modern ) was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Latin and the Ottoman Empire.

These came from Buddhist beliefs ; the classical Chinese elements (, go gyô ) are also prominent in Japanese culture, especially to the influential Neo-Confucianists during the Edo period.

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (, Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza ; short: КПСС, KPSS ) was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world.

Hanukkah (, Tiberian:, usually spelled, pronounced in Modern Hebrew ; also romanized as Chanukah, Chanukkah, Chanuka, or Khanukah ), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple ( the Second Temple ) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.

A minority view in Christianity, known as Christian Torah-submission, holds that the Mosaic law as it is written is binding on all followers of God under the New Covenant, even for Gentiles, because it views God ’ s commands as " everlasting " (, ;, ; ) and " good " (; ; ).