Among these are treatises such as the Shikand-gumanic Vichar by Mardan-Farrux Ohrmazddadan, selections of Denkard, Wizidagīhā-ī Zātspram (" Selections of Zātspram ") as well as older passages of the book Avesta, the Gathas which are attributed to Zarathustra himself and regarded as his " direct teachings ".

Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India and, as such, Hinduism is often called the " oldest living religion " or the " oldest living major religion " in the world.

Among the defeated bills was one allowing merchant ships to arm themselves, and another allowing the US government to make direct arms sales to the allies.

Among the most important are those that grant him authority over virtually all appointments and removals of public officials, and even popular elected ones ; empower him to promulgate the laws passed by Congress ; direct him to engage in diplomatic relations ; and empower him to command, to deploy, and to make appointments in, the armed forces.

Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India and, as such, Hinduism is often called the " oldest living religion " or the " oldest living major religion " in the world.

Among the pioneering observations carried out using the VLT are the first direct image of an exoplanet, the tracking of individual stars moving around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, and observations of the afterglow of the furthest known gamma-ray burst.

Among these, multiple Internet-based organizations have developed platforms that facilitate a modified form of peer-to-peer lending where a loan is not made in the form of a single, direct loan, but as the aggregation of a number of smaller loans — often at a negligible interest rate.

Among the changes: the primary election cycle would start nearly a year earlier than in previous cycles, states from the West and the South would be included in the earlier part of the schedule, and candidates who run in primary elections not held in accordance with the DNC's proposed schedule ( as the DNC does not have any direct control over each state's official election schedules ) would be penalized by being stripped of delegates won in offending states.

Among his direct descendants are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and author Violet Trefusis, who was a daughter of Alice Keppel ( Alice Frederica Keppel, née Edmonstone ), royal mistress of Edward VII, and George Keppel, son of the 7th Earl of Albemarle.

Among the organisers is the Ukrainian women's direct action group FEMEN, which aims " to shake women in Ukraine, making them socially active ; to organize in 2017 a women's revolution.

Among the oldest described surgical procedures, tracheotomy ( also referred to as tracheostomy ) consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea.

Among the present day artists, Atul Dodiya, Bose Krishnamacnahri, Devajyoti Ray and Shibu Natesan represent a new era of Indian art where global art shows direct amalgamation with Indian classical styles.

Among cruise lines, some are direct descendants of the traditional passenger shipping lines, while others were founded from the 1960s on specifically for cruising.

Among his direct spiritual heirs are several major religious denominations, including Seventh-day Adventists and Advent Christians.

Among the plotters, John Row from Bristol was considered particularly unreliable, and he had a direct connection to the Monmouth household to offer as information ; a number of steps were taken to silence him, and his life was under threat more than once.

Among the main items on PV's agenda are Federalism, environmentalism, human rights, a form of direct democracy, Parliamentarism, welfare, civil liberties, pacifism and marijuana legalization under specific conditions.

Among the causes of the disaster were the ill-defined relationship between Durnford and Pulleine, brought about by failures of Lord Chelmsford's command and control, a lack of good intelligence on the size and location of Zulu forces which resulted in Chelmsford splitting his force and, most decidedly, Chelmsford's decision not to fortify the camp ( which was in direct violation of his own standing pre-campaign orders ).

Among the more recent generation of film-makers to emerge from World in Action were Alex Holmes, who became editor of the BBC2 documentary strand Modern Times and went on to write and direct the Bafta-winning dramatised documentary series Dunkirk for the BBC ; and Katy Jones, a former WIA producer, who became a key collaborator with the screen writer Jimmy McGovern as a producer on his award-winning drama-documentaries Hillsborough and Sunday.

Among occasional tasks too numerous to provide a complete list, volunteers assist with tri-annual audience surveys, drive company vehicles for visiting dignitaries, direct traffic during “ strike ” at the end of the season, and walk dog actors before and after shows.

Among the artists in whose work can be seen the direct influence of Michelangelo are Pontormo, Andrea del Sarto, Correggio, Tintoretto, Annibale Carracci, Paolo Veronese and El Greco.

Among these features were a new chapter in which Psaro is available as a party member ( as well as a prologue chapter ), an intra-party talk command similar to Dragon Quest VII, and the ability to turn off the artificial intelligence for party members to allow for direct control of their attacks ( except UC Party Members ).

Among other things, IBM's development and marketing of Lotus SmartSuite placed it in direct competition with Microsoft Office.

Among them, the Ghattadakore is a direct branch of Coastal Yakshagana, while Mudalapaya is the most closely connected form.

Among these is Nação Iracema, founded in 2002 by Lúcia Simão and William Augusto Pereira, heads of the first black family in Fortaleza to direct a maracatu nation ( current as of 2009 ).

Among other things, this would allow scientists to identify a common Y chromosome in male descendants of Confucius.

Among Northwest Caucasian languages, only Abkhaz and Abaza have noun class, making use of a human male / human female / non-human distinction.

Among modern English speakers, solar deities are popularly thought of as male counterparts of the lunar deity ( usually female ); however, sun goddesses are found on every continent ( e. g. Amaterasu in Japanese belief ) paired with male lunar deities.

Among survey respondents, 56 % were female and 44 % male ; 80 % were married.

Among the results of this study was the conclusion that the male's teeth are actually a secondary sexual characteristic, similar to the antlers of male deer.

Among the microcephalics who appear in the film ( and are referred to as " pinheads ") were Zip and Pip ( Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow ) and Schlitzie, a male named Simon Metz who wore a dress mainly due to incontinence, a disputed claim.

Among non-twin births, male singletons are slightly ( about five percent ) more common than female singletons.

Among the Bari tribe of Venezuela, when a woman becomes pregnant, the women often take other male lovers.

Among active players, male or female, she holds the most Major titles amid singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

Among them are manga and anime such as Dr. Slump ", Dragonball Z, Clannad, Detective Conan, YuYu Hakusho, Urusei Yatsura, Love Hina ( whose lead male character is called Urashima Keitaro, and with a girl named Otohime Mutsumi ), Doraemon, Gintama, Kamen Rider Den-O ( the namesake of the Imagin Urataros, given by Naomi ), Cowboy Bebop, Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi, Ghost Sweeper Mikami and RahXephon.

Among their leaders were the first women's World All-Around Champion Vlasta Děkanová ( 1934, 1938 ) and Věra Čáslavská who won outright all ( 5 ) European, World and Olympic All-Around titles during an Olympic cycle from 1964 to 1968 — a feat never matched by any other gymnast ( male or female ).

Among the features that have contributed to its cult appeal are the theme song, the dubbed dialogue spoken in a variety of over-the-top " Oriental " accents, ( except for Sandy who inexplicably speaks with an English accent ), the reasonably good synchronization of dubbing to the actors ' original dialogue, the fact that the young priest Tripitaka was played by a woman and the fact that Guan yin, who is usually depicted in statues and paintings as a female, is portrayed by a male.

Among the upper classes, women seem to have been well-educated, some highly so, and were sometimes praised by the male historians for their learning and cultivation.

Among the maternal mouthbrooding cichlids, it is quite common ( e. g., among the mbuna ) for the male to fertilise the eggs only once they are in the female's mouth.

** Among Marathi language speaking people ( predominantly of Maharashtra ), parents threaten the misbehaving children with a male ghost called ' Buva ' ( ब ु व ा).

* Among the sexual depictions in Neolithic and Bronze Age drawings and figurines from the Mediterranean are, as one author describes it, a " third sex " human figure having female breasts and male genitals or without distinguishing sex characteristics.

Among other uses, the word was applied to the poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census.

Among monkeys, Lionel Tiger and Robin Fox conducted a study on how Depo-Provera contraceptives lead to decreased male attraction to females and eventually to male homosexuality.

Among his works are a large number of pieces for male voice choir, five symphonies and three orchestral " Swedish Rhapsodies.

Among the male members the eldest sthani ( designate ) is titled as Valluvakonathiri and the rest four were " Vellalpadu ", " Thachalpadu ", " Idatharapadu " and " Kulathur Thampuran " respectively.

Among Eastern tribes, stomp dances feature male singers with accompaniment by women's turtle shell leg rattles.

Among German male singers of the 1950s and 1960s, only Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau commanded such widespread admiration and affection.