His spiritual stature was confirmed by Sri Ramakrishna, the great Hindu sage of the 19th century who paid Devendranath a visit.

" Dag Øistein Endsjø, another scholar of religion, points out how a number of those often defined as dying-and-rising-deities, like Jesus and a number of figures in ancient Greek religion, actually died as ordinary mortals, only to become gods of various stature after they were resurrected from the dead.

An anonymous writer in 1686 wrote of Florence MacCarthy, drawing on a contemporary description in Pacata Hibernia, ‘ Of all the MacCarthys, none was ever more famous than … Florence, who was a man of extraordinary stature ( being like Saul higher by the head and shoulders than any of his followers ) and as great policy with competent courage and as much zeal as anybody for what he falsely imagined to be the true religion, and the liberty of his country.

His respected stature during the birth of Islam is often cited by Muslims as evidence of the importance of pluralism and racial equality in the foundations of the religion.

`` Such a vicious statement can only have its origin in the desire of a new political candidate to try to make his name known by condemning a man of world stature.

The remaining Board positions are known as Independent Governors ( also referred to as Outside Governors ), and are selected from among individuals, preferably of national stature, and can not be employees or officers of the partner companies.

In childhood, a short stature can be indicative of Turner syndrome.

He is of noble stature, neither tall nor short, and as handsome in complexion and shape as a man can be.

In 2005, Ebert opined that video games are not art, and are inferior to media created through authorial control, such as film and literature, stating, " video games can be elegant, subtle, sophisticated, challenging and visually wonderful ", but " the nature of the medium prevents it from moving beyond craftsmanship to the stature of art ".

Characteristic of PWS is " low muscle tone, short stature, incomplete sexual development, cognitive disabilities, problem behaviors, and a chronic feeling of hunger that can lead to excessive eating and life-threatening obesity.

Short stature can be inherited without any coexisting disease.

( Much of the text can be found at " Vivarchive " and at " Rawlinson End Book ") In the 1970s he recorded numerous sessions for BBC Radio 1's John Peel show which elaborated, with a mixture of eloquence and irreverence, on the weird and wonderful adventures of the inebriated and blimpish Sir Henry Rawlinson, his dotty wife Great Aunt Florrie, his " unusual " brother Hubert ( who, for speed, stature and far-seeing, habitually goes on stilts ), old Scrotum the wrinkled retainer, Mrs E, the rambling and unhygienic cook, and many other inhabitants of the crumbly Rawlinson End, plus its environs.

GH can be used to treat conditions that produce short stature but are not related to deficiencies in GH.

Despite the small size of coins and the limitations of reproducing the real image in the die during that time, it can be judged from his figures on the coins that he was ' tall in stature and of good physique.

A measure of Bolet's stature can be given by the fact that the dean of American music critics, Harold C. Schonberg, considered him " a kind of latter-day Josef Lhévinne ".

At the end of the day, Winnicott is one of the few twentieth-century analysts who, in stature, breadth ( and minuteness ) of observations, and theoretical fertility can perhaps legitimately be compared to Sigmund Freud: ' some genius analysts, such as Freud and Winnicott ... learned naturally how to learn from their patients.

This help can also be directed towards other members, increasing the stature of committee members in the House and helping them gain support for leadership positions or other honors.

Shortened stature can result from growth hormone deficiency, starvation, portal systemic shunts, renal disease, hypothyroidism diabetes mellitus and other conditions.

As with animals, plants can be dwarfed through genetic engineering and selective breeding, but can also undergo natural, morphological changes to acclimatize to environmental stresses such as soil quality, light, drought, flood, cold, infection, and herbivory resulting in a dwarfed stature.

Though of equally impressive stature, these two trees can be distinguished readily from Guanacaste: Ardillo has tan-colored, heavily wrinkled and rough bark-nothing like Guanacaste's unmistakably gray, and vertically cracked cortex.

It is a popular destination for hikers due to its stature and expansive views, and the peak can get very crowded in the summer months.

On the one hand, we can be informed by previous bioethical work on physical enhancements such as doping for strength in sports and the use of human growth hormone for normal boys of short stature.

Towering in stature, Omega is a Headmaster whose consciousness is housed in the small robot which forms his head ( apparently designed to resemble Omega Spreem ), and his body splits in two when it transforms, forming a Cybertronian train and battleship, which can link together end-to-end to form a “ Cybertronian super train .” The separate halves can also transform into weapon turrets.

A pitcher's size, stature, athleticism, and pitches style ( and / or type of pitch thrown ) can also play a role in how many pitches a pitcher can throw in a single game while maintaining effectiveness and without risking injury.

) Bangkok gossips like to swap tales of his lurid personal life ... Besides, no successor, however worthy, can hope to equal the stature King Bhumibol has attained after 64 years on the throne.

Born into a family of relatively low status, his parents sent him to be educated by the monks of Fulda-one of the most impressive centres of learning in the Frank lands-perhaps due to his small stature ( Einhard referred to himself as a " tiny manlet ") which restricted his riding and sword-fighting ability, Einhard concentrated his energies towards scholarship and especially to the mastering of Latin.

Pope Boniface VIII his extraordinary shortness of stature led the pope to believe he was kneeling, and to ask him three times to rise, to the immense merriment of the cardinals ; and that he had a daughter, Novella, so accomplished in law as to be able to read her father's lectures in his absence, and so beautiful, that she had to read behind a curtain lest her face should distract the attention of the students.

Depending on the stature of the posek and the quality of the decision, an interpretation may also be gradually accepted by rabbis and members of similar Jewish communities.

In 1939 the Liberals, recognizing that they would have to choose someone with national stature to be president if they wanted to hold onto power, picked General Estigarribia, the hero of the Chaco War who had since served as special envoy to the United States.

He considered the teachings to be of questionable stature and believed they could introduce errors.

Whether Horowitz ' characterization as " insignificant in stature ," which is typical of many of his more critical biographers, is to be indulged is another matter.

Ammianus Marcellinus considered the Alans to be the former Massagetae: " the Alani, who were formerly called the Massagetae " and stated " Nearly all the Alani are men of great stature and beauty ; their hair is somewhat yellow, their eyes are terribly fierce ".

After Schwarzenberg's premature death in 1852, he could not be replaced by statesmen of equal stature, and the Emperor effectively took over himself as prime minister.

In the New York Review of Books, Thomas Sheehan wrote at the time in Negri's defense, " Negri is a figure of some stature in Italy, and his arrest might be compared, imperfectly, to jailing Herbert Marcuse a decade ago on suspicion of being the brains behind the Weathermen.

Throughout the early drafts, and through to the first edition of The Hobbit Bladorthin / Gandalf is described as being a " little old man ", distinct from a dwarf, but not of the full human stature that would later be described in The Lord of the Rings.

His interest in portraiture led Degas to study carefully the ways in which a person's social stature or form of employment may be revealed by their physiognomy, posture, dress, and other attributes.

:... a monstrosity of a man, a pygmy, fat-headed and like a mole as to the smallness of his eyes ; disgusting with his short, broad, thick, and half hoary beard ; disgraced by a neck an inch long ; very bristly through the length and thickness of his hair ; in color an Ethiopian ; one whom it would not be pleasant to meet in the middle of the night ; with extensive belly, lean of loin, very long of hip considering his short stature, small of shank, proportionate as to his heels and feet ; clad in a garment costly but too old, and foul-smelling and faded through age ; shod with Sicyonian shoes ; bold of tongue, a fox by nature, in perjury, and lying a Ulysses.

Though it attracted scant initial attention, its critical stature grew markedly over the years — with Veedon Fleece now often considered to be one of Morrison's most impressive and poetic works.

In ancient times there was obviously no knowledge of dinosaurs or mammoths, and such findings were believed to be actual remains of legendary heroes or demigods, and to reflect the supposedly supernatural stature of humans of the long-bygone Heroic Age.

Ovid also tells that Anna, although Magistra Silverman believes her to be fully grown, was actually a person of small stature.

Bow discovered that as she grew into womanhood, her stature as a " boy " in her old gang would be " impossible ".

Slaughter was small in stature but that did not deter him from becoming a man to be feared and respected by those on the side of the law — and by those who were not — when he was elected Sheriff of Cochise County in 1886.

Short stature alone, in the absence of any other abnormalities, may be the result of the distribution of offspring height from short-statured parents, rather than a symptom of any medical condition.

Later most people of short stature considered the word to be offensive because it was the descriptive term applied to P. T. Barnum's dwarfs used for public amusement during the freak show era.