Several contemporary groups, collectively termed Hindu reform movements, strive to introduce regeneration and reform to Hinduism.

Several religious holidays are recognized as official holidays, including Hari Raya Puasa ( Muslim ), Hari Raya Haji ( Muslim ), the Prophet's birthday ( Muslim ), Wesak Day ( Buddhist ), Deepavali ( Hindu ), Thaipusam ( Hindu ), Christmas ( Christian ), and, in Sabah and Sarawak, Good Friday ( Christian ).

Several of his leading followers had names such as Agni, Yama, Mara, and Kali which are names out of Hindu mythology.

Several names of various Kunwor's show up when reading Nepali history from the early 1700s to the mid-1950s and they would have been relatives of each others as all Kunwars in Nepal are somehow related and would have celebrated some of the major Hindu festivals together.

Several other Hindu monastic and Ekadandi traditions remained outside the organization of the Dasanamis.

Several notable ancient Indonesian Hindu kingdoms are Mataram, famous for the construction of the majestic Prambanan temple, followed by Kediri and Singhasari.

Several Hindu temples, mosques, and other place of worship include Foochow Methodist Church, Kampong Kapor Methodist Church, Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, Angullia Mosque, Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple, Jalan Mosque, and the Central Sikh Gurdwara.

" Several cases of sati occur each year, and even when death is avoided, widowhood in high-caste Hindu cultures can still have unfortunate consequences by Western standards.

Several Indian castes such as the Sainis of Punjab and contiguous regions, the Sainis and the Seuna Yadavs of Devagiri claim descent from the Hindu God Krishna.

Several Hindu temples were attacked in the riots of 1983 in Colombo and South of Sri Lanka.

Several Yogācāra notions basic to the Abhidharma wing Yogācāra came under severe attack by other Buddhists, especially the notion of ālaya-vijñāna, which was denounced as something akin to the Hindu notions of ātman ( permanent, invariant self ) and ( primordial substrative nature from which all mental, emotional and physical things evolve ).

Several such urban legends describe Banneker's alleged activities in the Washington, D. C. area around the time that he assisted Andrew Ellicott in the federal district boundary survey.

Several independent journalists who have investigated the history of Opus Dei, among them Vatican analyst John L. Allen, Jr., have argued that many of these accusations are unproven or have grown from black legends propagated by enemies of Escrivá and his organization.

Several legends have developed explaining its origin.

Several aging legends in the business, such as Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng, suddenly found themselves the center of attention, receiving acclaim and accolades after decades of being virtually ignored by audiences and industry professionals alike.

Several Indonesian pop and ballad singers were survived through decades and become Indonesian music legends, such as Iwan Fals, Franky Sahilatua and Chrisye.

* " Laws and Customs among the Eldar " — Several essays and legends on the Eldar, particularly mating and naming customs of the Elves, and Tolkien's conceptions of the soul and body.

Several legends explain the origin of the name.

Several legends surround the hellebore ; in witchcraft it is believed to have ties to summoning demons.

Several characters ' elements and experiences mirror the legends of Great Britain and other lands ( e. g., King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, Alfred the Great, Baba Yaga, and Amaterasu ).

Several legends describe how Beauclerk became Earl of Burford.

Several historical records including many other legends also indicate that Patan is the oldest of all the cities of Kathmandu Valley.

Several urban legends exist regarding the chariot sequence.

Several local legends are linked to him, and although the citizens of Miskolc are not superstitious, some traditions connected with the curses Bató laid on those who defy his will, remain.

Several origin legends for the Scots were created during the historical period, serving various purposes.

Several legends mentioning Příbram in the early history of Czech statehood are mentioned in the Annales Bohemorum (, " the Bohemian Chronicle ") written by Václav Hájek z Libočan in first half of 16th century.

Several urban legends surround the former town.

Several legends attempt to explain the name of the rock, one of which involves a Dutchman being shipwrecked and finding himself in the unlikely position of clinging on to the rock.

Several legends surround the Drachenfels, most famous of which is the one which recounts that Siegfried – the hero of the Nibelungenlied – killed the dragon Fafnir, who lived in a cave in the mountain, then bathed in its blood to become invulnerable.

Several local legends are narrated in respect of the history of founding the hermitage by Bzod pa rgya mtsho who lived in a cave here under the direction of the local deity.

Several terms are used to refer to features and components of bones throughout the body:

Several of these communities do not actually border the Detroit River ; the term " Downriver " is used to refer to a cluster of 18 suburban communities that lie to the southwest of the city of Detroit and to the west of the Detroit River.

Several countries refer to Type 1 FGM as sunna circumcision.

Several verses speak of Isaac as a " gift " to Abraham ( VI: 84 ; XIX: 49-50 ), and XXIX: 26-27 adds that God made " prophethood and the Book to be among his offspring ", which has been interpreted to refer to Abraham's two prophetic sons, his prophetic grandson Jacob, and his prophetic great-grandson Joseph.

Several poems attributed to Taliesin, a poet said to have lived in the 6th century, also refer to Arthur, although these all probably date from between the 8th and 12th centuries.

Several other contemporary authors refer to Oxford as an openly acknowledged poet, and Puttenham himself quotes one of Oxford's verses elsewhere in the book, referring to him by name as the author.

Several of these churches refer to such claims as ultramontanism.

Several different terms are used to refer to the second coming of Christ.

Several talmudic sources indicating ancient Jewish practice refer to the use of small pebbles, often carried in a special bag, and also to the use of dry grass and of the smooth edges of broken pottery jugs ( e. g., Shabbat 81a, 82a, Yevamot 59b ).

Several sources refer to a wide variety of cheetah vocalizations, but most of these lack a detailed acoustic description which makes it difficult to reliably assess exactly what terms refer to exactly what vocalizations.

Several colloquial terms used to refer to central obesity, and to people who have it, refer to beer drinking.

Several Catholic colleges and universities, particularly those run by religious orders of priests ( such as the Jesuits ) formerly employed the term " rector " to refer to the school's chief officer.

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Several characters refer to him as being a horrible artist.

Several Old Testament passages refer to myrrh.

Several late medieval compositions refer to Elffin and Taliesin in more detail.

* Several Tom Clancy novels refer to " raking the sand traps on the officers ' golf course " at Eglin as a common activity for low-security prisoners at the associated Federal Prison Camp, Eglin, now closed.

Several sources refer to levofentanyl as the agent used by Mossad agents in their unsuccessful attempt to kill Hamas leader Khaled Mashal.

Several terms refer to the same material, although sometimes rearranged.

Several influential Russians would propose new terms for the territories, as in 1805 when the Russian explorer Timovski revived the use of " Turkestan " to refer to Middle Asia, and " East Turkestan " to refer to the Tarim Basin east of Middle Asia in southern Xinjiang ; or in 1829, when the Russian sinologist Nikita Bichurin proposed the use of " East Turkestan " to replace " Chinese Turkestan " for the Chinese territory east of Bukhara.

Several verses speak of Isaac as a " gift " to Abraham ( VI: 84 ; XIX: 49-50 ), and XXIX: 26-27 adds that God made " prophethood and the Book to be among his offspring ", which has been interpreted to refer to Abraham's two prophetic sons, his prophetic grandson Jacob, and his prophetic great-grandson Joseph.

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