(n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
Example Sentences:
(1) Theophylline kinetics, as an in vivo probe for the potentially toxic cytochrome P-450I pathway of drug metabolism, were studied in 11 healthy volunteers and 11 patients with calcific chronic pancreatitis at Madras, South India.
(2) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
(3) Serum levels of vitamins A and E, zinc and iron were determined in healthy control subjects and lepromatous leprosy patients belonging to an eastern state of India.
(4) Finally, carcinoma of the oral cavity in India can be said to be at least two diseases.
(5) In cooperation with scientists in India and Nigeria, the potential yield of protein-deficient foods.
(6) According to a Guttmacher Institute review (pdf), about 9% of maternal deaths in India are from complications of unsafe abortions.
(7) The Disability Division of ActionAid-India supports 38 non-governmental organisations involved in disability programmes in India.
(8) During the 1985 annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Honolulu, neurosurgical training and practice in India, Korea, Japan, and Australasia were discussed at the International Committee symposium.
(9) Most cases of typhoid fever in the United States occur in international travelers, with the greatest risk associated with travel to Peru, India, Pakistan, and Chile.
(10) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
(11) India is rapidly emerging as one of the world's largest economies, with the United Nations predicting that its GPD growth this year will hit a healthy 6.4 percent.
(12) India will have three carriers and both China and India are building blue-water [ocean-going] navies.
(13) This first population-based study of prevalence of insulin-dependent diabetes in south India shows that insulin-dependent diabetes is not rare.
(14) The study design of a project to investigate the epidemiology, population dynamics and control of intestinal nematode infections in fishing village communities in Southern India is described.
(15) The bench rejected the petition seeking prosecution for offending Hindus, saying it was a work of art and citing India's tradition of graphic sexual iconography.
(16) It is a very widely cultivated plant in eastern countries like India, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Malaya, the Philippines and Japan.
(17) Now US officials, who have spoken to Reuters on condition of anonymity, say the roundabout way the commission's emails were obtained strongly suggests the intrusion originated in China , possibly by amateurs, and not from India's spy service.
(18) Eleven women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, with 20 listed as critically ill, after a state-run mass sterilisation campaign went horribly wrong.
(19) Theresa May to visit India in signal of trading priorities post-Brexit Read more Cable said India had been keen to expand “ Mode 4 ” market access: the ability to bring in staff – Indian IT experts, for example – as part of trading in services.
(20) This study examines the state of mosquito-borne lymphatic filariasis in Madras, Tamil Nadu, in southern India during the 1970s and into the 1980s.
Veda
Definition:
(n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twin gods were worshipped by Babylonians and Assyrians (who even introduced them among astronomic constellations), and may be also found in the Persian and Veda religions.
(2) The village health culture includes curing practices from the Atharva-Veda (the most ancient Sanskritic literature), Ayurvedic Medicine, Unani Prophetic Medicine, and Western Biomedicine.
(3) Otherwise, what proof do I have?” Veda Washington, Sterling’s aunt, arrived later.
(4) Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, is described in Atharva Veda and in subsequent treatises by Charak, Susrut, and Vagbhatt, containing the details of etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy of afflictions in humans and animals.
(5) The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged.
(6) The first and longest period (covering roughly 3,000 years from 1500 BC to 1500 AD) begins with references to incisions into the "wind pipe" in the Ebers Papyrus and the Rig Veda.
(7) In this study, we examined the effect of the Maharishi Ayur-Veda herbal mixtures (MAHMs) Maharishi Amrit Kalash-4 and -5 (M-4 and M-5), MA-631, and Maharishi Coffee Substitute (MCS) on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation and compared the potency of these mixtures to ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol, and probucol.
(8) Veda Washington climbed up on the soda crates that served as a stage, and took the microphone.
(9) The Ashvins of the Rig-Veda, the classical Dioscuri, and the early Christian saints Cosmos and Damian are among the many examples of twins divinely empowered in the area of health and fertility.
(10) The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas , the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago.
(11) The idea of India is as old as the Vedas, the earliest Hindu scriptures, which describe “Bharatvarsha” as the land between the Himalayas and the seas.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sterling’s aunt, Veda Washington, being consoled by friends.