A hymn to the Sun by a 19th century Freemason (Francis George Irwin). An interesting example of a text from esoteric Masonry which bridges the gap between monotheism and polytheism.
Was there any interaction with the theosophical society at this time - only because the sun prayer appears eerily similar to the gaayatri-mantra (dedicated to the sun god saavitra).
A new proof on “shapes of constant width” has made a corner of the geometric universe accessible for the first time. www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicia...
Mathematicians have long wondered how “shapes of constant width” behave in higher dimensions. A surprisingly simple construction has given them an answer.
Learning about the Christian Saint who is based on the Buddha from the ~10th cent.: Boddhisatva (Sanskrit) -> Bodisav (persian) -> Yūdhasaf (Arabic misreading of ﺑ to ﻳ) -> Iodasaph (Georgian) -> Josaphat (Greek) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam...
Putting together a team: The Western Christian Christian Saint who's story is based on the Buddha + The Japanese Buddhist Temple Guardian whose iconography was heavily influenced by Hercules
Great match! Kudermetova wasn't at her best (needed to be a lot calmer😀). Osorio remained composed and consistent throughout-taking every opportunity, diffusing firepower with drop-shots and high-balls. Coming back from 5-0 in the winning set despite shoulder issues is really worth a lot of praise.
This is indeed the "spot-seasoning" method. A Chinese friend told me about it and it works like magic. It's only after trying it for years that I finally understood how cast-iron woks are so popular in Chinese cuisine.
"I cannot tell you what is happening to The Times, The Post, and the rest of incumbent national news media, but I know something is and it worries me." Jeff Jarvis (who got me to try Twitter in 2008) on media history and where it has left the big national newsrooms. buzzmachine.com/2024/09/11/w...
As often as I am disappointed in and critical of them lately, I will not cancel my subscriptions to The New York Times or The Washington Post. They should...
Sanskrit users tend to compress words into verb-roots (to preserve Pāñini's rule base) and the root-verb they use is kṛ . The -ment suffix corresponds to -manin suffix in Skt - which gives 'karma'. Another suffix give kara (hand/do-er). Karmakāra (artisian) uses kṛ twice - one who does karma.