Jinpingmei, the first realistic social novel to appear in China. It is the work of an unknown author of the Ming dynasty, and its earliest extant version is dated 1617. Two English versions were published in 1939 under the titles The Golden Lotus and Chin P’ing Mei: The Adventurous History of Hsi

rickshaw, (from Japanese: “human-powered vehicle”), two-wheeled vehicle with a doorless, chairlike body and a collapsible hood, which holds one or two passengers and is drawn by a man between two shafts. It was used widely in the Orient but was largely superseded by the pedicab, a rickshaw driven

rickshaw, (from Japanese: “human-powered vehicle”), two-wheeled vehicle with a doorless, chairlike body and a collapsible hood, which holds one or two passengers and is drawn by a man between two shafts. It was used widely in the Orient but was largely superseded by the pedicab, a rickshaw driven

Jinsha River, westernmost of the major headwater streams of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), southwestern China. Its headwaters rise in the Wulan and Kekexili (Hoh Xil) ranges in western Qinghai province, to the south of the Kunlun Mountains, and on the northern slope of the Tanggula (Dangla)

Jinsha River, westernmost of the major headwater streams of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), southwestern China. Its headwaters rise in the Wulan and Kekexili (Hoh Xil) ranges in western Qinghai province, to the south of the Kunlun Mountains, and on the northern slope of the Tanggula (Dangla)

Chinese civil service: …bureaucracy then competed in the jinshi exams, which tested a candidate’s knowledge of the Confucian Classics. This system gradually became the major method of recruitment into the bureaucracy; by the end of the Tang dynasty, the old aristocracy was destroyed, and its power was taken by the scholar-gentry, who staffed…

Jinshi, market town, northern Hunan sheng (province), China. Administratively a county-level city under the city of Changde, it was established through separation from Lixian county, first in 1950, and again in 1979. It stands on the north bank of the Li River some distance above its discharge into

Jinshin-no-ran, in Japanese history, war of imperial succession that brought an emperor with a secure military base to the Japanese throne for the first time in history. The war strengthened the power of the imperial family at the expense of powerful associated clans, such as the Nakatomi and Soga.

Earth sciences: Knowledge of landforms and of land-sea relations: In the Jinshu (“History of the Jin Dynasty”), it is said of Du Yu (222–284 ce) that when he ordered monumental stelae to be carved with the records of his successes, he had one buried at the foot of a mountain and the other erected on top.…

Jinsi lu, influential anthology of neo-Confucian philosophical works compiled by the great Song dynasty thinker Zhu Xi (1130–1200) and his friend the philosopher Lu Ziqian (1137–81). Zhu Xi developed a philosophical system that became the orthodox transmission of Confucian tradition from the Ming

Bei Dao: …created, with some fellow poets, Jintian (“Today”), the first nonofficial literary magazine in mainland China since the 1950s; it was censored by the authorities in 1980, after the first nine issues.

Guwen, early form of Chinese writing, examples of which are found on bronze vessels and objects of the Shang (c. 18th–12th century bc) and Zhou (12th century–256/255 bc) dynasties. The term jinwen (“metal script”), a reference to those metal objects, has also been used to designate guwen

Don Siegel: Films with Eastwood: The comedy Jinxed! (1982) featured Bette Midler as a singer who conspires with a blackjack dealer (Ken Wahl) to kill her gambler boyfriend (Rip Torn). Siegel retired thereafter.

Jinzhou, former town, southern Liaoning sheng (province), China. Now administratively a district under the city of Dalian, it is situated on Jinzhou Bay, a part of the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli), and on the neck of the Liaodong Peninsula immediately northeast of Dalian. Jinzhou is an important

Jinzhong, city, central Shanxi sheng (province), northeast-central China. It is situated on the Xiao River, about 15 miles (25 km) south of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. Jinzhong was created in 1999 by amalgamating the city of Yuci and Jinzhong prefecture, with the former Yuci becoming a

Jinzhou, city, western Liaoning sheng (province), China. It is strategically situated at the northern end of the narrow coastal plain between the Song Mountains and the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli). A Chinese administration was first established there under the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce) in the 2nd

Jinzhou, former town, southern Liaoning sheng (province), China. Now administratively a district under the city of Dalian, it is situated on Jinzhou Bay, a part of the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli), and on the neck of the Liaodong Peninsula immediately northeast of Dalian. Jinzhou is an important

Mukesh Ambani: Expansion of RIL: …that decade Mukesh Ambani established Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of RIL dedicated to telecommunications and e-commerce. The Jio brand offered India’s first nationwide network for 4G broadband service in 2016. By August 2023, Jio’s customer base had crossed 450 million, and its 5G customers numbered more than 50 million. About…

Japan: The maturity of Edo culture: … in the sharebon (genre novel), Jippensha Ikku in the kokkeibon (comic novel), and Takizawa Bakin in the yomihon (regular novel). They examined in detail such things as the townspeople’s way of life, customs, conceptions of beauty, and ways of thinking. Ikku is best known for his Tōkai dōchu hizakurige (1802–22;…

Daoism: The Way of the Celestial Masters: Here the jiqiu (“libationer”), the priestly functionary of the nuclear community, officiated. Each household contributed a tax of five pecks of rice to the administration, whence came the other common name of the movement, the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Wudoumidao).

Jirajara, Indians of northwestern Venezuela who were extinct by the mid-17th century. The little known about them suggests that they were very similar culturally to the Caquetío

Jirajara, Indians of northwestern Venezuela who were extinct by the mid-17th century. The little known about them suggests that they were very similar culturally to the Caquetío

Alois Jirásek was the most important Czech novelist in the period before World War I, as well as a great national figure. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and

Hovd, town, administrative headquarters of Hovd aymag (province), western Mongolia, in the northern foothills of the Mongol Altayn Nuruu (Mongolian Altai Mountains) at an elevation of 4,260 ft (1,300 m). Har Us Nuur (lake) lies to the east and is fed by the Hovd Gol (river). Founded in 1731 as a

George was the king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, he established himself as a power when Bohemia was still under Habsburg rule, and he was thereafter unanimously elected king by the estates. A nationalist and Hussite king of a prosperous

Jirjā, town, Sawhāj muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt. It is situated on the west bank of the Nile River, which encroached considerably on the town in the 18th and 19th centuries. In pharaonic times it was probably the town of This (Tny), ancestral home of the 1st dynasty (c. 2925–c. 2775 bce),

Suzuki Harunobu was a Japanese artist of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the “floating world”), who established the art of nishiki-e, or polychrome prints. He created a fashion for pictures of lyrical scenes with figures of exquisite grace. It is believed that Harunobu

Min Mountains: …far west are called the Amne Machin (Jishi Mountains), and those in the north are called the Xiqing Mountains. The central section of the range lying west of the Min River, which has an axis running from north to south, is known as the Qionglai Mountains. The easternmost section, which…

Buddhism: Pure Land: …his school was called the Ji (“Times”) school, or Jishū.

just-in-time manufacturing (JIT), Production-control system, developed by Toyota Motor Corp. and imported to the West, that has revolutionized manufacturing methods in some industries. By relying on daily deliveries of most supplies, it eliminates waste due to overproduction and lowers warehousing

John Legend: …2017 Legend coproduced August Wilson’s Jitney on Broadway, and he received a Tony Award when the drama was named best play revival. The following year Legend played the title role in a well-received live telecast of the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. As a coproducer, he garnered a Creative…

jitō, in feudal Japan, land steward appointed by the central military government, or shogunate, whose duties involved levying taxes and maintaining peace within the manor. First appointed at the beginning of the 12th century, the jitō enforced the edicts of the shogunate and ensured that taxes were

jitterbug, exuberant ballroom dance popular in the 1930s and ’40s, originating in the United States and spread internationally by U.S. armed forces during World War II. Its original freewheeling acrobatic swings and lifts were modified for more conservative ballroom versions. Couples did most

Tom Robbins: …Still Life with Woodpecker (1980); Jitterbug Perfume (1984), which centres on a medieval king who lives for 1,000 years before becoming a janitor in Albert Einstein’s laboratory; Skinny Legs and All (1990), a fantastical novel that follows five inanimate objects on a journey to Jerusalem while exploring the Arab-Israeli conflict…

Surduc Pass, pass, southwestern Romania. The Jiu River flows through the pass between the Vâlcan (west) and the Parâng (east) mountains, in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians). The pass connects the Petroşani Depression (upper Jiu Valley) with the Plain of Oltenia. A road and the

Surduc Pass, pass, southwestern Romania. The Jiu River flows through the pass between the Vâlcan (west) and the Parâng (east) mountains, in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians). The pass connects the Petroşani Depression (upper Jiu Valley) with the Plain of Oltenia. A road and the

Jiu River, river formed south of Petroșani, southwestern Romania, with the joining of two headstreams rising in the Vâlcan and Parâng mountains. It then flows south, cutting a wild, deep gorge, the Surduc Pass in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians), before flowing onto the Danube Plain

Ch’ang-ch’un was a Taoist monk and alchemist who journeyed from China across the heartland of Asia to visit Genghis Khan, the famed Mongol conqueror, at his encampment north of the Hindu Kush mountains. The narrative of Ch’ang-ch’un’s expedition, written by his disciple-companion Li Chih-chang,

Mo Yan: …most satisfied with Jiuguo (1992; The Republic of Wine). The novel Fengru feitun (1995; Big Breasts and Wide Hips) caused some controversy, both for its sexual content and for its failure to depict class struggle according to the Chinese Communist Party line. Mo was forced by the PLA to write…

Huang Mountains: …in elevation, known as the Jiuhua Mountains, runs parallel to the main range to the north along the southern bank of the Yangtze River.

Jiujiang, river port and city, northern Jiangxi sheng (province), southeastern China. It lies along the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) to the west of its junction with Lake Poyang and the tributary system of the Gan River. Jiujiang is an important river port, although it does not have a good natural

Jiuling Mountains, range in northern Jiangxi province, China. The range runs southwest-northeast from east of Changsha in Hunan province to the valley of the Xiu River west of Lake Poyang, a distance of some 155 miles (250 km). It lies south of, and parallel to, the Mufu Mountains, from which it is

Jiuling Mountains, range in northern Jiangxi province, China. The range runs southwest-northeast from east of Changsha in Hunan province to the valley of the Xiu River west of Lake Poyang, a distance of some 155 miles (250 km). It lies south of, and parallel to, the Mufu Mountains, from which it is

Kowloon Peninsula, part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, southeastern China, that was returned to China with the handover of Hong Kong from the British in 1997. It constitutes the Chinese mainland portion of the Hong Kong region and is located north of Hong Kong Island and east of

Jiulong River, river in southeastern Fujian province, China. The river rises in the mountains northwest of Zhangzhou, draining a large interior basin above Zhangping. The Xinqiao River and the Yanshi River and their tributaries drain the northeast and the southwest of the basin, respectively. The

Jiulong River, river in southeastern Fujian province, China. The river rises in the mountains northwest of Zhangzhou, draining a large interior basin above Zhangping. The Xinqiao River and the Yanshi River and their tributaries drain the northeast and the southwest of the basin, respectively. The

Castorocauda: Castorocauda was found in the Jiulongshan Formation (which is also called the Haifanggou Formation) of China, which preserved a nearly complete skeleton and skull, along with carbonized impressions of the skin and hair. Like living mammals, it had integument with an undercoat and guard hairs. Although it was not directly…

Jiuquan, city, western Gansu sheng (province), China. An important staging post on the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, Jiuquan was founded in 111 bce as a military outpost. From 602 ce onward it was the seat of Suzhou prefecture, and under the Tang dynasty (618–907) it was given its present

Hou Hsiao-hsien: …feature-length films in 1980 with Jiushi liuliu de ta (“Cute Girl”), a melodrama that bore little resemblance to the films he would make as his personal style developed. The segment Hou directed for the anthology film Er zi de da wan ou (1983; “The Sandwich Man”) displayed the first flowering…

stringed instrument: Ensembles: In jiuta the koto plays the principal melody, and the other instruments simultaneously produce variants of it. A traditional Japanese saying picturesquely describes the music of this ensemble by likening the koto to the bone, the samisen (sangen) to the flesh, and the shakuhachi to the…

Sichuan: Cultural life: …Mount Emei area and the Jiuzhai River valley. Mount Emei, in the south-central Daxiang Mountains, is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism; it reaches an elevation of 10,167 feet (3,099 metres) at Wanfo Summit. The mountain and the Leshan Giant Buddha (carved into a hillside in the…

Sichuan: Cultural life: …Mount Emei area and the Jiuzhai River valley. Mount Emei, in the south-central Daxiang Mountains, is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism; it reaches an elevation of 10,167 feet (3,099 metres) at Wanfo Summit. The mountain and the Leshan Giant Buddha (carved into a hillside in the…

Yang Hui: Yang’s Jiuzhang suan fa zuan lei (c. 1275; “Reclassification of the Mathematical Procedures in the Nine Chapters”)—a compilation and reclassification, with further explanations, of the problems from the Han dynasty classic and its commentaries, Jiuzhang suanshu (c. 100 bc–ad 50; Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Procedures)—contains…

East Asian mathematics: The textual sources: …Chinese is Jiuzhang suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art), which contains arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric algorithms, presented in relation to problems, some of which evoke the duties of the civil administration: surveying fields (areas), levying taxes according to various types of grains (ratios), determining wages for civil…

jiva, in Indian philosophy and religion, and particularly in Jainism and Hinduism, a living sentient substance akin to an individual soul. In the Jain tradition, jivas are opposed to ajivas, or “nonliving substances.” Jivas are understood as being eternal and infinite in number and are not the same

Khiva, city, south-central Uzbekistan. It lies west of the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) on the Palvan Canal, and it is bounded on the south by the Karakum Desert and on the northeast by the Kyzylkum desert. A notorious slave market was centred there from the 17th to the 19th century. The city is

jiva, in Indian philosophy and religion, and particularly in Jainism and Hinduism, a living sentient substance akin to an individual soul. In the Jain tradition, jivas are opposed to ajivas, or “nonliving substances.” Jivas are understood as being eternal and infinite in number and are not the same

Indian philosophy: Chaitanya: …particularly by Rupa Gosvamin and Jiva Gosvamin. Rupa is the author of two great works: Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (“The Ocean of the Nectar of the Essence of Bhakti”) and Ujjvalanilamani (“The Shining Blue Jewel”). Jiva’s main work is the great and voluminous Shatsamdarbha. These are the main sources of the philosophy of…

India: Economic planning and development: …to a cooperative system, and jivandan (“gift of life”), the giving of all one’s labour, the latter attracting volunteers as famous as the socialist J.P. (Jaya Prakash) Narayan, who was the inspiration for the foundation of the Janata (People’s) Party opposition coalition to the Congress Party in the mid-1970s. The…

Jívaro, South American Indian people living in the Montaña (the eastern slopes of the Andes), in Ecuador and Peru north of the Marañón River. They speak a language of the Jebero-Jivaroan group. No recent and accurate Jívaro census has been completed; population estimates ranged from 15,000 to

jitterbug: …one in place), and the jive, in which dancers took a step to each side and then executed two “shuffles” (side step, almost close other foot, side step). Jitterbug music—also called jive, or jump—is in 44 time with syncopated rhythm.

Gwalior: The contemporary city: Gwalior is the seat of Jiwaji University (founded 1964) with several affiliated colleges in the city, including science, medical, and education schools. Nearby is the 16th-century tomb of the Indian singer Tansen. The city is still a music centre, with its own distinctive style and tradition.

Arabia: The Rubʿ al-Khali: …oasis hamlets of Al-Jiwāʾ (Liwāʾ in the United Arab Emirates) lie among the dunes on the desert’s northeastern fringe. The largest dunes of the Rubʿ al-Khali are in the far east, where heights of more than 800 feet are reached and sand ridges extend for more than 30 miles,…

Jixi, city in southeastern Heilongjiang sheng (province), China. Located on the upper Muleng River, a tributary of the Ussuri (Wusuli) River, it is in a mountainous area rich in timber and various minerals including coal, iron, graphite, fluorite, and limestone. Jixi is, however, predominantly a

Gyangzê, town, southern Tibet Autonomous Region, western China. It is situated on the Nianchu River some 53 miles (86 km) southeast of Xigazê and about halfway between Lhasa (capital of Tibet) and the town of Yadong (Xarsingma) on the frontiers with India and Bhutan. Gyangzê is an important route

Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), Japan’s largest political party, which has held power almost continuously since its formation in 1955. The party has generally worked closely with business interests and followed a pro-U.S. foreign policy. During nearly four decades of uninterrupted power

Gotō Shōjirō: …political party, the Jiyūtō (Liberal Party), based on Rousseauist democratic doctrines. After the movement was discontinued briefly, Gotō reorganized it as a league calling for revision of Japan’s treaties with the West. Upon the promulgation of the constitution and co-optation of the party leaders, he joined the government in…

Pyramids of Giza, three 4th-dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 bce) pyramids erected on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River near Al-Jīzah (Giza) in northern Egypt. In ancient times they were included among the Seven Wonders of the World. The ancient ruins of the Memphis area, including the

Giza, city, capital of Al-Jīzah muḥāfaẓah (governorate) in Upper Egypt, located on the west bank of the Nile River just south-southwest of Cairo. It is a suburb of the national capital, with a distinctive character enriched by several archaeological and cultural sites. The district was settled in

Al-Jīzah, muḥāfaẓah (governorate) of Upper Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile River, extending toward the southwest into the Western (Libyan) Desert as far as Al-Wādī Al-Jadīd governorate. It is bordered on the north by Al-Minūfiyyah governorate and on the south by Banī Suwayf and Al-Fayyūm

Jīzān, town and port, southwestern Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea opposite the Farasān Islands. Defined by the 1934 Treaty of Al-Ṭāʾif as belonging to Saudi Arabia, the town has been claimed by Yemen since the 1960s. Jīzān is the principal town of the Tihāmah coastal plain and the exporting and

Chi-tsang was a Chinese Buddhist monk who systematized the teachings of the San-lun (“Three Treatises,” or Middle Doctrine) school of Māhāyana Buddhism in China and who is sometimes regarded as its founder. Chi-tsang was the son of a Parthian father and a Chinese mother, but his education and

František Langer: Of his later writing, only Jízdní hlídka (1935; “The Cavalry Watch”) compared with his earlier successes; it was based upon his experiences with the legion.

Jizera Mountains, part of the Sudeten mountain ranges in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, extending into Poland. It comprises a small group of peaks, though it has the highest point in the Czech Republic, at Jizera (3,681 feet [1,122 m]); Wysoka Kopa in Poland is slightly higher (3,698 feet [1,127

Jizera River, tributary of the Elbe (Labe) River in northern Czech Republic. It rises at the southern base of Smrk Mountain on the Polish border, in the Giant (Krkonoše) Mountains, and flows generally south past Turnov and Mladá Boleslav. It reaches the Elbe northeast of Prague after a course of

Jizera Mountains, part of the Sudeten mountain ranges in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, extending into Poland. It comprises a small group of peaks, though it has the highest point in the Czech Republic, at Jizera (3,681 feet [1,122 m]); Wysoka Kopa in Poland is slightly higher (3,698 feet [1,127

Li Chi was an archaeologist chiefly responsible for establishing the historical authenticity of the semilegendary Shang dynasty of China. The exact dates of the Shang dynasty are uncertain; traditionally, they have been given as from c. 1766 to c. 1122 bce, but more recent archaeological evidence

Arabian Desert: Physiography: …have intercepted them, including Wadi Jizl-Ḥamḍ in northern Hejaz and Wadi Ḥaḍramawt in the south.

Dizang, in Chinese Buddhism, bodhisattva (buddha-to-be) who is especially committed to delivering the dead from the torments of hell. His name is a translation of the Sanskrit Kshitigarbha (“Womb of the Earth”). Dizang seeks to deliver the souls of the dead from the punishments inflicted by the 10

jizyah, historically, a tax (the term is often incorrectly translated as a “head tax” or “poll tax”) paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers. The jizyah is described in the Qurʾān as a tax that is imposed on a certain erring faction from among the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitāb;

jizyah, historically, a tax (the term is often incorrectly translated as a “head tax” or “poll tax”) paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers. The jizyah is described in the Qurʾān as a tax that is imposed on a certain erring faction from among the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitāb;

Jizzax, city, eastern Uzbekistan. The city is located in a small oasis irrigated by the Sanzar River, northeast of Samarkand. One of the most ancient settlements of Uzbekistan, it was situated on the trade routes to the Mediterranean near Tamerlane’s Gates, the only convenient passage through the

spectroscopy: Total orbital angular momentum and total spin angular momentum: A coupling scheme known as jj coupling is sometimes applicable. In this scheme, each electron n is assigned an angular momentum j composed of its orbital angular momentum l and its spin s. The total angular momentum J is then the vector addition of j1 + j2 + j3 +…,…

Kidd blood group system: Jka, Jkb, and Jk3, all of which are encoded by a gene known as SLC14A1 (solute carrier family 14, member 1). The Jka antigen occurs in more than 90 percent of blacks, 75 percent of whites, and 70 percent of Asians. The Jkb antigen is found in about…

Kidd blood group system: …of three known antigens, designated Jka, Jkb, and Jk3, all of which are encoded by a gene known as SLC14A1 (solute carrier family 14, member 1). The Jka antigen occurs in more than 90 percent of blacks, 75 percent of whites, and 70 percent of Asians. The Jkb antigen is…

Kidd blood group system: …three known antigens, designated Jka, Jkb, and Jk3, all of which are encoded by a gene known as SLC14A1 (solute carrier family 14, member 1). The Jka antigen occurs in more than 90 percent of blacks, 75 percent of whites, and 70 percent of Asians. The Jkb antigen is found…

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), regional political party in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, northwestern India. In October 1932 the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, the precursor of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), was founded at Srinagar by Sheikh

Jamaica: Political process: …main political parties are the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP), and between them they have dominated legislative elections since the country’s independence, to the virtual exclusion of any third party. The adversarial nature of Jamaican politics conceals broad agreement on constitutionalism, public education, and social…

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), regional political party of Jharkhand state, northeastern India. It has had only a limited presence on the national political scene in New Delhi. The JMM was formed in 1973 as a movement to spearhead what would become a decades-long effort to establish a separate

Glenn Hammond Curtiss: The Curtiss JN-4 (“Jenny”) was the standard training and general-purpose aircraft in American military service during the years prior to the U.S. entry into World War I. The NC-4, a multiengine Curtiss flying boat, made the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919, opening the…

jnana, in Hindu philosophy, a word with a range of meanings focusing on a cognitive event that proves not to be mistaken. In the religious realm it especially designates the sort of knowledge that is a total experience of its object, particularly the supreme being or reality. The cognitive

jnana, in Hindu philosophy, a word with a range of meanings focusing on a cognitive event that proves not to be mistaken. In the religious realm it especially designates the sort of knowledge that is a total experience of its object, particularly the supreme being or reality. The cognitive

Hinduism: Dharma and the three paths: …ritual and social obligations; the jnana-marga (“path of knowledge”), the use of meditative concentration preceded by long and systematic ethical and contemplative training (Yoga) to gain a supraintellectual insight into one’s identity with brahman; and the bhakti-marga (“path of devotion”), love for a personal God. These ways are regarded as…

Vedanta, one of the six systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy. The term Vedanta means in Sanskrit the “conclusion” (anta) of the Vedas, the earliest sacred literature of India. It applies to the Upanishads, which were elaborations of the Vedas, and to the school that arose out of the study

Jnanadeva was a mystical poet-saint of Maharashtra and composer of the Bhavarthadipika (popularly known as the Jnaneshvari), a translation and commentary in Marathi oral verse on the Bhagavadgita. Born into a family that had renounced society (sannyasi), Jnanadeva was considered an outcaste when

Jnanadeva was a mystical poet-saint of Maharashtra and composer of the Bhavarthadipika (popularly known as the Jnaneshvari), a translation and commentary in Marathi oral verse on the Bhagavadgita. Born into a family that had renounced society (sannyasi), Jnanadeva was considered an outcaste when

Indo-Aryan literature: Jnaneshvari, a Marathi verse commentary on the Bhagavadgita written by Jnaneshvara (Jnanadeva) in the late 13th century spread devotional movement through Maharashtra. As a result, it was reflected in the works of the poet-saints Namdev and Tukaram. In Rajasthan

Jnanpith Award, highest literary award in India, given annually for the best creative literary writing to writers in any of the 22 “scheduled languages” recognized in the Indian Constitution and, from 2013, in the English language. The prize carries a cash award, a citation, and a bronze replica of

India: Political systems: …those of the Koliyas, Moriyas, Jnatrikas, Shakyas, and Licchavis. The Jnatrikas and Shakyas are especially remembered as the tribes to which Mahavira (the founder of Jainism) and Gautama Buddha, respectively, belonged. The Licchavis eventually became extremely powerful.

Hosokawa Morihiro: …of the reform political party Japan New Party (Nihon Shintō) and was the prime minister of Japan in 1993–94.