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Matanga (sage)
Matanga (Mātaṅga sa, मातंग) may refer to: *Hilary Matanga (born 1984), Zimbabwean cricketer *Kasyapa Matanga (fl. 67 CE), Indian Buddhist monk * ''Matanga'' (moth), a genus of family Geometridae *Matanga Muni, author of the Brihaddeshi, an early treatise on classical Indian music *Matanga, Madagascar *Matangi Matangi ( sa, मातङ्गी, ) is a Hindu goddess. She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten Tantric goddesses and an aspect of the Hindu Divine Mother. She is considered to be the Tantric form of Saraswati, the goddess of music and learning. ...
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Hilary Matanga
Hilary Matanga (born 9 July 1984) is a Zimbabwean first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...er. References External links * 1984 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Masvingo cricketers Southern Rocks cricketers Sportspeople from Marondera {{Zimbabwe-cricket-bio-stub ...
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Kasyapa Matanga
Kasyapa Matanga (Kāśyapa Mātaṇga) or Jia Yemoteng 迦葉摩騰 (Jia Shemoteng 迦攝摩騰, Zhu Yemoteng 竺葉摩騰, or Zhu Shemoteng 竺攝摩騰) was an Indian Buddhist monk who is traditionally believed to have first introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE. According to popular accounts of Chinese Buddhism, Emperor Ming of Han dreamt of a golden deity interpreted as the Buddha and sent a delegation to India. They returned circa 67 CE with the monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, and white horses carrying Buddhist texts and images. The emperor established White Horse Temple in the Han capital Luoyang, where the two supposedly first translated the ''Sutra of Forty-two Chapters'' into Chinese.迦葉摩騰
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Matanga (moth)
''Matanga'' is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met .... References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Geometridae Geometridae genera {{Geometridae-stub ...
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Matanga Muni
Brihaddeshi is a Classical Sanskrit text, dated ca. 6th to 8th century CE, on Indian classical music, attributed to Mataṅga Muni. It is the first text to speak directly of the raga and to distinguish ''marga'' ("classical") from ''desi'' ("folk") music. It also introduced sargam ''solfège'' (or ''solfa''), the singing of the first syllable of the names of the musical notes, as an aid to learning and performance. (The full names of the notes existed previously, for example as found in Natya Shastra.) The author based his work on Bharata Muni's Natya Shastra. His discussion of musical scales and micro-tonal intervals clarifies Bharata's work, and also clarifies Bharata's terse presentation of many issues related to śruti. The text uses a two-dimensional ''prastāra'' (matrix) to explain how the 7 notes of the octave map into 22 śrutis, with varying distances between notes. It also says that a finer subdivision in microtones has 66 śrutis; and that, in principle, the number of ...
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Matanga, Madagascar
Matanga is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Vangaindrano, which is a part of Atsimo-Atsinanana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 21,000 in 2001 commune census. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 95% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crops are rice and cloves, while other important agricultural products are coffee and cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively .... Services provide employment for 5% of the population. References and notes Populated places in Atsimo-Atsinanana {{AtsimoAtsinanana-geo-stub ...
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