Nilakanta Hazarika (1933–2018), Indian economist
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Neelakanta or Nilakanta may refer to: * Nilakanta (Hinduism), also known as Shiva * ''Neelakanta'' (film), 2006 Indian Kannada language film * Neelakanta (director), Indian Telugu film director. * Nilakantha Somayaji (1444–1544), Indian mathematician and astronomer * Nilakanta Sri Ram (1889–1973), Indian theosophist leader * K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1892–1975), Indian historian and Dravidologist * T. N. Srinivasan T. N. Srinivasan, in full Thirukodikaval Nilakanta Srinivasan (27 March 1933 – 11 November 2018), was an Indian economist who had taught and worked in the United States. He was the Professor#Retired faculty 2, Emeritus Samuel C. Park, Jr. Prof ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilakanta (Hinduism)
Nilakanta () is one of the epithets of the Hindu deity Shiva. Legend According to Hindu mythology, Shiva gained this epithet when he consumed the kalakuta (poison) that emerged from Samudra Manthana, which rendered his throat blue. See also *Rudra *Ishvara ''Ishvara'' () is a concept in Hinduism, with a wide range of meanings that depend on the era and the school of Hinduism.Monier Monier Williams, Sanskrit-English dictionarySearch for Izvara University of Cologne, Germany In ancient texts of H ... * Maheshvara References Hindu gods Names of God in Hinduism Shaivism {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilakanta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neelakanta (film)
''Neelakanta'' ( kn, ನೀಲಕಂಠ) is a 2006 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed by Om Sai Prakash, produced by K. Bala Mutthaiah, and starring V. Ravichandran, Namitha and Sridevika. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Aranmanai Kili'' (1993) directed and written by Rajkiran. The music was composed by V. Ravichandran. The film was dubbed in Tamil and released as ''Brahmandam''. Cast * V. Ravichandran as Neelakanta * Namitha * Sridevika * Sujatha * Umashri * Avinash * Lamboo Nagesh * Kashi * Sadhu Kokila * Ramesh Bhat * M.N Lakshmi Devi * Vijay Kashi * Ashalatha * Muniraj Plot The film has the shades of his film 'Usire' and a Telugu film. Yet the film is tolerable because of the light up moment of glitz and glamour the mainstay of all Ravichandran films. Just as lord Shiva swallows the fearful poison Halahala and, with the help of his wife Parvati, neutralises it in his throat, so the protagonist of 'Neelakanta' swallows all the difficulties th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neelakanta (director)
Neelakanta is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu films director. He has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, National Award in the screenwriting for the feature ''Show (film), Show''. He won two National Film Awards & three Nandi Awards. Personal life Neelakanta is a native of Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. He studied at Loyola Public School and Andhra Loyola College, Loyola College in Vijayawada. Since his school days, Neelakanta has had a deep love for film direction and film making which is what drove him to Chennai after his graduation. Career Neelakanta always wanted to make films which eloquently depicted the psychological study of characters for the off-beat his passion materialised with Show (film), Show followed by ''Missamma (2003 film), Missamma''. He received two national awards, one for Best Screenplay and the other for the Best Feature Film in Telugu language, Telugu for ''Show'' while ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilakantha Somayaji
Keļallur Nilakantha Somayaji (14 June 1444 – 1544), also referred to as Keļallur Comatiri, was a major mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehensive astronomical treatise ''Tantrasamgraha'' completed in 1501. He had also composed an elaborate commentary on Aryabhatiya called the ''Aryabhatiya Bhasya''. In this Bhasya, Nilakantha had discussed infinite series expansions of trigonometric functions and problems of algebra and spherical geometry. ''Grahapariksakrama'' is a manual on making observations in astronomy based on instruments of the time. Known popularly as Kelallur Chomaathiri, he is considered an equal to Vatasseri Parameshwaran Nambudiri. Early life Nilakantha was born into a Brahmin family which came from South Malabar in Kerala. Biographical details Nilakantha Somayaji was one of the very few authors of the scholarly traditions of India who had cared to record detai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilakanta Sri Ram
Nilakanta Sri Ram or Nilakantha Sri Ram (N. Sri Ram) (* 15 December 1889 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India; died 8 April 1973 in Adyar, India) was a freemason, theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Adyar during twenty years. Biography In his early years, Sri Ram worked under Annie Besant in various capacities. Sri Ram was a teacher at the ''Besant Theosophical College'' in Madanapalle, the ''National School'' in Bangalore and the ''National University of India'' in Chennai. The twenty years of Sri Ram’s Presidency represented a very important change in the work of the Theosophical Society and also in the perception its members had of the nature of Theosophy. His achievement was indeed an outstanding one: a shift from an emphasis on the occult side of things and its related phenomena, to the focus on the lofty ethics of Theosophy, or true occultism, and its role in the transformation of the human consciousness. N. Sri Ram was the last President of the TS to h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |