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Saura Script Invented By Mangei Gomango
Saura may refer to: * Saura (Hinduism), a Hindu denomination * Saura calendar, the Vedic and medieval Indian solar calendar People * Antonio Saura, Spanish surrealist artist * Carlos Saura, Spanish film director * Enrique Saura, Spanish footballer * Joan Saura, Spanish politician * Santiago Saura Martínez de Toda, Spanish engineer, professor and politician Places * Saura, Nordland, a village in Nesna, Norway * Saura, Norway, a village in Gildeskål, Norway * Saura Mountains, mountains in North Carolina, USA See also * Cheraw The Cheraw people, also known as the Saraw or Saura, were a Siouan-speaking tribe of indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina near the Sauratown Mountains, east of Pilot Mountain and north of the Yad ... people, a Native American tribe, also known as the Saraw or Saura, who lived in the Saura mountains * Saura painting, a style of mural painting associated with Saura tribes of Odisha, India {{dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saura (Hinduism)
Saura is a religion and denomination of Hinduism, originating as a Vedic tradition. Followers of Saura worship Surya as the Saguna Brahman. At present the Sauras are a very small movement, much smaller than other larger denominations such as Vaishnavism or Shaivism. There was a rapid decline of the Sauras in the 12th and 13th century CE, due to the Muslim conquests. History The sun has been worshipped in various forms since the time of the Rig Veda in India. The prominence of the Saura sect is expounded by the supremacy of the Gayatri mantra in the Vedic prayers. The theology of the sect appears in a number of documents like the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Markandeya Purana and a fifth century inscription. In the Mahabharata On one occasion, when leaving his chambers in the morning, Yudhisthira encounters one thousand Saurite brahmins with eight thousand followers. Surya worship The priests of the saura sect were called magas, bhojakas, or sakadivipiya brahmins. In the Saura sect, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saura Calendar
Saura is a term which refers to the solar days and months in Vedic era and medieval Indian calendars, to differentiate them from lunar system in the lunisolar calendars. Etymology ''Saura'' is a term found in Indian religions, and it connotes "sun" (Surya) or anything "solar"-related.Monier Monier-Williamsसौर, saura Sanskrit-English Dictionary and Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 1254 The earliest mention of the term ''Saura'' is in Vedic and Upanishadic texts of Hinduism. For example, it appears in chapter 7.2 of the ''Sankhayana Aranyaka'' embedded in the ''Rigveda'', and in the ''Maitri Upanishad'', in both it contextually means ''Surya''. In the ''Mahabharata'' and the ''Puranas'', the term is used to refer to the Sauras, worshippers of the sun deity. In esoteric Buddhism, the term appears in the context of yogi and deity, with alternate spelling of ''savara''. Overview The solar day and months in the Vedic era calendars and in the medieval Indian calendars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Saura
Antonio Saura Atarés (September 22, 1930 – July 22, 1998) was a Spanish artist and writer, one of the major post-war painters to emerge in Spain in the fifties whose work has marked several generations of artists and whose critical voice is often remembered. Biography He began painting and writing in 1947 in Madrid while suffering from tuberculosis, having already been confined to his bed for five years. In his beginnings he created numerous drawings and paintings with a dreamlike surrealist character that most often represented imaginary landscapes, employing a flat smooth treatment that offers a rich palette of colors. He claimed Hans Arp and Yves Tanguy as his artistic influences. He stayed in Paris in 1952 and in 1954–1955 during which he met Benjamin Péret and associated with the Surrealists, although he soon parted with the group, joining instead the company of his friend the painter Simon Hantaï. Using the technique of scraping, he adopted a gestural style and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career that spans over half a century. His films have won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He quickly gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura quickly switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film ''La Caza'' won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. By the 1970s, Saura was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Saura
Enrique Saura Gil (born 2 August 1954) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his career, he played mainly for Castellón and Valencia, appearing in more than 400 official games with the latter and winning three major titles. Saura represented Spain at the 1982 World Cup and Euro 1980. Club career Saura was born in Onda, Castellón, Valencian Community. During his career, he played exclusively in his native region: after starting at CD Castellón he moved to local giants Valencia CF, where he would be an undisputed starter throughout his ten-year spell. He helped the latter win three titles in one year, most notably the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, while he added 37 goals in La Liga. After leaving Valencia at 31, Saura returned to Castellón for a further three Segunda División seasons. He then moved to amateurs CD Onda, his very first youth club, where he retired at nearly 38. International career Saura earned 23 caps for Spain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Saura
Joan Saura i Laporta is a Green ICV Spanish politician in Catalonia. He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, in 1950. He studied at the Escola d'Enginyeria Tècnica (Technical Engineering School), where he specialized in Industrial Chemistry. In the beginning, he was devoted to the trade union and the neighbourhood: he enrolled into the Workers' Commissions (CCOO) in 1973, while he was working for the electrics company FECSA, and cofounded the ''La Florida Neighbourhood Association'', in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1974. Municipal policy He became town councillor in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat for the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) in the first democratic local elections in 1979, where he participated in the formation of the government, and remained a councillor until 1991. He also chaired (from 1983 to 1987) the Public Transport commission in Barcelona. Parliament of Catalonia He was elected for the third and fourth Legislatures (1988 to 1995) as deputy for Barcel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Saura Martínez De Toda
Santiago Saura Martínez de Toda (born 1974) is a Spanish engineer, professor and politician. Member of the Madrid City Council since 2019, he serves as councillor-president of the district of Retiro. Biography Born in Oviedo in 1974. He earned a PhD from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), reading a dissertation titled ''Influencia de la escala en la configuración del paisaje: mediante un nuevo método de simulación espacial, imágenes de satélite y cartografías temáticas'' in 2001, supervised by Francisco Javier Martínez Millán. He became a member of Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) in 2006, while he was working as lecturer at the University of Lleida. He obtained a chair as full professor in Forestry Engineering at the UPM. He worked for three years for the European Commission in the scope of environmental sustainability and protected natural areas. Based in Northern Italy working for the European Commission, he returned to Spain to run in the Cs list vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saura, Nordland
Saura is a village in the municipality of Nesna in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern side of the island of Handnesøya Handnesøya is an island in the municipality of Nesna in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies between the islands of Tomma and Hugla and the mainland, along the Sjona fjord. The mountainous island has a very narrow flat area on the east .... It is the location of Handnesøya Chapel, some small shops, and a dock. References Nesna Villages in Nordland {{Nordland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saura Mountains
The Sauratown Mountains, which are sometimes called "the mountains away from the mountains", are an isolated mountain range located within Stokes and Surry counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The vast majority of the range is located in Stokes County. Although the range occupies only 5% of Stokes County's area, it dominates the county's scenery from almost every direction. The Sauras rise sharply 800 to 1,700 feet (244 to 518 meters) above the surrounding terrain. The Sauratown Mountains were named after the "Saura", a Siouan-speaking Native American tribe that lived in the area before European settlers arrived in the early 18th century. The range consists of rugged, heavily forested ridges frequently broken by large quartzite rock cliffs that can be seen for miles. The Sauratown Mountains are known for offering some of the best rock climbing in North Carolina. The highest point in the Sauratown Mountains is Moore's Knob, which rises to 2,579 feet (786 m). The range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheraw
The Cheraw people, also known as the Saraw or Saura, were a Siouan-speaking tribe of indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina near the Sauratown Mountains, east of Pilot Mountain and north of the Yadkin River. They lived in villages near the Catawba River.Rudes ''et al.'' 310 Their first European and African contact was with the Hernando De Soto Expedition in 1540. The early explorer John Lawson included them in the larger eastern-Siouan confederacy, which he called "the Esaw Nation."''Handbook of the American Indian North of Mexico'', 1906 After attacks in the late 17th century and early 18th century, they moved to the southeast around the Pee Dee River, where the Cheraw name became more widely used. They became extinct as a tribe, although some descendants survived as remnant peoples. Name Originally known as the Saraw, they became known by the name of one of their villages, Cheraw.Demallie 296 They are also known as the Chará ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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