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Torna (Irish Poet)
Torna may refer to: * Torna (Irish poet) (5th century) * Torna (moth), a synonym of ''Compsoctena'' * Torna County, county of the former Kingdom of Hungary * Torna Fort in Pune District, Maharashtra, India * Torna Hundred, administrative division of Skåne, Sweden * Torna Ó Maolconaire (died 1468), Irish poet and historian * Torna or ''torana'', a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway in South and East Asia See also * Turna (other) * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna (Irish Poet)
Torna may refer to: * Torna (Irish poet) (5th century) * Torna (moth), a synonym of ''Compsoctena'' * Torna County, county of the former Kingdom of Hungary * Torna Fort in Pune District, Maharashtra, India * Torna Hundred, administrative division of Skåne, Sweden * Torna Ó Maolconaire (died 1468), Irish poet and historian * Torna or ''torana'', a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway in South and East Asia See also * Turna (other) * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna (moth)
''Compsoctena'' is a genus of moths in the family Eriocottidae. It was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philipp ... in 1852. Species * '' Compsoctena aedifica'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Compsoctena aethalea'' Meyrick, 1907 * '' Compsoctena africanella'' Strand, 1909 * '' Compsoctena agria'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Compsoctena araeopis'' Meyrick, 1926 * '' Compsoctena autoderma'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena barbarella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena brachyctenis'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Compsoctena brandbergensis'' Mey, 2007 * '' Compsoctena byrseis'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Compsoctena connexalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Compsoctena cossinella'' Walker, 1866 * '' Compsoctena cossusella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena cyclatma'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Compsoctena de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna County
Torna ( Slovak: ''Turňa'', Latin and Hungarian: ''Torna'', german: link=no, Tornau) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was located in present-day southeastern Slovakia and northern Hungary; today Turňa is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory in Slovakia. The initially large county was one of the original counties in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was gradually reduced to a territory corresponding to a small territory around the Turňa River ( hu, Torna-patak). The capital of the county was Turňa Castle ( hu, Tornai vár), later the town of Turňa nad Bodvou ( hu, Torna). From 1785 to 1790, 1848–1859, and ultimately in 1882 it was merged with the county Abov Abov (Hungarian: ''Abaúj'') is historically the Slovak name of an Abaúj County in the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it is an informal designation of the part of that county situated in Slovakia, as well as the official name of one of Slovakia's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Fort
Torna Fort, also known as Prachandagad, is a large fort located in Pune district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is historically significant because it was the first fort captured by Chhatrapati Shivaji in 1646, at the age of 16. The hill has an elevation of above sea level, making it the highest hill-fort in the district. The name derives from ''Prachanda'' (Marathi for huge or massive) and ''gad'' (Marathi for fort). History This fort is believed to have been constructed by the Shiva Panth in the 13th century. A Menghai Devi temple, also referred to as the Tornaji temple, is situated near the entrance of the fort. Malik Ahmed, a Bahamani ruler, captured this fort during the reign of Alauddin Khilji during the late 1470s. In 1646, Shivaji captured this fort at the age of sixteen , thus making it one of the first forts that would become one of the forts of the Maratha empire. Shivaji renamed the fort ' 'Prachandagad' ' as ''Torna'', and constructed several monuments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Hundred
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also known as during the early Middle Ages); in Danish and Norwegian, ; in Finnish, ; and in Estonian, . The Scanian hundreds were Danish until the Treaty of Roskilde The Treaty of Roskilde (concluded on 26 February ( OS), or 8 March 1658) ( NS) during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Karl X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish city of Roskilde. After a devastating defeat, ... of 1658. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundreds Of Sweden, List Of Subdivisions of Sweden Hundreds of Sweden Hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Ó Maolconaire
Torna Ó Maolconaire was Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh from 1447-1468. The Annals of Connacht The ''Annals of Connacht'' (), covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin. The early sections, commenci ..., ''sub anno'' 1468, say of him: ''Torna O Mailchonaire, ollav of Sil Murray in History and Poetry, died after a victory of repentance in his own house at Lis Ferbain after St. Patrick's day; he was buried under the protection of Patrick and St. Francis at Elphin and Urard O Mailchonaire succeeded to the ollavship.'' External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html Sources * ''Annals of Connacht'', A. Martin Freeman, Dublin, 1946. * ''Annals of Ireland from the year 1443 to 1468 ... translated by ... Dudley mac Firbisse'', ed. John O'Donovan, in ''The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society'', vol. i, pp. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torana
''Torana'' ( sa, तोरण; '' awr-uh-nuh') is a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Toranas can also be widely seen in Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. Chinese Shanmen gateways, Japanese ''torii'' gateways, Korean Iljumun gateways, Vietnamese Tam quan gateways, and Thai Sao Ching Cha were derived from the Indian ''torana''. They are also referred to as ''vandanamalikas''. History Indologist art historian and archaeologist Percy Brown has traced the origin of ''torana'' from the grama-dvara (village-gateways) of the vedic era (1500 BCE – 500 BCE) village which later developed as a popular adornment for cities, places. sacred shrines.Krishna Chandra Panigrahi, Harish Chandra Das and Snigdha Tripathy, 1994, Kṛṣṇa pratibhā: studies in Indology : Prof. Krishna Chandra Panigrahi commemoration volume, Volume 1, page 12. According to the vedic text, the Arthasastr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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