Matha

A matha (also written math or mutt; maṭha) is a monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism or Jainism. A matha is usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.

Matha is monastery where one or more sannyasis (renunciate or homeless ascetic) and their followers live. It may refer to the hut of a single ascetic or a large monastery housing a community of ascetics, their students, and disciples. Other Hindu monastic institutions include mandira (temples if a holy one is living there) and ashrama (ashrams, meaning hermitage). The term matha is also used by the Jains.

Hindu renunciates, Sanyassi, were and are wandering mendicants. The tradition of becoming a renunciate (leaving home, family, and commerce) in Hinduism goes back to at least the 6th century BCE.^[1] The tradition continues until the present. During the early centuries, (from at least the 4th century BCE) renunciation was seen as one of the alternative choices of how to live a holy life. In the beginning of the first century CE, the tradition changed to viewing renunciation as the final stage of life after being a student and then a householder. From early times it was practical for the sannyasi to reside in a hut or other shelter during the monsoon season and wander the rest of the year.

Matha (film)

Matha is 2012 Sri Lankan movie directed by Boodee Keerthisena. The story revolves around two lovers who are LTTE carders fighting for a separate land. The film deals with the moments of final battle of Eelam war in Sri Lanka, while the two characters struggle to find their way to protect their expected child.

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Matha (disambiguation)

A matha is a monastic and similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism.

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Samay

In Sanskrit, Samay means "appointed or proper time, right moment for doing anything." On a general parlance, samay is a unit of time.

Meaning

In current usage, samay means "time" in Indian languages such as Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Gujurati and others.

In Jainism

Meaning

Samay represents the most infinitesimal part of time that cannot be divided further. The blink of an eye, or about a quarter of a second, has innumerable samay in it. For all practical purposes a second happens to be the finest measurement of time. Jainism however, recognizes a very small measurement of time known as samay, which is an infinitely small part of a second.

Measurements

The following are measurements of time as adopted by Jainism: Indivisible time = 1 samay
Innumerable samay = 1 avalik
16,777,216 avalik = 1 Muhurt
30 Muhurtas = 1 Day and night
15 Days and nights = 1 Paksha (fortnight )
2 Pakshas = 1 Month
12 Months = 1 Year
Innumerable years = 1 Palyopam
10 millions of millions of Palyopams = 1 Sāgaropam
10 million of millions of Sāgaropams = l Utsarpini or 1 Avasarpini
1 Utsarpini + Avasarpini = 1 Kālchakra (One time cycle).

Samay (band)

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Samay are a band based in Leeds, UK, formed by musicians from India and Europe who take the traditional music of India and combine it with jazz, flamenco, samba, funk and chill-out.

Overview

The band consist of Jesse Bannister (UK), Soumik Datta (India), Giuliano Modarelli (Italy), Bhupinder Singh Chaggar (India) and Kenneth Higgins (UK) who replaced former bass player Javier Geras (Spain).

Samay play original compositions and since the beginning they started performing in important festival such as Moor Music Festival, Garforth Arts Festival, Seven arts-Leeds and City of London Festival.

In 2007 they performed in television shows such as the Nikki Bedi's Show on BBC Asian Network and at Doordarshan TV UK.

In 2008, they released their first album, Songs for a Global Journey.

In order to support the album, they played at the Musicport World Music Festival, Beverley Folk Festival, Darbar Festival, Dingwalls and London Jazz Festival.

Samay (mythology)

The Kumpo, the Samay and the Niasse are three traditional figures in the mythology of the Diola in the Casamance (Senegal) and also in Gambia.

Multiple times in the course of the year, i.e. during the Journées culturelles, a folk festival in the village is organized. The Samay invites the people of the village to participate with the festivity.

He can run very hard and with his stick he mandates strict order in the community. He knows everything that happens in the village.

He can be considered the ceremony master of the traditional dance event.

Other Mythological Figures

Jap

Jap is an English abbreviation of the word "Japanese." Today it is generally regarded as an ethnic slur among Japanese minority populations in other countries, although English-speaking countries differ in the degree to which they consider the term offensive. In the United States, Japanese Americans have come to find the term controversial or offensive, even when used as an abbreviation. In the past, Jap was not considered primarily offensive; however, during and after the events of World War II, the term became derogatory.

History and etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "Jap" as an abbreviation for "Japanese" was in colloquial use in London around 1880. An example of benign usage was the previous naming of Boondocks Road in Jefferson County, Texas, originally named "Jap Road" when it was built in 1905 to honor a popular local rice farmer from Japan.

Later popularized during World War II to describe those of Japanese descent, "Jap" was then commonly used in newspaper headlines to refer to the Japanese and Imperial Japan. "Jap" became a derogatory term during the war, more so than "Nip." Veteran and author Paul Fussell explains the usefulness of the word during the war for creating effective propaganda by saying that "Japs" "was a brisk monosyllable handy for slogans like 'Rap the Jap' or 'Let's Blast the Jap Clean Off the Map.'" Some in the United States Marine Corps tried to combine the word "Japs" with "apes" to create a new description, "Japes", for the Japanese; this neologism never became popular.