Shruti and Smriti: Revelation and Tradition [14] Shruti (“revealed”) texts have been divinely revealed to the early sages (rishis). Written in Sanskrit, and dated between 1500 and 300 BCE. Key examples: The Vedas and Upanishads. Smriti (“remembered”) texts are of human composition (albeit based on divine truths). Key examples: the Epics (e.g., the Bhagavad-Gita and the Ramayana), Puranas (e.g. ...

Ancient literature, epics and medical texts well testify the existence of a female competence in Obstetrics since the time of Hippocrates. Until the Imperial Age, both in Greece and in Rome, women were the only ministers of the rites involving birth and death: in particular, delivery was the special moment in which a specific female competence was required.

Satellite sensors have been extremely useful and are in massive demand the understanding of Earth’s surface monitoring changes. For quantitative analysis acquiring consistent measurements, absolute radiometric calibration is necessary. The most common vicarious approach cross-calibration, which helps to tie all a scale for measurement. One traditional methods cross-calibration performed using t...

The paper aims to explore the typology of category case in epics Beowulf, Book Dede Korkut, Song Nibelungs and Tale Igor's Campaign. It draws certain universal features their nature based on contrastive study all mentioned epic texts. analysis reveals similarities how various morphological units express these texts, suggesting that they have a deep root rather than an occasional nature. On othe...