“The word 'dharma' [ . . . . ] is derived from an older Vedic Sanskrit 'n'-stem 'dharman-', with a literal meaning of "bearer, supporter"[ . . . . ]”
1. “The term 'dharma' does not have a single, clear translation and conveys a multifaceted idea.”
'“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice ('Dharma'), [ . . . ] and a predominant rise of irreligion ('Adharma') – at that time I descend Myself.
[ . . . ] to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.”'
2. “It was first attested in French as 'irréligion' in 1527, then in English as 'irreligion' in 1598. It was borrowed into Dutch as 'irreligie' in the 17th century, though it is not certain from which language.”
1. “• Etymology
'Irreligion' is either a borrowing from French or from Latin. The term 'irreligion' is a combination of the noun 'religion' and the 'ir-' form of the prefix 'in-', signifying "not" [ . . . . ]”
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'“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, [ . . . ], and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself.
[ . . . ] to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.”'
* Prometheus
* “Kratos and Bia, personifications of brute power and callous violence respectively, are engaged in fettering the silent Prometheus to a mountainside”
* “Kratos and Bia... are assisted in the task by the begrudging blacksmith of the gods, Hephaestus”
* the eagle
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“The vajra (Sanskrit: 'वज्र', lit. 'thunderbolt'[ . . . ]) is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).”
“'vajra'
[ . . . ]
2. One of the five central Buddhist principles, representing indestructible substance that cuts and penetrates through emotional instability or uncertainty.
[ . . . ]”
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“Kratos and his siblings Nike ('Victory'), Bia ('Force'), and Zelus ('Glory') are all the personification of a specific trait.”
* Prometheus
* “Kratos and Bia, personifications of brute power and callous violence respectively, are engaged in fettering the silent Prometheus to a mountainside”
* “Kratos and Bia... are assisted in the task by the begrudging blacksmith of the gods, Hephaestus”
* the eagle
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“An avatar is the voluntary descent of the Supreme Lord into the material world. [ . . . ] an avatar appears through God's own divine will to guide humanity, protect the righteous, and restore dharma.”