Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Through the use of epigraphical evidence, Leslie C. Orr brings into focus the activities and identities of the temple women (devadasis) of medieval South India, and suggests new ways of understanding the character of the temple woman -- and of the role of women in Indian religion and society.

Devadāsīs --- Deva-dāsī --- Deva-dāsīs --- Devadāsī --- Joginis --- Mathammas --- Uruttira kaṇikaiyar --- Courtesans --- Dancers --- Tamil Nadu (India) --- Religious life and customs. --- Devad�as�is --- Devadasis

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

A translation and analysis of Sibawayhs comprehensive and insightful work on Inclination (or Umlauting) in classical Arabic.

Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān, --- Arabic language --- Grammar.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Al-Hasan al-Yusi was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Completed three years later and gathered together under the title, Discourses on Language and Literature (al-Muhadarat fi l-adab wa-l-lughah), they offer rich insight into the varied intellectual interests of an ambitious and gifted Moroccan scholar, covering subjects as diverse as genealogy, theology, Sufism, history, and social mores. In addition to representing the author's intellectual interests, The Discourses also includes numerous autobiographical anecdotes, which offer valuable insight into the history of Morocco, including the transition from the Saadian to the Alaouite dynasty, which occurred during al-Yusi's lifetime. Translated into English for the first time, The Discourses offers readers access to the intellectual landscape of the early modern Muslim world through an author who speaks openly and frankly about his personal life and his relationships with his country's rulers, scholars, and commoners"--

Yūsī, al-Ḥasan ibn Masʻūd,

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

A multitude of measurement units exist within astronomy, some of which are unique to the subject, causing discrepancies that are particularly apparent when astronomers collaborate with researchers from other disciplines in science and engineering. The International System of Units (SI) is based on seven fundamental units from which other units may be derived, but many astronomers are reluctant to drop their old and familiar systems. This handbook demonstrates the ease with which transformations from old units to SI units may be made. Using worked examples, the author argues that astronomers would benefit greatly if the reporting of astronomical research and the sharing of data were standardized to SI units. Each chapter reviews a different SI base unit, clarifying the connection between these units and those currently favoured by astronomers. This is an essential reference for all researchers in astronomy and astrophysics, and will also appeal to advanced students.

Communication in astronomy. --- Metric system. --- International metric system --- International system of units --- SI (Weights and measures) --- SI-metric --- Weights and measures --- Astronomy

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Fortification --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Tell el-Borg Site (Egypt) --- Sinai (Egypt) --- Egypt --- Sinai --- Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) --- Sinaitic Peninsula (Egypt) --- Shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Shamāl Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Janūb Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquities