List of English Words from India: Media
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A mongoose (Herpestes species) attacking an Asian cobra (Naja naja).
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A painting of Major William Palmer with his second wife, the Mughal princess Bibi...
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A collection of digital images representing schoolchildren for use on the Hello Britannica...
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An illustration of Vishnu's main 10 avatars: Fish, Tortoise, Boar, Man-Lion, Dwarf,...
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Sam Worthington (left) as Jake Sully and Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri in the film Avatar...
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In the early 20th century in the United States bungalows became a popular architectural...
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English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed this bungalow in New Delhi, India.
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Detail of an Indian calico print from Gujarat, 18th century; in Chhatrapati Shivaji...
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“There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near...
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A kaṭṭu-maram (catamaran) on Marina Beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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A 17th-century floral design chintz bed hanging made in India; in the Cooper Hewitt,...
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A mother cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) rests with her cubs in the African savannah.
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The pungent aromatic rhizome of the ginger (Zingiber officinale) plant is...
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The chariots of the gods journey through Puri, Odisha, India, surrounded by pilgrims.
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Mangrove trees standing on the water's edge in the Sundarbans, a vast tract...
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U.S. Navy personnel wearing khaki uniforms.
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A 19th-century British chessboard made with lacquer, papier-mâché, and mother-of-pearl;...
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Surrounded by Indians, a colonial official of the British East India Company moving...
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Fishermen wearing Madras-print lungis (sarongs) on Marina Beach in Chennai...
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Rig Veda verse 3.62.10, a hymn to the Sun called the Gayatri mantra, is personified...
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The Muslim Mughal emperor Akbar in conversation with Jesuit missionaries (in black,...
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The musk scent comes from a substance extracted from a gland on the male musk deer...
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Fruits of an orange tree growing next to orange tree blossoms. Orange is a tasty...
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Photograph of a group of Paraiyans (Pariahs), in the Madras Presidency, an administrative...
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Fruit and leaves of the black pepper plant (Piper nigrum).
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Liverpool delft punch bowl, c. 1760; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Man wearing pajamas, illustration from the Catalogue of Welch Margetson,...
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Word histories are the cat's pajamas.
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Laborers threshing rice on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, November 4, 2020.
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Rice plants growing in flooded fields in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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A vendor preparing chicken biryani on the streets of Old Delhi, India.
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Arrangement of flowers for puja (offering to a deity) including yellow champaka...
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Workers harvesting sugarcane for ethanol production in southern India.
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An illustration of “thugs” distracting a traveler so he can be strangled unawares,...
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Visitors to Mount Vernon, George Washington's home in Virginia, standing on its large...
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Mantra to Lakshmi, goddess of wealth
A recitation of the mantra oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ kamale kamalālaye prasīda prasīda;...
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