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Vimalakirti
Vimalakīrti is by some considered to be the first Zen Buddhist Master aside from the Buddha himself. He is a historical figure living around the time of Gautama Buddha (sixth to fifth century BC). There is no mention of him in texts until after Nāgārjuna (first century BC to first century AD) r..
Vimalakirti Sutra
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Vimalamitra
Vimalamitra () is a key figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhist dzogchen practice. According to tradition, he was born in Western India and travelled to China to become a disciple of Shri Singha in China. Upon his return to India, he was invited to Tibet by emissaries of King Trisong Detsen. He es..
Vimala Thakar
Vimala Thakar (b. 1920) is an Indian social activist and spiritual teacher. She was born into a middle-class Brahmin family in central India, she was interested in spiritual matters from an early age. She pursued this interest with meditation and spiritual practices through her youth. Later she..
Vimal Mundada
Vimal Mundada is the present Minister of Health in the Government of Maharashtra. She is from the Nationalist Congress Party. Political career Mundada began her political career in the BJP. She was elected as member of Maharashtra legislative assembly from Kaij, a seat reserved for scheduled caste..
Vimana
This page deals with the flying chariots of Hindu mythology. For the pyramidical roof-towers of south Indian temple architecture, refer to Vimanam A vimāna is a mythical flying machine, described in the ancient literature of India. References to flying machines are commonplace in ancient Ind..
Vimanarama
Vimanarama is a three-issue comic book mini-series written by Grant Morrison with art by Philip Bond and published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Contents 1 Synposis2 Influences3 Releases4 Reviews5 External links Synposis It is the story of Ali, a young Britis..
Vimanavatthu
The Vimanavatthu is a Buddhist text; it is the sixth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya. The Vimanavattu is actually an anthology of 83 short stories written in verse. The stories are connected to each other in that each of them describes the life and deeds of a character who has attained residence in a he..
Vimanmek Palace
The Vimanmek Palace is a former royal palace in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the district (Khet) Dusit. The Vimanmek Palace was reassembled in 1901 completely out of teak from its original location in Ko Sichang. It was used as a royal palace shortly by King Chulalongkorn and his family, b..
Vimanpura
Vimanpura is an Eastern region of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. ..
Vimanshäll
Vimanshäll is a neighbourhood in Linköping, Sweden. ..
Vima Da Boda
Vima-Da-Boda (190 BBY—) was a female human Jedi Knight during the later years of the Galactic Republic. She spoke in the third person, referring to herself as "Vima". Biography Vima was a sixth-generation descendant of Nomi Sunrider through Vima Sunrider, and an illustrious warrior. She ser..
Vima Kadphises
Coin of Vima Kadphises. Obv: Bust of king emerging from a cloud, with a crested helmet and holding a club. Corrupted Greek language legend: BACIΛEΥC OOHMO KAΔΦICHC ("Basileus Ooimo Kadphisis"): "King Vima Kadphises". Rev: Shiva, with a long trident in right hand, and the skin of a tiger in th..
Vima Takto
Bronze coin of Vima Takto, alias "Soter Megas" (r.c. 80-90 BCE). Obv: Bust of Vima Takto, with Greek royal headband and radiate, holding sceptre; three-pronged tamgha behind. Rev: Mounted king with Greek royal headband, holding a sceptre. Three-pronged tamgha; corrupted Greek legend BACIΛЄΥ BA..
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Vimercate
Vimercate is a city in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is 25 kilometres from Milan and 10 from Monza. It is now comprised in the province of Milan, but from 2009 it will be part of the new Monza e Brianza province. Commune area 20.73 km², 2001 population 25,536. The city was originally founded ..
Vimianzo
Vimianzo is a municipality of Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Municipalities of A Coruña Abegondo | Ames | Aranga | Ares | Arteixo | Arzúa | A Baña | Bergondo | Betanzos | Boimorto | Boiro | Bo..
Viminacium
Antoninianus struck in Viminacium mint under Pacatianus to celebrate the 1001 birthday of Rome. Viminacium was a major city of the Roman province of Moesia (today's Serbia), and the capital of Moesia Superior. Viminacium was the base camp of Legio VII Claudia, and hosted for some time the IV F..
Viminal Hill
The Viminal Hill (Latin Collis Viminalis, Italian Viminale) is the smallest of the famous seven hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central-Rome between the Quirinale to the northwest and the Esquilino to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera and the Termini Railway Stati..
Viminaria
Viminaria juncea is the single species in the genus Viminaria endemic to Australia. The genus is in the family Fabaceae. It is colloquially known as native broom after its resemblance to the related European Broom plants. [Native Broom in flower] ..
Vimioso
Vimioso Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R.  NorteAlto Trás-os-MontesBragança Party José Rodrigues PSD Area 481.6 km² Population - Total - Density 5,10511/km² parishes 14 Coordinates [41º35'N 6º31'W] Municipal holiday ..
Vimmerby
Vimmerby is a city in south-eastern Sweden. Its has about 7,800 inhabitants and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality. Stångån is a small river running through the municipality. The city arms of Vimmerby has a wall on top, which signifies that it once had a charter, unlike many other Municipalitie..
Vimmerby Municipality
Vimmerby Municipality (Kommun) Vimmerby in north-west Kalmar County Map outlining municipalities of Sweden Coat of arms Municipal facts Seat Vimmerby [] County Kalmar County Province Småland Area      Rank 88th of 290 Population   ..
Vimmerby Party
Vimmerbypartiet (in Swedish: Vimmerbypartiet) a local political party in Vimmerby, Sweden. Founded ahead of the 2002 elections. Kjell Hemmingsson is the party president. In the 2002 municipal elections ViP got 594 votes (6.4%), and three seats. ..
Vimochana Samaram
Vimochana Samaram or ‘The Liberation Struggle’ in Kerala history is the political agitation that started in 1958 against the first Communist government in Kerala under the chiefministership of E.M.S. Namboodiripad. The main forces behind the Vimochana Samaram were the Church along with social or..
Vimont
For the borough of Laval, see : Vimont, Quebec Vimont is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 140. The INSEE code is 147. Population: 486Area: 8.96 km²Elevation: 35 mCanton: Troarn ..
Vimont, Quebec
Vimont is a borough in the centre of Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the 1965 municipal mergers. Vimont is delimited North-West by Sainte-Rose, North-East by Auteuil, East by Duvernay, South-West by Chomedey and South-East by Pont-Viau. ..
Vimose inscriptions
Finds from Vimose, Funen include some of the very oldest datable Elder Futhark inscriptions in late Proto-Germanic or early Proto-Norse (2nd to 3rd centuries AD). Vimose Comb (ca. 160, considered the oldest datable runic inscription altogether): harja [link] Vimose Buckle (ca. 200) aadag..
Vimoutiers
Vimoutiers Country      France Région Basse-Normandie Départment Orne Arrondissement Argentan Canton Vimoutiers INSEE 61508 Postal Code 61120 MayorCurrent Term Intercommunality Longitude 00° 11' 55" E Latitude 48° 55' 4..
Vimpa
Liturgical vestment worn by servers in the Roman Rite. A vimpa is a veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the miter and crosier in liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop. The vimpa is used to hold the miter or crosier, thus preventing direct contact wit..
Vimpeli
Vimpeli is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,403 (2003) and covers an area of 327.40 km2 of which 39.11 km2 is water. The population density is 11.8 inhabitants per km2...
Vimperk
Vimperk (Winterberg in German) is town in southern Bohemia, currently in the Jihočeský administrative district of the Czech Republic. In 2000 the town had 8090 inhabitants. Vimperk is situated in the Šumava region in the Volyňka River valley among the foothills of Boubín Mountains. The town ..
Vimto
Vimto is a purple soft drink in the United Kingdom. It contains the juice of grapes, raspberries and blackcurrants. Vimto was first formulated in 1908 by Manchester herb importer John Noel Nichols, who saw the market opening for soft drinks due to the temperance movement and the passage of the 1..
Vimur River
In Norse mythology, the Vimur is the largest of the Elivagar rivers that were formed at the beginning of the world. Norse mythology List of Norse gods | Æsir | Vanir | Giants | Elves | Dwarves | Valkyries | Einherjar | Norns Odin | Thor | Freyr | Freya | Loki | Balder | Tyr | Yggdrasil ..
Vimy
For the bomber, see Vickers Vimy East of Pas-de-Calais (Béthune, Lens, Hénin-Beaumont) Vimy is a town and commune in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département. Population: 4,700. It belongs to the communauté d'agglomération of Lens-Liévin (Communaupole) which gathers 36 commun..
Vimy House
Vimy House Vimy House is a warehouse in western Ottawa, Canada, that used to store most of the collection of the Canadian War Museum. Originally built as Ottawa's streetcar garage, it was turned over to the war museum when its Sussex Drive building ran out of storage and office space. The bu..
Vimy Memorial
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is one of Canada's most important overseas war memorials to those who served their country in World War I and risked or gave their lives during the war. It was constructed as the National Memorial for Canada's 66,000 war d..
Vim (cleaning product)
This article is about the Vim line of cleaning products; for other meanings, see Vim (disambiguation). Vim is the name of a range of household cleaning products produced by Lever Brothers. Vim scouring powder was one of the first products created by William Lever and produced at Port Sunlight near ..
Vim (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vim can refer to: Vim (text editor), or Vi IMproved, a free multi-platform text editorVim (cleaning product), a range of household cleaning products produced by Lever BrothersVIM Airlines The VIM acronym means: Vendor Independent M..
Vim (text editor)
To find out how to use Vim with Wikipedia, see [Text editor support]. Vim, which stands for Vi IMproved, is an open-source, multiplatform text editor extended from vi. It was first released by Bram Moolenaar in 1991. Since then Vim has added numerous features, many of which are helpful in..
VIM Airlines
VIM Airlines is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates international scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo services from Moscow. Its main bases are Vnukovo Airport and Domodedovo Airport, Moscow. It was established and started operations in 2000. Contents 1 Code Data2 Serv..
Vim Records
Vim Records was a short-lived United States record label active in the first decade of the 20th century. Vim was manufactured by the Vim Company of Chicago, Illinois. Vim Records were single-sided lateral cut disc records. It is not clear if Vim recorded their own material, or leased (or perhaps p..
Vi Maler Byen Rød
Vi Maler Byen Rød (English translation: "We're Painting The Town Red") was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Danish by Birthe Kjær. The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Luxembourg's Park Café with Monsieur and preceding Austria's Thomas Forstner ..
Vi Menn
Vi Menn is a lifestyle magazine, with articles on a wide range of topics. For instance adventure, travel, hunting, sports, cars and women. It is published weekly and it is owned by the Hjemmet Mortensen publishing house. Editor-in-chief is Axel Walø. External links [Vi Menn Online] ..

 


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