{"id":8551,"date":"2017-09-16T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2017-09-16T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T13:51:11","slug":"hindu-press-international-sep-16-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/hindu-press-international\/hindu-press-international-sep-16-2017","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Press International- Sep 16, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carbon Dating Reveals Earliest Record of Zero Symbol<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"OXFORD, ENGLAND, September 14, 2017 (BBC): Carbon dating shows an ancient Indian manuscript has the earliest recorded origin of the zero symbol. The Bakhshali manuscript is now believed to date from the 3rd or 4th Century, making it hundreds of years older than previously thought. It means the document, held in Oxford, has an earlier zero symbol than a temple in Gwailor, India. The finding is of ”vital importance” to the history of mathematics, Richard Ovenden from Bodleian Libraries said.<\/p>\n

The zero symbol evolved from a dot used in ancient India and can be seen throughout the Bakhshali manuscript. The dot originally indicated orders of magnitude in a number system and eventually evolved to have a hollow centre, the Bodleian Libraries said. Earlier research had dated the Bakhshali manuscript to the 8th and 12th Century, but now carbon dating has shown it to be centuries older. Bodleian Libraries said scholars had previously struggled to date it because it is made of 70 leaves of birch bark and composed of material from three different periods.<\/p>\n

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America’s First Meat-Free Fast-Food Restaurant Is Getting Ready to Expand<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA, September 1, 2017 (Fast Company): Off Hwy. 101 in Rohnert Park, California, you’ll find the usual roadside offerings: There’s a Burger King and a Taco Bell, and there’s a Chick-fil-A and an In-N-Out Burger. But right off the road that bisects the interstate, you’ll find a fast-food restaurant that’s like the others only in format. Amy’s Drive Thru is America’s first vegetarian, organic, gluten-free-optional fast-food restaurant, and much to the surprise of the owners, it’s doing more than holding its own against its greasy competitors. Business has been so booming at Amy’s Drive Thru in its two years of operation that it’s beginning a chain. A new location is slated in Corte Madera in 2018, with an eye to five more Northern California locations soon to follow. The ultimate goal, director of operations Paul Schiefer tells Fast Company, is to open Amy’s Drive Thrus all across the country.<\/p>\n

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The Hindu Community of Las Palmas Mourns the Death of Its First Priest<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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LAS PALMAS, CANARY ISLANDS, September 14, 2017 (La Provincia, translated from Spanish): The Hindu community of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria received a heavy blow, losing one of its most beloved members, Maharaj Chandru Chetanram Sharma, who died at the age of 85. He was the first priest of the Hindu community. Maharaj Sharma began his spiritual journey at the early age of 10 years in India, distinguished by being very austere and at the same time very human and well balanced, always ready to serve others. He was well versed in the sacred texts in Sanskrit, a brilliant astrologer, yoga instructor, teacher of slokas and Vedic mantras, officiator at innumerable weddings, liturgical acts, baptisms and auspicious events wherever it was required, in the Canary Islands, on the Spanish mainland or any part of the world.<\/p>\n

Maharaj Sharma, who died on 5 September, served as a priest to the Hindu community since 1975, a vital, indefatigable and traveling man, always came and went wherever he was needed. His teaching was based on the importance of forgiveness, in the need that the human being has for a mind that is balanced through meditation and that the path to Happiness is through inner peace and the importance of the soul as a source of eternal energy that prevails over the material body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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