The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1524 page)

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). There are two aspects, calming the mind
(Skt.,
amatha
) and using the calm mind to see reality clearly (
vipassan
). These are distinguishable but not distinct.
Medujigore
:
Meera
(Hindu devotional poetess):
see
M
R
B
.
Megasthenes
.
Greek ambassador at the court of Chandragupta Maurya at
P
aliputra
,
c.
302 BCE. His account of his travels throughout N. India,
Indica
, is an important historical resource on
Mauryan
India.

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