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Essays in Honour of Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah's Promotion of Jain Studies, edited by Christine Chojnacki and Basile Leclère, Bengaluru: Sapna Book House (Proceedings of the international workshop "The Constitution of a Literary Legacy and the Tradition of Patronage in Jainism" organized by Christine Chojnacki and Basile Leclère at Lyon 3 University, France, 15-17 September 2016).

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- Patronage (History), Kushan history, Gujarat, Mauryan Empire
- by Manu V. Devadevan
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- Hinduism, Kannada, Medieval Indian History, Mediaeval Deccan

Thirteen tomato hybrids were developed and tested for yield and bacterial wilt resistance during 2003-2006 at Olericulture Unit, Department of Horticulture, UAS, Dharwad. The data revealed that the hybrid Arka Alok x SP-2-2 was recorded highest yield (59.07t/ha), followed by Arka Alok x L-101 (53.72 t/ha) and Sonali x SP-2-2 (51.87 t/ha) in an averaged over period of four years and also during all the year of experimentation. The same hybrids (Arka Alok x SP-2-2, Arka x L-101 & Sonali x SP-2-2) were free from bacterial wilt incidence (zero incidence) and they recorded 2.65,2.45,and 2.29kgs of fruits per plant respectively. Therefore these hybrids can be commercially exploited.

- by Ramangouda V Patil
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- Karnataka
- by Barry Lewis
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- Art History, Historical Archaeology, South India, Karnataka
- by bharati V chimmad
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- Karnataka

The study on survey and surveillance was carried out on the occurrence of insect pests and their natural enemies on aonla in middle Gujarat region for three years 2002-05. The major pests recorded were Betousa stylophora Swinhoe, Gracillaria acidula (Meyrick), Selepa celtis Moore and Indarbela tetraonis Moore belonging to the order Lepidoptera, Cerciaphis emblica Patel and Kulkarni, Nipaecoccus vastator (Maskell) and Oxyrhachis tarandus Fabricius of Homoptera, the Myllocerus discolor Boheman of Coleoptera and termite, Odontotermes spp. of Isoptera. Among the natural enemies, two species of coccinellid beetles viz., Cheilomenes (Menochilus) sexmaculata Fabr. and Coccinella septempunctata Linn., feeding on aphid and other sucking pests during April to November, four species of spiders (Neoscona sp., Peucetia sp., Argiope sp. and Oxyopes sp.) feeding on mealy bugs throughout the year as well as mantids were found preying on different pests of aonla during March to November, except firs...

- by Tikamsinh Bharpoda
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- Karnataka

Aims: To assess the awareness of Orthodontic treatment among school children in Karnataka. Settings and Design: School settings and Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Methods and Material: A crosssectional epidemiological survey was conducted in all the 30 districts of Karnataka. School children in the age group of 10-16 years were the target population. Population proportionate technique was employed for the sample size estimation. A total sample of 9505 was randomly selected from 102 schools all over Karnataka. A pre-structured questionnaire was used to record the awareness of children towards orthodontic treatment. Statistical analysis used: One way Anova, Scheffe's post hoc-test. Results: Our study showed an average awareness of orthodontic treatment in Karnataka school children. Conclusions: The awareness was influenced by the literacy rate as districts with higher literacy showed higher awareness of children towards orthodontic treatment and districts with lower literacy rate showed lesser awareness of children towards orthodontic treatment.

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- Finance, Literacy, Karnataka, Awareness

Ecotourism is widely promoted as a conservation tool and is actively practiced in conservation of biodiversity worldwide. This investigation was carried out in the non-peaked season at the tourism sites in Shimoga, Karnataka by field exploration, observation, data collection and interaction with the local communities to evaluate the environmental and social impacts of ecotourism and to assess their awareness regarding conservation of biodiversity. It was recorded that the awareness of the local community accord with the principles of ecotourism. There is an improved perception of community participation in environmental management through ecotourism among the local residents and tourists. Ecotourism is a source of income and employment for these local communities. Increased ecotourism has a profound effect on the habitat destruction, waste generation and noise pollution threatening the biodiversity of the area.

- by Nichola Ramchurjee
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- Ecotourism, Biodiversity, Karnataka, Local Community

Review article that focuses on twenty years of publications on the city of Bangalore with special attention to: - Askew—A Short Biography of Bangalore by TJS George - Reengineering India—Work, Capital, and Class in an Offshore Economy by... more

Review article that focuses on twenty years of publications on the city of Bangalore with special attention to:
- Askew—A Short Biography of Bangalore by TJS George
- Reengineering India—Work, Capital, and Class in an Offshore Economy by Carol Upadhya
- Encoding Race, Encoding Class—Indian IT Workers in Berlin by Sareeta Amrute

- by Michiel Baas
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- History, Urban Geography, Anthropology, Social Sciences

Abstract: Considering the history of the health care and the competition in the same sector was very high due to
number of HCU’s, customer base, and restriction on Cashless facilities in the India. The health care sector has been
considered as a major participant in service industry involving ample transaction between the patient and personnel
within HCU’s on various aspects.Early 90’s saw the on-set of globalization in Indian market with most of the sectors
including health care is to global competition. Since the beginning of time, technology has shaped and reshaped the
way people live and work. From the invention of the wheel, to the first bow and arrow, the discovery of electricity and
wireless communications, and the first computer, every technological development has brought with it new
possibilities and challenges.This has prompted HCU’s to bring CRM as inherent process in all processes. Some of
their processes are ATM in campus, cashless facility, etc., Technological innovations have changed the way doctors
and Para medicine workers perform routine practices and the way they interact with their patients on a day-to-day
basis. This has led to enhanced customer satisfaction.This new pace has changed the environment of competition in the
Health care market. Even traditional (nationalized and private) health care units geared up with the same speed.A need
has been felt to enhance the facilities like cash less facility, ATM in campus, General stores, children park, mind
refresh games which in turn are really contributing to the enhancement of customer satisfaction both in patients and
out patients. Whether patient want or don’t, still, these services are should be made available in campus are canteen,
medical shop etc. Since no research work is done in this regard in this particular region of North Karnataka, a need has
been felt to research and find out to what extent introduction of CRM has really contributed patient satisfaction. In the
process of doing this, how it has affected the patient and the HCU personnel.The analysis proves that the satisfaction
levels for all the facilities is quiet higher or facility is available up to required level, which indicates at least that they
are not on the dissatisfied side, in core CRM practices are appreciated by patients in the study area, by adopting an
explorative Reserch model. A sample of 300 patients has been chosen across the hospitals in three Districts of North
Karnataka through convenience sampling basis using an explorative research design in the context.

This essay investigates Sankara Eye Foundation’s ability as a private healthcare firm in providing cataract surgeries to a level required by the market. Therefore, the research question: To what extent does a private firm, ‘Sankara Eye... more

- by Arnav Garg
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- Public Health, India, Hospital, Karnataka

Zwischen 2006 und 2008 erhielt das Museum Rietberg als Geschenk eine Sammlung aus Wien von über fünfzig südindischen Bronzen und Holzskulpturen. Im Katalog zur Ausstellung werden die Buta-Verehrung in Karnataka anhand von Masken,... more

- by Johannes Beltz
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- Religion, Hinduism, Popular Culture, Spirit Possession (Anthropology)

The study area covers 570 km 2 comprising of 9 sub-watersheds (Dalavayihalli, Maddalenahalli, Talamaradahalli, Puluvalli tank, Nagalamadike, Gowdatimmanahalli, Naliganahalli, Devadabetta and Byadanur) range from 49 to 75 km 2 forming part of Pennar river basin around Pavagada. The drainage network of 9 sub-watersheds was delineated using remote sensing data -Geocoded FCC of bands -2 3 4 of IRS 1 C and 1 D (LISS III+PAN merged) on 1:50,000 scale and SOI topomaps were used as reference. The morphometric analysis of 9 sub-watersheds has been carried out using GIS softwares -ArcInfo and ArcView. The drainage network shows that the terrain exhibits dendritic to sub-dendritic drainage pattern. Stream orders ranges from fourth to fifth order. Drainage density varies between 1.55 and 2.16 km/ km 2 and has very coarse to coarse drainage texture. The relief ratio range from 0.006 to 0.021. The mean bifurcation ratio varies from 3.21 to 4.88 and falls under normal basin category. The elongation ratio shows that Devedabetta sub-watershed possesses circular shape while remaining sub-watersheds mark elongated pattern. Hence from the study it can be concluded that remote sensing techniques proved to be a competent tool in morphometric analysis.

- by Dr.S.Srinivasa Vittala, Ph.D
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- Remote Sensing, Morphometry, Karnataka, Pavagada
- by Dr. Mahammad Habeeb
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- India, Life Insurance, Karnataka, Life Insurances

The weathered geological topographical formation of the Deccan in North Karnataka, gets a form and manifests itself as impulses of intangible and tangible heritage reflecting diversified ingenuity of human beings. While Hampi remains a highlight for travelers when they visit this region, it is the lesser known destinations of Ahihole, Pattadakal and Badami that speak of sacred stories in secret India. These Heritagescapes are reflective musings of underpinning of trade and economics, of power and egos and are older than the heirtagescape of the Hampi the heritage terrain of the Vijaynagar Kings (14th-17th AD).

- by Navina Jafa
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- Tourism Marketing, Cultural Heritage, Fair Trade, Tourism

Published by Notion Press, Chennai The above book written by Lalit Chugh has been published in 2016. The book covers the simultaneous progress in canonical literature and temple architecture and art of Karnataka. It covers a timeframe beginning with Prehistoric times (around 3500 BCE) to the Hoysala Period (1340 CE). The advent of scientific temper in material selection, architectural design, use of astronomy in temple design, mathematical constructs, fractal geometry and Borromean motifs has been examined while understanding and appreciating the Karnataka Temple. History of sculpture commencing from the Satavahana period till its exquisite form achieved during the Hoysala period too has been well captured. This book is intended for the visitors to Karnataka's ancient and medieval monuments to understand and appreciate their beauty and symmetry. It will answer many questions the visitor may have about the Temple Architecture and Sculpture while advising about their antiquity and history. The book has been written in simple language with emphasis on providing information rather than creating a scholarly text. In order to make it easier for the reader to understand the technical terms, description has been provided in simple words accompanied by illustrations and photographs. Historical perspectives have been adequately captured to illustrate the gradual advances in architectural designing techniques and sculptural refinements. It is hoped that the reader will find the book as a good companion while visiting monuments of Karnataka. Chapter 4 of the book will turn out to be the most useful for a layperson as it details most of the information about Temple layout, planning, components and architecture in simple and easily understandable terms, illustrated with photographs. History of Art and Architecture in Karnataka is detailed in Chapter 5 describing separately the influence of Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism on it. Chapter 6 details seven Heritage Circuits of importance in Karnataka. That should help interested persons to plan their Heritage tours. While photographs having direct contextual bearing are inserted in the main body of the book, photographs of general interest and those relating to the Heritage Circuits have been inserted separately as Plates at the end. The reader may be having a lot of questions about the Art and Architecture of Karnataka. He/she may want to know about various Heritage Touring Circuits. He/she may want to know what went into designing, planning and constructing monuments over a thousand year ago. He/she may still wish to know how art and architecture progressed during the ancient and medieval times in Karnataka. This book attempts to answer a lot of these questions. Some typical questions answered in this book are:

- by Lalit Chugh
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- Archaeology, Art History, Heritage Tourism, Heritage Conservation

A small Jewish cemetery in Bangalore reveals much about the Jews of India...

- by Adam YAMEY
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- Jewish Studies, Indian studies, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History

Myth, Imagination & Intangible Heritage in Hampi Going Beyond Ruins Hampi is a small village located in North Karnataka south of the Tropic of Cancer in the Deccan Plateau. It is possibly the largest and perhaps best preserved medieval cities in India ruled by Hindu rulers of the Vijaynagar Empire and has been enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Innumerable secular and sacred structure punctuate the raw beauty of the landscape, where majestic boulders and ruins are provided relief by the pristine river Tungabhadra. This article argues that neither a tourism oriented visits nor conservation programs should be limited to just accessing the archaeological sites, and the natural environment, one must aspire to connect and relish the entire ecosystem within which both the

- by Navina Jafa
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- Travel Writing, Puppetry, Sustainable Development, Cultural Tourism
- by Avilla Damar
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- Indian Art, Karnataka
- by Janaki Nair
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- Karnataka, Backward Classes and Reservation Policies

In this chapter, I attempt to provide a different a way of viewing goddesses by examining how they develop through their roles in the legitimation of kingship in South India and how that relates to the Purāṇic conception of the cosmos. My aim is to demonstrate one process through which a local goddess has, over a period of time, become associated with pan-Indian Purāṇic deities yet retained a distinctly local flavor. In the medieval period during which all kings of South India were configured within complex of hierarchic relationships based on a Purāṇic model of overlordship, the imagined separation between “vernacular” and “Sanskritic” or “Brahminic” only masks the significant role of goddesses at various stages in the construction of statehood. Their function in the construction of polity provides more insight into their place in the study of medieval Indian society than those that arise through a discussion of the “high Sanskritic” tradition or the “low vernaculars,” especially since both regional and local kingdoms operated according to the model of statehood provided in Purāṇic material.

- by Caleb Simmons
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- Religion, History, History of Religion, Kannada

To know the family background of children with reading and writing difficulties, the study was conducted in Dharwad city. Children studying in 6 th standard were drawn from 14 schools. Total sample of 418 children were screened based on the child's previous academic performance of the class tests and teacher's rating. They were further tested and identified as difficult children (180 in reading and 114 in writing) using reading and writing tests (Kannada). Normal children (165 in reading and 114 in writing) were also selected for comparison purpose. Further these children were assessed to know their family background. Findings revealed that, highest percentage (55%) of children with reading difficulties were found among age group of 12 years followed by 13 and 11 years. Male children were found to have more difficulties in reading as compared to female children. The ordinal position with 3 and above had more problems than others. It is also interesting to find that the first born (42%) showed fewer problems than second born children. Majority of parents of children with reading difficulties had lowest education level (primary). Highest percentage fathers (57%) of children with difficulties were labourers, and had small business when compared to fathers of normal children. Children whose mother tongue and medium of instruction are different found to have more difficulties in reading as compared to children having similar mother tongue and medium of instruction in school. At home, majority of reading children with difficulties (80%) studied on their own, without any support from the family members. Only 39% of parents take care of their children's studies as against 60% in case of normal children.

- by Dr. Prakash Padakannaya
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- Karnataka

Human behavior is associated with culture, subculture and the social environment. Every human being's action is the direct outcome of anticipation of society. Hence the behavior of humans is built on a set of systematically defined opinion of the observer. We the human beings observe over selves from others perspective and modify ourselves into a portrayed lifestyle. The modern society is highly action oriented. Fashionable and busy life associated with the high technological advancement made the people to opt a location where everything available easy. This resulted in the emergence of mall culture. Modern malls are the centre of multi-cultured lifestyle. These malls reduced the burden of the purchaser. They also are the center of weekend time-pass with entertainment and game shows. Now malls not only attract elite customers but they also the gateway for the fun, entertainment of common people. People who visit the malls are highly conscious about the behavioral pattern and the dress sense. Those who are new to mall culture also modify their behavioral pattern as they feel the environment is seeking for the same. Lavish parking facility, elite behavior of the mob, systematic display of vivid products and high promotion and the dignified staff are the key issues of consumer behavior and buying decision. With this perspective the main objective of the study is to identify the influence of mall culture on the consumer behavior and the buying decision. The paper also tries to explore the psychological influence of mall culture on consumer behavior. The study is based on descriptive method. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. The scope of the study is confined to selected shopping malls of Mangalore city. The study emphasizes on identifying the possible alterations in the buying behavior of consumers which is directly associated with the mall environment. The study suggests various techniques and the strategies associated with consumer's psychology which can be adopted by the marketers to make the consumers a better and fair purchase decision.

- by Sachin Soonthodu and +1
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- Marketing, Marketing Research, Karnataka, Consumer Buying Behavior

A Study on use of information resources and services
of City Central Library and its branch libraries, Mysore ,
Karnataka State, India shows that majority of users were men
between the age group of 16 – 25 years and they included
unemployed graduates and students who visit the library daily.
Most of the users are also member of the library. They got
acquainted with the libraries through their friends and through
mobile library services. They opine that the location of library
and working hours are convenient to them. They visit the library
for educational purpose. Most of the users spend 2 hours per day
in the library. Short stories, adventure story books, biographies,
sports literature and general books were the most frequently read
information sources of interest to the users. Concludes that since
majority of the users are students and unemployed youth, public
libraries need to enrich their information resource collection,
provide access to Internet and offer community-based services,
including literary programs. Public libraries need to take
proactive approach in motivating users to use these resources and
services to enhance their competence level.

- by Adithya Kumari H
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- Services, Karnataka, Collection, Use
- by Gururaja KV
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- Diversity, Tamil Nadu, DISTRIBUTION, Behaviour

Poor water quality and lack of access to improved sanitation continue to pose a significant threat to human health. The burden of disease analysis suggests that lack of access to safe water supply, sanitation and hygiene is the third most significant risk factor for poor health in developing countries with high mortality rates. Diarrhoea is the leading disease associated with unsafe water supply, sanitation and hygiene and is responsible for the deaths. The study observed that out of the 150 respondents, 37% are 31-40 years, followed by 20-30 years with 32%. 130 (86.7%) respondents have got married, and 61% of the respondents are female. 85% adopted the nuclear family system, and 50% of respondents are illiterates in the study areas. 85% of respondents are daily wage earners, 37% are earnings rupees between 2000-2500 per month. 27% of respondents are landless labours, and 37% of households possess below 2 acres of land. 40% of respondents suffer from health problems, and 44% consume rice as their staple food. 62% of respondents have debts, and 33% got from money lenders. 62% of respondents do not have toilet facilities and go open defecation. 92% of respondents stated that toilet makes dignity, saves time and energy, saves their children school days, makes adolescent girls privacy, save wage loss, and toilet makes quality life.

- by B Suresh Lal, PhD
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- Rural, Water quality, Quality of life, Hand Hygiene

The article gives a brief account of how geology and stone types influenced temple architecture in Karnataka, a state in Southern India. The theme of this paper is about the journey of rocks from hills to temples, exploring the “Evolution... more

- by Rekha Rao
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- Geology, Art History, History of India, Indian studies

Published: Self-Published Donation: Copyright @Author -J.M. John Marshal All rights are reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted or translated in any other form or by any means-Photocopying, recording without either... more

- by John Marshal
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- Indian History, Karnataka, History of Tamilnadu and Hinduism, Pandyas
- by Manu V. Devadevan
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- Hinduism, South Asian Studies, South Asia, South India

Investor behaviour is a hot cake in the academic community. The Investor behaviour is the process by which Investor tends to satisfy his/her needs by showing their choices. An in-depth review of literature has done to identify the factors influencing investment behaviour of investors in general. Among, few studies have examined the impact of these Social factors on investment behaviour of investors. And those studies revealed that social factors have significant influence on investment behaviour of investors. Comparatively (gender wise), most of the women were influenced by social factors. Hence, a study has taken up to examine the impact of Social factors on investment behaviour of working women exclusively at Hyderabad Karnataka Region of Karnataka. A descriptive study has been conducted with 480 samples selected based on convenient sampling method. The primary data has been collected with a structured, pretested questionnaire and the data collected were analysed through both descriptive and inferential statistics computed with the help of SPSS software. The study explored the fact that demographical factors have significant impact on the investment behaviour of working women.

- by Interal Res journa Managt Sci Tech
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- Karnataka
- by Lennart Bes
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- History of India, Courts, Queenship (Medieval History), Tamil Nadu
- by Crispin Branfoot
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- Architecture, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, South India

In the fifth–sixth century CE the rulers of the Kadamba dynasty claimed the town of Halsi (ancient Palāśikā) in modern Karnataka as the northern capital of their expanding polity. Their investments in this locale are recorded in a corpus of copper-plate inscriptions spanning four generation of kings. The plates record the growth of a thriving Jain community at Palāśikā and are revelatory of their relationships with the Kadamba rulers and their agents. This study of the donative and political processes converging in Palāśikā shows that the use of Sanskrit inscriptions
as media for royal representation and public self-fashioning was highly
developed in the Kadamba polity, where idioms and trends developed independent of the Gupta royal model. Moreover, the evidence from Halsi is indicative of the centrality of Jain religious communities, ideologies, and institutions in the administration of the Kadamba polity and the expression of a lineage identity.
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- by Peter Bisschop and +1
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- Jainism, Sanskrit, Political History, South Asian Religions
- by Aravind N.A.
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- Conservation Biology, Invasive Species, Invasion Ecology, Biological invasions

The study encompassed computation of cost of milk production and analysis of milk production function of different species of milch animals under different levels of groundwater regimes (safe, semi-critical, critical and over exploitation). The study was conducted in the Chamarajanagar and Mysore districts of Karnataka state, which happen to represent both different groundwater regime and progressive dairy region. The study indicated noticeable variations in cost of milk production across species and regions. Cost of milk production was highest from local cows while it was least in crossbred cows. The net returns were highest for crossbreds while marginally negative net returns were observed in other cases. From the functional analysis, it was evident that concentrates and dry fodder exerted their significant influence on milk production. Dummy coefficient used to reflect the effect of groundwater exploitation on milk production, indicated that there was negative effect of groundwater exploitation on the gross returns from milk production.

- by Mahin Sharif
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- Dairy Science, Groundwater, Agricultural Economics, Dairy Economics

We present field and petrographic data on Mafic Magmatic Enclaves (MME), hybrid enclaves and synplutonic mafic dykes in the calc-alkaline granitoid plutons from the Dharwar craton to characterize coeval felsic and mafic magmas including interaction of mafic and felsic magmas. The composite host granitoids comprise voluminous juvenile intrusive facies and minor anatectic facies. MME, hybrid enclaves and synplutonic mafic dykes are common but more abundant along the marginal zone of individual plutons. Circular to ellipsoidal MME are fine to medium grained with occasional chilled margins and frequently contain small alkali feldspar xenocrysts incorporated from host. Hybrid magmatic enclaves are intermediate in composition showing sharp to diffused contacts with adjoining host. Spectacular synplutonic mafic dykes commonly occur as fragmented dykes with necking and back veining. Similar magmatic textures of mafic rocks and their felsic host together with cuspate contacts, magmatic flow structures, mixing, mingling and hybridization suggest their coeval nature. Petrographic evidences such as disequilibrium assemblages, resorption, quartz ocelli, rapakivi-like texture and poikilitically enclosed alkali feldspar in amphibole and plagioclase suggest interaction, mixing/mingling of mafic and felsic magmas. Combined field and petrographic evidences reveal convection and divergent flow in the host magma chamber following the introduction of mafic magmas. Mixing occurs when mafic magma is introduced into host felsic magma before initiation of crystallization leading to formation of hybrid magma under the influence of convection. On the other hand when mafic magmas inject when host magma contain 30-40% crystals, the viscosities of the two magmas are sufficiently different to permit mixing but permit only mingling. Finally if the mafic magmas injected when felsic host was largely crystallized (~70% or more crystals), they fill early fractures and interact with the last residual liquids locally resulting in fragmented dykes. The latent heat associated with these mafic injections probably cause reversal of crystallization of adjoining host in magma chamber resulting in back veining in synplutonic mafic dykes. Our field data suggest substantial volume of mafic magmas injected into host magma chamber during different stages of crystallization. The origin of mafic magmas may be attributed to decompression melting of mantle associated with development of mantle scale fractures as a consequence of crystallization of voluminous felsic magmas in magma chambers at deep crustal levels.

- by Jayananda Mudlappa
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- Geology, Tectonics, Karnataka, Magma mixing

Hundreds of early modern forts dot the South Indian landscape, but more is known about their art-historical aspects than how these fortifications were built, maintained, and used. The latter aspects are examined in a comparative analysis of six Mysore hill forts, using East India Company surveys that were prepared in 1802 shortly after British forces took command of these installations from Tipu Sultan's garrisons. These highly detailed inventories show that the hill forts were poorly maintained, inadequately supplied, contained relatively few garrison buildings, and, from the British perspective at least, were inadequately armed to mount a successful defense. At the turn of the century, these forts were functionally obsolete, ill prepared to serve as supply depots, and strategically valuable only to quiet local populations and deny the use of such places to potential enemies.

- by Barry Lewis
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- Fortifications, Karnataka, Mysore, Tipu Sultan

This article explores neglected currents in Vīraśaiva intellectual history by way of narrating an institutional microhistory of a single monastic lineage, situated in the village of Hooli in northern Karnataka. The lineage of what is today known as the Hooli Bṛhanmaṭha exemplifies Vīraśaivism's contribution to Sanskritic thought particularly through its close connection with the emergence of Śivādvaita as a philosophical school, best known for its expression in the writings of the sixteenth-century poly-math Appayya Dīkṣita. As attested in understudied works of Sanskrit and Kannada, moreover, pontiffs of the Hooli lineage from the sixteenth century onward were actively involved in the early systematization of what is now the Pañcācārya Vīraśaiva community, a project that drew no hard and fast boundaries between Sanskrit and the vernacular, or śāstric philosophy and devotion.

- by Elaine Fisher
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- Religion, Hinduism, South Asian Studies, Sanskrit language and literature

Oberlin, Heike. 2015. »Das Schattentheater in Südindien – Kerala und Karnataka«. In: Die Welt des Schattentheaters – Von Asien bis Europa. Ed. by Jasmin li Sabai Günther and Inés de Castro [Katalog zur Ausstellung im Linden-Museum,... more

- by Heike Oberlin (Moser)
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- Kerala, Karnataka, Shadow Puppet Theatre

Karnataka Common Entrance Test KCET 2017
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) is held by Karnataka Examination Authority for granting admissions to various undergraduate and professional courses of Medicine and Homeopathy.
Courses covered under KCET 2017 :
• Medical/Dental (MBBS/BDS)
• Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy, and Yoga (ISM & H)
• Engineering/Technology (BE/BTech)
• Architecture (B Arch)
• BSc in Agriculture, Forestry, Sericulture, Agri-Biotech, Horticulture, Home Science
• Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
• BTech in Food Tech, Dairy Technology, Fisheries Science, Food Science and Technology, Ag Marketing and Co-operation and Agricultural Engineering

- by Natasha Lindgren
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- Medicine, Mbbs Course, Karnataka

This paper focuses on the use of web-based library services in India and examines how libraries in the Institutions of National importance in India provide web access to their collections and other services. The study sample for the present study were Thirteen (13) institutions of National importance located at Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states which were selected using purposive sampling technique based on the research objectives. The data was collected using a web-based survey by examining the library websites of the select institutions using a check-list of 52 items covered topics of library general information, library resources, library services, links to e-resources, Web 2.0 tools and Web 3.0 tools. This particular check-list was developed by the researchers after analyzing the related literature reviews and previous studies related to the topic. Finding shows that many of the surveyed Institutions of National importance in India’s libraries have not fully exploited the potential of the web forms, and are still lagging behind to make the effective use of library websites. Among the selected institutions, few libraries were found to offer web-based library services in different sections. The present paper highlights the present status of the web-based library services in the select Institutions of National importance in India’s librarians in Southern India. The study also highlights the role of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 environment to enhance the quality of web-based library services and suggest new approaches for effective use of web-based library services.
Keywords: Web-based library services, Library websites, Content analysis, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Institutions of National importance in India’s Libraries.

- by Ghouse Modin Mamdapur and +1
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- Tamil Nadu, Information Services, Kerala, Karnataka

In March 1971, B.R. Gopal discovered a partially buried pillar with visible inscribed writing in the village of Guḍnāpur in Karnataka. The monument has since become known as the Guḍnāpur Pillar Inscription of Ravivarman (ca. 465-500 ce) after the ruler of the early Kadamba kingdom who commissioned it. The inscription preserves a compelling historical record that details the intersections of religious and political performance at the Kadamba court as centered around a temple to Kāma constructed within the confines of the royal residence at Vaijayantī (Banavasi), and the distribution of agrarian lands to support its maintenance. This study presents a new translation and analysis of the text and a discussion of the pillar as a 'text-monument' that was both embedded within and constitutive of landscapes: physical and built as well as rhetorical and imagined. By presenting the Guḍnāpur inscription as a text-monument situated within multiple landscapes, the article reveals how documentary, donative, religious, and agrarian practices supported state-making in an early South Indian kingdom.

- by Elizabeth A Cecil and +1
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- Hinduism, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Sanskrit language and literature, Agrarian History

By choosing victory over karmic bondage in the spiritual realm rather than victory over mortal enemies in the worldly realm, the Jina chose lordship over the three worlds that constitute the entire cosmos rather than lordship over the... more

- by Sarah Pierce Taylor
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- Jainism, Kingship (Medieval History), Karnataka, Medival Indian History