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Kailasa

American  
[kahy-lah-suh] / kaɪˈlɑ sə /

noun

  1. a Brahmanical temple dedicated to Shiva, at Ellora, India: architecturally one of the finest of ancient cave temples.


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People representing United States of Kailasa had attended two UN committee meetings in Geneva in February.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2023

According to its website, Kailasa counts "two billion practising Hindus" among its population.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2023

Her question is regarding what measures can be put in place to "stop the persecution" of Nithyananda and the people of Kailasa.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2023

Shiva conducts Parvati and the boy back to Mount Kailasa, where gods and fairies welcome them with music and dancing.

From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa

Sßnanda was touched with compassion for the miseries that he witnessed, and by the use of the five and six lettered spells he delivered those imprisoned souls and took them with him to Kailasa.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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