Śakra
Śakra (Pāli, Sakka). The king or chief of the gods (
deva). Śakra rules over the
heaven of the 33 gods (Skt.,
trāyastriṃśa; Pāli, tāvatiṃsa) which is the lowest of the heavens and thus the closest to the human world. He makes frequent appearances in Buddhist literature and is regarded as a devotee of the
Buddha and protector of the faith. He is regarded as noble, kindly, and just and a guardian of the moral law, but still subject to many frailties. The figure of Śakra bears some relation to the Vedic god
Indra.
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Ancient Tiberias reveals all her glory
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 10-19-2007 Headline: Ancient Tiberias reveals all her glory Byline: Ann Goldberg...2007 -- In 1920, when the road between Tiberias and Zemach was being paved, the workers...had unearthed the ancient town of Hamat Tiberias, including a seven- branched candelabra...
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Rediscovering Tiberias
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report; 5/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...a financial boon from 'ancient Tiberias.' In mid-March, two students...participating in an archaeological dig in Tiberias, three city blocks away from Lake...Court, which established itself in Tiberias at the end of the 2nd century CE...
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Tiberias longs for Kirk to go boldly forth with $20 million hotel
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...economically depressed northern Israeli city of Tiberias shows that it is in dire need of two...least in theory, about to arrive in Tiberias in the form of the Church of Scotland...Watt Torrance, a physician who set up Tiberias's first hospital. The construction...
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Tiberias's tribute to Dona Gracia
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 08-25-2006 Headline: Tiberias's tribute to Dona Gracia Byline: LYDIA...Page: 12 Friday, August 25, 2006 -- Tiberias resident Haim Hatzav has been conducting...years ago. The House of Dona Gracia in Tiberias is a unique hotel, cultural center and...
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Officials: Tiberias was tense long before October 2000 riots...
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/18/2001; ; 683 words
; ...07-18-2001 Headline: Officials: Tiberias was tense long before October 2000 riots...Page: 04 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 -- Tiberias had been seething with Jewish-Arab...which had once served as a mosque. Tiberias mayor Benny Kiryati and municipal councilman...
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Tiberias gears up for a record run. 900 runners - the largest field ever - to compete for marathon titles
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/4/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 01-04-2007 Headline: Tiberias gears up for a record run. 900 runners...900 athletes will compete in the 30th Tiberias Marathon on Thursday morning with organizers...runner-up. "I feel good coming back to Tiberias," said Bor at the pre-race press...
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Search on for missing Tiberias girl
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/3/2003; ; 669 words
; ...0000 Headline: Search on for missing Tiberias girl Byline: DAVID RUDGE Edition; Daily...for 18-year-old Dana Bennet from Tiberias, who went missing in the early hours...Migdal and the Maghrar junction north of Tiberias. Senior officers headed by northern...
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When Tiberias sank into the sea
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...decks: CLOUDBURST DESTROYS PART OF OLD TIBERIAS / Many Missing, Believed To Have Been...lasted 20 more, there would have been no Tiberias. It was appalling; as bad, I am sure...hillside collapsed.... The old town of Tiberias was overtaken by disaster today at noon...
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Task force tackles Tiberias crime lords
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...2006 Headline: Task force tackles Tiberias crime lords Byline: REBECCA ANNA STOIL...organized crime task force swept through Tiberias early Sunday morning. The task force...followed a series of violent incidents in Tiberias, in which innocent civilians were injured...
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Walking with the sages in Tiberias
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Headline: Walking with the sages in Tiberias Byline: AVIVA BAR-AM Edition; Weekend...not, as you near the southern end of Tiberias, steam rises above you along the road...of the earth to stoke the fires of the Tiberias hot springs. As they were deaf devils...
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Tiberias
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tiberias , town (1994 pop. 36,400), NE Israel...agricultural settlements. A resort town, Tiberias has hotels, a hot springs spa, and a...After the destruction of Jerusalem, Tiberias became (2d cent.) a center of Jewish...
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Lake Tiberias
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Tiberias see Galilee, Sea of .
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Galilee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the countryside, and the towns— Cana , Capernaum , Tiberias , Nazareth —are repeatedly referred to in the Gospels...Lower sections. The major towns in Upper Galilee are Zefat and Tiberias ; Nazareth is the largest town in Lower Galilee. Jews, Arabs...
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Sea of Galilee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sea of Galilee Lake Tiberias , or Lake Kinneret , lake, 64 sq mi (166 sq km), 14 mi (23 km) long, and 3 to 7 mi (4...Testament it is named variously from nearby geographical features—Galilee, Gennesaret, or Tiberias.
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Palestine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...source is the Jordan River, which flows south through Lake Tiberias into the Dead Sea. Palestine is of central importance to three...The northern part of the country, including Acre, Haifa, Tiberias, Safed, Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarm, was part of the vilayet...
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