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- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...as these terms were understood in the period. In this connection, four terms are mentioned: vadi, comparable to the Western term sonant, meaning "having sound"; samvadi, to the Western consonant ...
- Samvara
- in northern Buddhism, a fierce protective deity. Like Heruka and Hevajra, he is an emanation of the Buddha Aksobhya and wears a figure of that god in his headdress. Samvara ...
- samvara
- (from the article "nirjara") ...sometimes led to death by ritual self-starvation (sallekhana), though rarely in modern times. The prevention of the accumulation of new karman is called
- samvrti-satya
- (Sanskrit: "the empirical truth"), in Buddhist thought, the truth based on the common understanding of ordinary people. It refers to the empirical reality usually accepted in everyday life and can ... [1 Related Articles]
- San
- an indigenous people of southern Africa, related to the Khoekhoe (Khoikhoi). They live chiefly in Botswana, Namibia, and southeastern Angola. Bushmen is an Anglicization of boesman, the ... [20 Related Articles]
- San Agustin
- (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...substantially with those elsewhere in the Spanish empire, and European prints served as models for local artists. Of the major early churches for which this sculpture and painting was executed, ...
- San Ambrogio
- (from the article "crypt") Later the size of the crypt was increased to include the entire space under the floor of the church choir or chancel, as in the 10th-century crypt of S. Ambrogio ...
- San Andrea
- (from the article "Mantegna, Andrea") A funerary chapel in the church of S. Andrea at Mantua was dedicated to Mantegna's memory. Decorated with frescoes, including a dome painted (possibly by Correggio) with paradise symbols related ...
- San Andrea al Quirinale, Church of
- (from the article "pediment") ...is broken before it reaches the apex, the designers of the Baroque period developed many varieties of fantastic broken, scrolled, and reverse-curved pediments, an example of which can be seen ...
- San Andrea, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Amalfi") ...and rapidly declined in importance, although its maritime code, the Tavola Amalfitana ("Table of Amalfi"), was recognized in the Mediterranean until 1570. The town is dominated by the Cathedral of ...
- San Andreas Fault
- major fracture of the Earth's crust in extreme western North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from the northern end of the Gulf of ... [12 Related Articles]
- San Andres Mountains
- segment of the southern Rocky Mountains, extending southward parallel to the Rio Grande for 150 miles (241 km), through Socorro, Sierra, and Dona Ana counties in southern New Mexico, U.S. ...
- San Andres Tuxtla
- city, southeastern Veracruz estado (state), south-central Mexico. It lies on the slopes of San Martin Tuxtla volcano, along the Tuxtla River, at an elevation of 1,181 feet (360 m) above ...
- San Andres y Providencia
- island departamento, Colombia, consisting of the Andres and Providencia islands and several small keys in the Caribbean Sea, 440 miles (710 km) northwest of Cartagena, Colom., and 110 miles (180 ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Angelo
- city, seat (1875) of Tom Green county, west-central Texas, U.S. It lies about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Abilene. Founded in 1869 near Fort Concho (now a museum) at ...
- San Antonio
- (from the article "Valparaiso") ...chemicals, cement, clothing, processed foods, and tobacco. The Concon petroleum refinery and the oil storage tanks at Quintero and Vina del Mar are economically important. The port of San Antonio, ...
- San Antonio
- city, seat (1837) of Bexar county, south-central Texas, U.S. It is situated at the headwaters of the San Antonio River on the Balcones Escarpment, about 80 miles (130 km) southwest ... [4 Related Articles]
- San Antonio de la Florida
- (from the article "Goya, Francisco de") ...scope for "observations," "fantasy," and "invention," in his commissioned paintings Goya continued to use conventional formulas. His decoration of the church of San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid (1798), is ...
- San Antonio de los Banos
- city, west-central Cuba. Lying on the San Antonio de los Banos River, the settlement prospered and became a health resort because of its thermal springs. It is also a commercial ...
- San Antonio de Ureca
- (from the article "Equatorial Guinea") ...is largely inhospitable, consisting for the most part of a cliff about 60 feet high, broken occasionally by small inlets and beaches. The southern coast is very steep and dangerous ...
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
- (from the article "San Antonio") The River Walk, or Paseo del Rio, is San Antonio's outdoor centrepiece. Winding through the downtown area, its landscaped banks are lined with shops and restaurants. San Antonio Missions National ...
- San Antonio Spurs
- (from the article "Basketball") In June 2007 the San Antonio Spurs-featuring players from the U.S. Virgin Islands (Tim Duncan), France (Tony Parker), The Netherlands (Francisco Elson), Slovenia (Beno Udrih), and Argentina (Manu Ginobli and ...
- San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium
- one of the largest animal collections in the southwestern United States, located in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 1914, the zoo and accompanying aquarium are operated by the San Antonio ...
- San Antonio, Cape
- cape, westernmost Cuba. Forming the western extremity of the island, its point juts out between the Gulf of Guanahacabibes on the north and Corrientes Bay on the south. Approximately 150 ...
- San Antonio, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Piacenza") ...the rectangular street plan in the centre of the city is Roman. The brick cathedral (1122-1253) is a fine example of Lombard Romanesque style. Other noteworthy medieval churches are the ...
- San Antonio, Church of
- (from the article "Mantegna, Andrea") ...practice in Padua, where the overwhelming artistic influence on him for the preceding few years had come from the wealth of sculpture produced by the Florentine Donatello for the high ...
- San Antonio, Mount
- (from the article "Los Angeles") ...the city, contains some 90 other incorporated cities, including Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Long Beach. The county also encompasses two of the Channel Islands, Santa Catalina and San Clemente; Mount ...
- San Bernardino
- central city of the San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario metropolitan complex, seat (1853) of San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S. Located east of Los Angeles, the city lies at the base of the ...
- San Bernardino Mountains
- segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southern California, U.S. The range extends southeastward for 55 miles (90 km) from Cajon Pass to San Gorgonio Pass and defines ...
- San Bernardino Pass
- mountain pass (6,775 ft [2,065 m]), in the Lepontine Alps of Graubunden canton, southeastern Switzerland. Although the pass was not mentioned until 941, it is believed to have been in ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Bernardino Peak
- (from the article "San Bernardino Mountains") ...California, U.S. The range extends southeastward for 55 miles (90 km) from Cajon Pass to San Gorgonio Pass and defines the eastern limit of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The ...
- San Bernardino, Oratorio di
- (from the article "Agostino Di Duccio") ...the Liberal Arts, he was profoundly influenced by the Neo-Attic style on which these were based. Agostino's other major work was the series of reliefs he executed for the facade ...
- San Bernardo
- (from the article "Rome") The least-liked fountain figure in Rome, unpopular since it was installed in 1587, is on the triumphal arch fountain in the Piazza S. Bernardo, commissioned by Sixtus V. The figure ...
- San Bernardo, Church of
- (from the article "Rome") The Baths of Diocletian are over the brow of the Viminal, and some idea of their size (130,000 square yards, or 110,000 square metres, for the main bath block) can ...
- San Biago
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...dome. On the interior the outstanding quality is a sense of quiet, harmonious spaciousness. The Florentine architect Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, influenced by Bramante, created his church of San ...
- San Blas
- traditional region, eastern Panama, stretching about 100 miles (160 km) along the Caribbean Sea from the Colombian border to the Gulf of San Blas. The narrow strip of land includes ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Blas, Gulf of
- (from the article "Panama") ...border in the east would extend only 480 miles (770 km). The shortest distance across the isthmus is 31 miles (50 km), from the mouth of the Nergala (Necategua) River, ...
- San Carlo
- (from the article "Naples") Adjacent to the palace on the north is the San Carlo opera house, which has heard and inspired many of the great artists of bel canto. Although the prodigious musical ...
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- influential Baroque church in Rome that was designed by Francesco Borromini as part of a small monastery for a community of Spanish monks. It was commissioned in 1634 and was ... [3 Related Articles]
- San Carlos
- city, south-central Nicaragua. It lies at the extreme southeastern corner of Lake Nicaragua near the Costa Rican border, where the San Juan River begins its journey to the Caribbean Sea. ...
- San Carlos
- city, northeastern Negros island, Philippines. Set in an area of concentrated sugarcane production, it is the site of a large sugar mill established in 1912. Frequent ferry service across Tanon ...
- San Carlos
- city, capital of Cojedes estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. The city lies along the Tirgua River, at the base of the central highlands and near the Llanos (plains) region. Founded in ...
- San Carlos
- city, west-central Luzon, Philippines. Founded in 1587 by Dominicans, it was named in 1718 for St. Charles Borromeo. San Carlos was organized as a city in 1966. It is a ...
- San Carlos de Bariloche
- resort town, Rio Negro provincia (province), southwestern Argentina. It lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi, in the Andean lake district. Chalet-type building construction, introduced ...
- San Carlos Plain
- (from the article "Costa Rica") The San Carlos Plain, part of the northern lowlands, was settled mainly after 1945, when roads were built that connected it with the Valle Central. In the 1970s and '80s ...
- San Cassiano
- (from the article "Triassic Period") ...marine Triassic of the Alps has traditionally been used as a standard for the period, with the two most important localities being Salzkammergut in the northern Austrian Alps and St. ...
- San Cassiano Theatre
- (from the article "Venice") ...written for several separate choirs by Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi for San Marco Basilica echoed around its Byzantine interior with stirring effect. After the opening in 1637 of the ...
- San Chiao
- (from the article "Daoism") ...and consequently won a considerable following in conservative intellectual and official circles. Another highly popular syncretistic movement of Daoist origin was that of the Three Religions (sanjiao). Its composite moral ...
- San Ciriaco, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Ancona") ...of Trajan (AD 115); the 11th- to 12th-century Church of Santa Maria della Piazza, with an ornate facade dating from 1210 and remains of 5th- and 7th-century mosaics; and the ...
- San Clemente
- city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific Ocean, midway between San Diego and Los Angeles. Founded in 1925 by Ole Hanson as a planned real-estate development ...
- San Clemente
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...and 19th centuries, is the oldest, begun about 313. It was followed by St. Peter's (replaced in the 16th century by the present church) in the last years of the ...
- San Cristobal
- city, south-central Dominican Republic. It is situated in the coastal lowlands close to the Caribbean Sea. Founded by Spaniards in 1575, when gold was discovered in the area, it was ...
- San Cristobal
- island in the country of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean, 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Guadalcanal. The island is about 80 miles (130 km) long with a maximum width ...
- San Cristobal
- (from the article "San Cristobal Island") ...With an area of 195 square miles (505 square km), San Cristobal is the most populated and fertile island of the archipelago. Volcanic in origin, with its highest point 2,940 ...
- San Cristobal
- city, capital of Tachira estado (state), western Venezuela. Situated in an isolated intermontane basin of the Merida Mountains, at 2,700 feet (820 m) above sea level, the city occupies three ...
- San Cristobal
- (from the article "Major volcanoes of the world") ...that contains Lakes Nicaragua, Managua, and Masaya. They are divided into two groups: the Cordillera de los Marrabios in the north and the Pueblos Mesas in the south. The highest ...
- San Cristobal de la Laguna
- (from the article "Tenerife") Nearly all the inhabitants of Tenerife live on the lower slopes and within a few miles of the sea. Almost half the population is in or near Santa Cruz de ...
- San Cristobal de Las Casas
- city, central Chiapas estado (state), southeastern Mexico. It is situated on the central plateau of the Chiapas Highlands, at an elevation of 6,900 feet (2,100 metres). San ...
- San Cristobal Island
- one of the easternmost of the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. San Cristobal Island lies approximately 600 miles (965 km) west of mainland Ecuador. It was originally named ...
- San Diego
- port and city, seat (1850) of San Diego county, southern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay, just north of the international border with Mexico ... [3 Related Articles]
- San Diego Bay
- (from the article "San Diego") Nearly landlocked San Diego Bay, one of the world's finest natural deepwater harbours, encompasses 22 square miles (57 square km). It is sheltered by two overlapping peninsulas-Point Loma to the ...
- San Diego Chargers
- (from the article "Football") New England and Indianapolis (13-3) won their fifth straight division titles in the AFC East and South, respectively, while Seattle (10-6) won its fourth straight in the NFC West, and ...
- San Diego Padres
- (from the article "Baseball") Arizona won the NL West with a 90-72 record. When the Rockies and the San Diego Padres finished with identical marks of 89-73, a tiebreaker was required to determine the ...
- San Diego Research Library
- (from the article "Van Deman, Ralph") After Van Deman's death his files were taken over by a nonprofit research organization called the San Diego Research Library, which made them available not only to government agencies but ...
- San Diego Wild Animal Park
- (from the article "San Diego Zoo") In 1972 the Zoological Society opened the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Established in 1969 as a breeding facility for the zoo, the park began drawing its own visitors and ...
- San Diego Zoo
- one of the largest collections of exotic and endangered mammals, birds, and reptiles in the world, located in San Diego, California, U.S. The municipal zoo, founded in 1916, is administered ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Domingo boxwood
- (from the article "boxwood") ...zapatero (Gossypiospermum praecox), a South American tree of the family Flacourtiaceae; West Indian boxwood, a North American lumber trade name for wood from two tropical American trees, Phyllostylon brasiliensis of ...
- San Domingo Improvement Company of New York
- (from the article "Heureaux, Ulises") ...Under Heureaux, the economy improved, the infrastructure was modernized, and political order was established-but at the price of dictatorship and corruption. His improvident dealings with the San Domingo Improvement Company ...
- San Esteban Rey
- (from the article "Acoma") ...States (since the 10th century), it was described by the conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado in 1540 as the strongest defensive position in the world. The massive mission church of ...
- San Felice Circeo
- (from the article "Circeo, Mount") ...island, and it has been associated with the legend of the sorceress Circe since classical times. The numerous coastal grottoes have yielded many traces of Stone Age settlement. The modern ...
- San Felipe
- city, central Chile. It lies on the Aconcagua River, at 2,087 feet (636 metres) above sea level. Founded in 1740 as San Felipe el Real, it is the centre of ...
- San Felipe
- (from the article "Parris Island") ...among the Native Americans. In 1562 the French built Charlesfort on the southern tip of the island. It was abandoned less than a year later, and its ruins became the ...
- San Felipe
- (from the article "Izabal, Lake") During the colonial period, products from the highlands were traded in the Izabal area and exported. San Felipe fort, which was built in 1652 to protect the area from pirates, ...
- San Felipe
- city, capital of Yaracuy estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. It lies on the flanks of the eastern portion of the Segovia Highlands, at an elevation of 1,800 feet (550 m) above ...
- San Felipe
- historic town, Austin county, southeastern Texas, U.S. It lies along the Brazos River, some 45 miles (70 km) west of Houston. Known as the "birthplace of Anglo-American settlement in Texas," ...
- San Felix, Battle of
- (from the article "Ciudad Guayana") ...Ordaz (1532). The original settlement of Santo Tome de Guayana was founded (1576) on the Chirica tableland, where the Republicans in the war for independence defeated Spanish Royalists at the ...
- San Fernando
- cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of northeastern Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina. It lies north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos ...
- San Fernando
- city, central Chile, lying on the Rapel River, at 1,112 feet (339 metres) above sea level, in the fertile Central Valley. Founded in 1742, it became a provincial capital in ...
- San Fernando
- city and enclave within the city of Los Angeles, southern California, U.S. It lies in the northeastern San Fernando Valley. Named for the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (established ...
- San Fernando
- city and port of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. It lies at the western end of the Central Range of hills, on the flat, shallow coast of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Fernando
- city, Cadiz provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southwestern Spain. It is situated on a rocky island surrounded by salt ...
- San Fernando
- town, west-central Luzon, Philippines. Located on a bay of the South China Sea formed by a peninsula that ends in San Fernando Point, it served a tobacco- and rice-growing region ...
- San Fernando de Apure
- city, capital of Apure estado (state), west-central Venezuela, on the Apure River. It was founded in the late 18th century by Capuchin missionaries as a base for the religious conversion ...
- San Fernando Valley
- valley in southern California, U.S. It lies northwest of downtown Los Angeles, bounded by the San Gabriel (north and northeast), Santa Susana (north), and Santa Monica (south) mountains and the ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Francesco
- Franciscan monastery and church in Assisi, Italy, begun after the canonization in 1228 of St. Francis of Assisi and completed in 1253. The crypt was added in 1818, when the ... [3 Related Articles]
- San Francesco di Paola
- (from the article "Naples") ...in a small park, houses the great collections of the National Library of Naples. The main facade of the Royal Palace grandly faces, southwest across the vast Piazza del Plebiscito, ...
- San Francisco
- city, northeastern Cordoba provincia (province), north-central Argentina, on the border of Santa Fe province at the northern edge of the Pampa. Founded in 1886 and given city ...
- San Francisco
- city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, northern California, U.S., located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is a cultural and financial centre ... [29 Related Articles]
- San Francisco 49ers
- (from the article "Super Bowl") ...and third (1940-41) AFL were also formed. Finally, the All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) seriously challenged the existing league and contributed the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and a first version ...
- San Francisco Ballet Company
- (from the article "Performing Arts") Prominent among the premieres by San Francisco Ballet (SFB) was Concordia by Canada's Matjash Mrozewski. Most of the company's year was spent preparing for its major 75th anniversary celebration in ...
- San Francisco Bay
- large, nearly landlocked bay indenting western California, U.S. It is a drowned river valley, paralleling the coastline, and is connected with the Pacific Ocean by a strait called the Golden ... [4 Related Articles]
- San Francisco Bay Area
- (from the article "California") The San Francisco Bay Area became a haven for gay men and lesbians in the years following World War II and was among the first U.S. cities to issue antidiscrimination ...
- San Francisco Conference
- (April 25-June 26, 1945), international meeting that established the United Nations. The basic principles of a worldwide organization that would embrace the political objectives of the Allies had been proposed ... [2 Related Articles]
- San Francisco de Macoris
- city, north-central Dominican Republic, on a tributary of the Camu River. Founded in 1777, it is situated in the fertile La Vega Real region. The city is a commercial and ...
- San Francisco del Rincon
- city, western Guanajuato estado (state), north-central Mexico. It lies in the valley of the upper Turbio River, an extension of the agricultural district known as the Bajio basin, at an ...
- San Francisco earthquake of 1906
- major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that occurred on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 AM off the northern California coast. The San Andreas Fault slipped along a segment about ...
- San Francisco Giants
- (from the article "World Series") ...Giants. His cousin was baseball great Reggie Jackson. His godfather was the legendary Willie Mays, who was a teammate of Bobby Bonds. Barry Bonds excelled at baseball from early childhood. ...
- San Francisco Gotera
- city, eastern El Salvador, on the Rio Grande de San Miguel. Formerly called Gotera, its name was modified in 1887 to honour Francisco Morazan, the former president of the United ...
- San Francisco International Airport
- (from the article "San Francisco") San Francisco International Airport is located about 7 miles (11 km) south of the city-county limits, occupying a filled site on the southwestern shore of the bay.
- San Francisco Opera
- (from the article "Adler, Kurt") Austrian-born American conductor and administrator who transformed the San Francisco Opera into one of the nation's leading opera companies.cultural life in San Francisco
- San Francisco Peaks
- three summits- Humphreys, Agassiz, and Fremont peaks-on the rim of an eroded extinct volcano 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff on the Colorado Plateau in north-central Arizona, U.S. Humphreys ...
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