Word: prasad
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Died. Durga Prasad Dhar, 57, Indian diplomat and Ambassador to Moscow, who negotiated New Delhi's 1971 nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and was a principal architect of India's military intervention in neighboring East Pakistan's civil war, which led to the creation of independent Bangladesh; following a heart attack; in New Delhi...
...salutes from the King's loyal subjects, starting with three-year-old Prince Deependra decked out in a miniature military uniform. For the afternoon parade-music was provided by regimental bands, including one of Nepalese bagpipers-the royal couple rode on the King's tusker elephant, Prem Prasad, while the other 22 elephants carried many of the distinguished guests through the city...
...Ananda Marga. Thus it is able to attract a diverse group of people. For instance, Dadaji, the first Avadhuta to visit Boston, was a spiritual person from childhood-he began meditating at the age of six. But two other teachers who are now in the U.S., Acharya Raghaw Prasad and Acharya Yatiishvaranda Avadhuta, were much more socially oriented...
...late '50's, Acharya (a title meaning "spiritual teacher") Prasad was an Indian student radical, and he reacted scornfully when a friend suggested that he come to a lecture on yoga. But he went, and much to his surprise, found a yogi talking about social interaction and the necessity to transform society. He learned that the man was in Ananda Marga, joined the organization himself, and soon began "whole-timer" training. But in 1962, at the request of the Guru of Ananda Marga, Shrii P. R. Sarkar, Prasad left whole-timer training, got married, and continued his education...
...Yatiishvaranda in Toronto, and, after long moments of suspense, he informed them that they ought to be married-as soon as possible. He married them yesterday, with the assistance of Ravenel's father, an Episcopal minister, in the Currier House courtyard in the presence of their families, Acharya Raghaw Prasad, Mr. Bihari, and Margiis from many units in this part of the country...