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  • proper noun Hinduism Name of the eighth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit कार्तिक

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Examples

  • Vladimir Prissyashnyuk called the Kartika deal a breakthrough and said he hoped it would pave the way for further sales of the comparatively inexpensive plane in south-eastern Asia.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • TNG: Islamic issues such as Kartika's whipping, the "Allah" ban, and the conversion controversies have provoked much discussion.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • At left, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, left, who was to caned for drinking beer, was comforted by her sister outside the Kuala Kangsar police station on Aug. 24, 2009.

    A Malaysian Life 2011

  • "A lot of these animals get diseases," said Kartika Liotard, a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, who is leading the debate in the Parliament.

    New Front Emerges in Clone Wars Shane Romig 2011

  • "European public opinion is overwhelmingly against cloning for food; a commitment to label all food products from cloned offspring is a bare minimum," the chair of the parliament's delegation to the talks, Gianni Pittella , and the rapporteur on novel foods, Kartika Liotard , said in a joint statement.

    EU Cloned Food Talks Collapse Caroline Henshaw 2011

  • Mr. Adham told The Associated Press that "as a substitution for the caning, the sultan has ordered Kartika to perform community service for three weeks."

    Malaysian Caning Sentence Commuted 2010

  • Mr. Adham told The Associated Press that "as a substitution for the caning, the sultan has ordered Kartika to perform community service for three weeks."

    Malaysian Caning Sentence Commuted 2010

  • Occasionally however, due to shifts in the lunar cycle relative to the solar months, it may also be held in the following month, Kartika Bengali: কার্তিক Kartik.

    Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Therefore, they feel that they can make an example of Kartika and that some analysts, I should believe, that this is just a sign of things to come, that things are going to get a lot stricter for Muslims here in Malaysia, Betty.

    CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2009 2009

  • Morris, a journalist with the Australian Financial Review; and Kartika

    9th Australia-Indonesia Ministerial Forum - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2008

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