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confidant
vied
contemplating
incited
contorted
whimsical
edict
flee.
slaying
trunk.
eerie
‘A man who opens his mouth too often may end up meeting a tragic end, either from indigestion or execution!’
Chanak's words
occasion
scampered
corpse
whiff
pyre
circumambulate
ebbed,
ochre
r...
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arduous
savouries
eked
assets
liabilities,
patrons
pudding
crestfallen.
gulp
rai...
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alle...
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tarts
arbitrage
hoarding?’
sarcasm,
lurched
peered
obscenities
din
utter...
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sloshing
measure the relative magnetic attraction of different parts of the earth’s surface. Iron oxide gives the strongest magnetic pull of any mineral.
Magnetometer
devoid
bearable.
the use of Sanskrit had almost entirely disappeared by Ashoka’s reign. Ashoka became an avowed Buddhist after he massacred one hundred thousand people in Magadha’s war with Kalinga. Buddhists shunned Sanskrit. They saw it as a language of the elite Brahmins and wanted their prayers to be understood by the common man. Ashoka’s inscriptions were thus written in Prakrit, the language of the masses, not Sanskrit. But this is Sanskrit!’
Sanskrit
Four thousand days you shall pray Four hundred chants every day. Chanakya’s power is yours to take Chandragupta, to make or break. If there’s a lull, start once more. King must be queen, to be sure. Suvasini’s curse shall forever halt If you can cure Chanakya’s fault.
Chankya
fabled
orchards
cornucopia
