- reconnoiter- to make a military observation of (a region
- fulsome- 1 complimentary or flattering to an excessive, 2 of large size or quantity; generous or abundant
- Sabha- A sabhā in Ancient India was an assembly, congregation, or council. Personified as a deity, Sabhā is a daughter of Prajapati in the Atharvaveda. The term has also given rise to modern terms of Parliament of India, such as Lok Sabha (Lower House) and Rajya Sabha (Upper House), and Legislative Assembly, Vidhan Sabha.In Epic Sanskrit, the term refers also to an assembly hall or council-chamber, and to a hostel, eating-house, or gambling-house.
- Rajasuya- a sacrifice, described in detail in the Mahabharata, performed by the ancient kings of India who considered themselves powerful enough to be an emperor. Rajasuya, like the ashwamedha, would occur after the return of generals of the king (in most cases his own kinsmen, like his brother or son) from a successful military campaign.
- chicanery- the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
- collusion- a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy
- epoch- era in time
- primordial- constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary
- ubiquity-the state or capacity of being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresence
- extant- n existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost
- polities- a particular form or system of government; the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body; government or administrative regulation; a state or other organized community or body.
- contemporaneous- living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary
- paradigm- an example serving as a model; pattern.
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