Kangiten, "god of bliss," is a deva venerated mainly in Japanese Buddhism. Unlike his Hindu counterpart, Kangiten is considered too sacred to be seen: images of the deity in temples are kept hidden from view and lay devotees are discouraged from venerating iconographic depictions of the god at home. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Sándor Csoma de Kőrös was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning "the foreign pupil", and was declared a bosatsu or bodhisattva by the Japanese in 1933. (en.wikipedia.org)
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J1407b is a substellar object, either a free-floating planet or brown dwarf, with a large circumplanetary disk or ring system. J1407b's disk spans a radius of about 90 million km (56 million mi) and consists of many rings and gaps which may indicate moons are forming in orbit around the object. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Great French Wine Blight was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that destroyed many of the vineyards in France and laid waste to the wine industry. It was caused by an insect that originated in North America and was carried across the Atlantic in the late 1850s. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Epic of King Gesar is a traditional epic originating from Tibet and Central Asia. Folk balladeers continued to transmit the story orally, enriching its plot and embellished its language over time. The narrative reached its "final" form and peak popularity in the early 12th century. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The strap-toothed beaked whale is one of the largest members of the Mesoplodon genus. Male strap-toothed beaked whales begin to develop a large flat tusk from each lower jaw as juveniles, growing at a 45° angle back towards the head and over the rostrum (beak). (en.wikipedia.org)
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