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a Hindu festival symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, celebrated for ten days in October.
Also called Durga Puja.
Origin:
< Sanskrit daśaharā literally, (goddess) who takes away the ten major sins
< Sanskrit daśaharā literally, (goddess) who takes away the ten major sins
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Dasehra
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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