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The first includes translations of the Sanskrit epics, the Mangalakavyas (literally auspicious poems, dealing with local deities) and bhakti literature such as the biographies of Chaitanyadeva, the leader of the aishnava bhakti movement (Chapter 8).So, while the use of the term “classical” may suggest that these forms are superior, this need not always be literally true.The best example of this process is the cult of Jagannatha (literally, lord of the world, a name for ishnu) at Puri, Orissa.Interestingly enough, a fourteenth-century text, the Lilatilakam, dealing with grammar and poetics, was composed in Manipravalam – literally, “diamonds and corals” referring to the two languages, Sanskrit and the regional language.An allegorical story has two meanings, one literal and one symbolic.The word 'environment' refers to all that is around us, literally everything that surrounds us, including the physical, social, work, and cultural environment.The town of Masulipatnam or Machlipatnam (literally, fish port town) lay on the delta of the Krishna river.Since the word 'abnormal' literally means “away from the normal”, it implies deviation from some clearly defined norms or standards.Similarly, the forest cover in the Himalayan Uttarakhand region has been protected through the Chipko movement ('chipko' literally means 'sticking to' or hugging trees).They deliberated on the status of a group known as rathakaras (literally, chariot makers).Even those advocating greater fixity in exchange rates generally propose certain ranges within which governments should keep rates, rather than literally fix them.This is a stylisation typical of almost any theoretical exercise and is called the assumption of ceteris paribus, which literally means 'other things remaining equal'.The literal meaning of personality is derived from the Latin word persona, the mask used by actors in the Roman theatre for changing their facial make-up.