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Examples
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He declares himself "mauna" -- a mountain; and points to his abdomen in proof of his statement.
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Be aware that internal variability in a forest is much higher than on top of mauna loa.
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Dear Richard your effect only shows up for mauna loa where it is clearly the effect of the CO2 thermometer as discovered by Jarl Ahlbeck.
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"Kūnihi ka mauna i ka la'i ē," they intone without stopping for breath, voices blending in a melody that hovers around a single ancient note.
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A man is not a Muni because he observes silence (mona, i.e. mauna), if he is foolish and ignorant; but the wise who, taking the balance, chooses the good and avoids evil, he is a Muni, and is a Muni thereby; he who in this world weighs both sides is called a Muni.
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Will ye in crowds repair? 'an' I'm no 'worthy, I ken, but I pit up a bit prayer wi' him -- ye mauna think I'm boastin ', sir, but I brocht him to Christ, an' when I think on't noo, it's lichtsome, an 'I'm minded o' that simmer sun on the
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"Ye mauna," retorted the clerk, "ye maun tak 'yir seat," and Saunders dropped where he stood, while his fellow-elders looked into each other's faces as if to say that this thing might have befallen any one of them.
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"Ye mauna be ower uplifted aboot yir faither's office," was the oft-repeated admonition of the elder's wife to the elder's children, and the children were not slow to remark that her words were one part rebuke and ten parts pride.
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Can a person of learning attain to a state of quietude and emancipation (moksha) by that mauna?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
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Of the two kinds of mauna (viz., the restraining of speech and meditation), which is approved by thee?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
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